Today I keep getting an error warning every time I log on to SciForums, the error is "Null" Null is not an object.

I get the same error:

Line: 283
Char: 12
"null" is null or not an object

Also Char: 24

Yeah I keep getting an 'error on page' on my status bar as well. Only shows up when I open a thread. It's not there when I view the main page, each forum or when I'm replying. It's not really a big deal though. It doesn't affect the page in any way and all that should show up does show up. Could be a script error or something of the like somewhere.

I'm devoid of such nonsense.

now begone with your whinging peasants!!

What about now?

It's sorted. Cheers P.

Yep all good now. Thanks

whooops... now we have another error warning, "theaded mode is fucked up" or something like that.

Care to be more specific? My Mac web browser isn't as rife with bugs.
Also, tab, please resize your avatar to 40 x 40.

It says, Line 18, Char 1, Threaded mode is undefined.

It seems to be benign, but I've never had Error warnings on SciForums before.

P, seeing your avatar reminded me of the old SciForums logo; any thoughts on reinstating it?

This is on the thread display page?

Porfiry, not a big deal, but I get the same error message on about every thread I open,
including this one. Even when I back out and then reopen the thread, the error message reappears.
Line. 18
Char. 1
Error: 'threadmode' is undefined
Code: 0
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=34337
Then it asks if I want to keep running scripts, in which case everything works whether
I click 'yes' or 'no' Hope this helps.

Porfiry

It appears you fixed yesterdays error message since it worked fine this morning, but after your software upgrade today, I am getting the same error message as the others:

Line: 18
Char: 1
Error: "threadedmode" is undefined

Every time I open a new thread ,it happens.

Porfiry, I can log out and clear the cookies and the error messages stop. When I log
back in, they start immediately. Must be the "Cookie Monster."

What about now?

Just got back to sciforums. I hate to tell you, but the same thing is happening, but
the error code has changed. I still get an error message when logged in, but it goes
away when I log out. The new message is below:
Line. 20
Char. 2
Error: 'null' is null or is not an object

Well, that's a different error message, so that's a good thing. But please, when you're reporting this, be very specific as to what page's are affected. As I've said, my Mac web browser works perfectly so I need as much information as possible.

Ummm I keep getting an error message on my status bar again each time I open a thread. It's fine if I'm just checking out the forum pages or if I'm replying. just each time I open a thread it get an error message.... as in 'Done with error on page' message in the status bar.. with a little yellow triangle thingy. It's no big deal as all the pages open properly but each time I open a thread I get that error message. It was fixed yesterday but it's back again today.

Hi Porfiry

I am also getting the same script error message upon opening a thread or posting:


Line: 20
Char: 2
Error: "null" is null or is not an object

Yeah I just checked and I have the same thing as well.

Line: 20
Char: 2
Error: "null" is null or not an object
Code: 0
URL: ... the url of the thread page is then listed.

Getting 'NUll is not an object' as well.

Hi Porfiry

Any updates on the script errors?

The update is that there's no update. I haven't looked into it yet.

Well I tried to work out the exact problem with the code, but seemingly got the wrong line although I think I have the right idea. (I'll have to do a few data tests to prove my theory)

Anyhow, what the problem actually is down to is that certain peoples versions of internet explorer are using "Script Debugging", and therefore generate an internal popup window from Explorer stating a value isn't suppose to be null.

How you can fix this problem is very simple, it will however stop explorer from using Script Debugging, so if you like warnings generated about Javascript that doesn't conform to Microsofts ideal of how Javascript should conform then don't do it.



In an Internet Explorer window goto your [b]Tools drop down menu...
Select Internet Options, then click the Advanced Tab.
Look under the Browsing tree of options for Disable Script Debugging and "tick" it. (Press Ok/Apply)

To make sure the settings are used, close that browser window and open up a new window, you should now find you can browse sciforums without the little popup.

Stryder

Already tried that - it doesn't work.

Thats very Odd (Q) because for me to generate the error I had to "untick" it.
Just don't forget to close the browser after doing the edit of settings, or it won't work.

Anyhow I've got the exact code which is causing the error, which I'm going to show Porfiry.

Stryder

I searched script error problems a few days ago when they began to appear here and found your method mentioned above. In fact, I tried all the solutions presented in that search - none worked.

As I mentioned before, if I log off sciforums to eliminate the cookies, the error
messages stop completely.

Well looking at the actual problem the script is suppose to have a value of TRUE or FALSE, but it's getting a NULL instead, since in a Boolean value you can't have anything other than True or False, it's causing the error.

Hi Porfiry

Will you be addressing the script error problem?

Chances are he already is, or is too busy to check up on SciForums.

I think Porfiry is simply enjoying himself in the land of Auz.

Hi Porfiry

Could you please fix the latest script error? Thanks.

As my user title suggests, I'm nowhere near my computer. I'm just mellowin' on the beaches of Byron Bay for the next few days.

No worries - enjoy.

:)

Hey. In Internet Explorer go to Tools, Internet Options, click the Advanced Tab, and under Browsing thing check the "disable script debugging" option. That fixes the annoyance.

Absane

I've tried 'checking' that option and 'unchecking' it but I still get the same error. Sciforums is the only forum/website I get an error of any kind. It's strange that I don't get the error if the thread is closed.

I wonder if Porfiry is back at his computer yet?

Will this error message ever be fixed?

Ever thought of using something else than IE from Microsoft? Like Mozilla or Opera? I got the second one and I ain´t got no problems.

Stryder, do you have visual studio installed?

I wasn't see the message at all, I installed visual studio, and now I'm getting the message even though debugging messages are turned off.... hmph. I've been using my other machine just so I don't get the message.

Persol and Q,

I agree with Stryder. This is very odd indeed. From the thread I understand that you both turned "disable script debugging" on. What I could not get from the thread is whether you both turned "display a notification about every script error" off?

I have to assume you did, because this last one is bit hard to miss, as its checkbox is directy under the first mentioned checkbox and IE also presents you this checkbox every time an error occurs.

Which only leaves me to the question which I also ask clients when I'm completely baffled: what IE versions do you use? If it's anything below IE6, an update could (but not necessarily) help.

Persol,
I've Visual Studio installed (albeit on old version: 6.0). Setting both options as described above surpressed the error notification. For the record, I'm using IE 6.0 sp1.

I'm using IE6.028 128bit.

This problem began immediately after the software upgrade here. I have no other problems on any other website or forum.

Q and/or Persol,

Just out of sheer interest, what happens if you save the attachment of this post as an ".html" file (rather than the .txt extension it has now) and run it from your computer; does the error notification vanish, or it is just as annoyingly present as ever?

Note: the attachment is not really a workable sollution, but rather an experiment. It depends on sciforums staying in one frame, and I've no idea if such is the case.

Never mind my previous post. Using the html page posted in the attachment seems more like a portal to the twilight zone than a viable method of obscuring error messages.

Only other option that comes to my mind is Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/).