Comments on: Dynamically Include Yahoo Maps

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:57:54 +0000

So despite some updates from v2 -> v3.02, the hanging problem still persists. The generated source for the page is this:

That script contains this:

Sub setUpVBCallback(flashId) ExecuteGlobal "Sub " & flashId & _ "_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)" & _ "FlashProxy.callJS command, args" & vbcrlf & _ "End Sub" End Sub

However, I still have no idea what's going on.

By: Kevin Hale

Kevin Hale — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:22:59 +0000

Oh BLESS THE LORD! Thanks Aaron for the update!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:53:57 +0000

The v3.0 version of the API now has all the Javascript files combined into one file, which significantly improves load time.

By: Stephen McCartney

Stephen McCartney — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:41:05 +0000

I know this doesn’t help you very much, but I recently experienced a very similar problem while trying to add the FlickrBadge script to a page dynamically.

By: Ryan Campbell

Ryan Campbell — Thu, 18 May 2006 03:09:15 +0000

Just an update: I tried using document.write also, and a similar problem happens. The page just hangs (this time without the redirect). I'll keep playing with it and see if I can come up with anything besides an iframe.

Thanks for the suggetions.

By: Dustin Diaz

Dustin Diaz — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:21:00 +0000

I… don’t… know… Sorry :(

By: Justin Palmer

Justin Palmer — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:18:22 +0000

Wow, that Yahoo file loads about 32 other Javascript files. I'm sure this has something to do with the load times. You might try and beat the hell out of it with a hammer and use document.write:

document.write('');

As Kyle suggested on the forum, Safari doesn't let you muck around with the head of a document.

By: Justin Palmer

Justin Palmer — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:17:50 +0000

Wow, that Yahoo file loads about 32 other Javascript files. I'm sure this has something to do with the load times. You might try and beat the hell out of it with a hammer and use document.write:

document.write('');

As Kyle suggested on the forum, Safari doesn't let you muck around with the head of a document.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 18 May 2006 00:44:57 +0000

I've given it a go and I'm coming to the same result. It seems as though the Yahoo! Maps library is waiting for the onload event to fire up the engine, which has already fired so it just sits in idle (that's just a guess).

An additional problem I anticipate you'll run into if this is solveable is the issue of instantiating your map. You'll have to wait until the scripts actually load in order to call var map = new Map(); I'll keep chugging because I anticipate needing this at some point.

By: Jan BraÅ¡na

Jan BraÅ¡na — Wed, 17 May 2006 23:16:42 +0000

Your issue aside, I’m afraid it won’t work in Safari â€” if I’m not mistaken Safari can’t load scripts appended to head via DOM functions.