want to capture status bar messages

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jeffo

I am developing web pages that generate sequential
messages to the status bar in IE. They go by so quickly
that I can't read them. They end with 'Error on page.',
but when I double-click, all I see is 'Line: 2, Char: 1,
Error: Syntax error, Code: 0, and my URL'. I suspect
earlier messages may be more helpful than this.

Does anyone know how to route the messages sent to the
status bar into a log file of some sort so they can be
viewed after the page loads?

Thanks!
 
jeffo said:
I am developing web pages that generate sequential
messages to the status bar in IE. They go by so quickly
that I can't read them. They end with 'Error on page.',
but when I double-click, all I see is 'Line: 2, Char: 1,
Error: Syntax error, Code: 0, and my URL'. I suspect
earlier messages may be more helpful than this.

Does anyone know how to route the messages sent to the
status bar into a log file of some sort so they can be
viewed after the page loads?

Thanks!
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From http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/scriptdb.htm

Go to Tools | Internet Options | Advanced.
Uncheck the box to Disable script debugging.

You might want to refresh your scripting engine:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001169
or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en
 
Hi Frank,

Thanks for your suggestion. I did enable script
debugging, but still see the errors flash by in the status
bar with no more detail in the pop-ups.

I'm a bit nervous about updating my scripting engine. I
suspect the errors I'm getting are pretty mundane - I'm
not trying to do anything exotic - so I would think that
the engine that came with IE6 would be fine (unless these
engines are still undergoing significant development and
thus have new bugs all the time).

However, my real question was aimed at trying to figure
out how to capture messages written to the status bar as
they go by. Do you have any insight into that question?

Thanks!
jeffo
 
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