how to dynamically load a script library ?

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philippe.laplanche@horus-si.com - 30 Jun 2005 18:15 GMT

Hello

I want to dynamically include a .js file i.e do something like that :

load_js_file("http://domain.com/myfile.js");

is it possible with internet explorer 6 ?

Thanks in advance

Philippe Laplanche

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Martin Honnen - 30 Jun 2005 18:24 GMT

> I want to dynamically include a .js file i.e do something like that :

> is it possible with internet explorer 6 ?

Yes:
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.type = 'text/javascript';
script.src = 'whatever.js';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);

But loading of the script happens asynchronously so don't try to call
functions directly after the appendChild call.

And while that approach works with IE 6 (and back to IE 5 I think), with
new Mozilla versions and with latest Opera 8, browsers had difficulties
implementing that so there are old Mozilla versions and early Opera 7
versions where it does not work.

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