/* To make this work your html file needs 3 things:
* 1: It must include this file. Put the line below
* just before
* 2: It must call this script to get the bit of information
* needed from the server. Since I want the page to be initialized with
* the information use this tag:
* 3: You must put the new improved information somewhere. This script
* replaces the tag current-login in the DOM. SO use this where you want
* the data:
abc123
*/
var request = null;
function createRequest() {
try {
request = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (trymicrosoft) {
try {
request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (othermicrosoft) {
try {
request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (failed) {
request = null;
}
}
}
if (request == null)
alert("Error creating request object!");
}
function getBoardsSold() {
createRequest();
var url = "http://www.reviewsense.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/scarrico/reviewsense/jscurrentlogin.cgi";
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.onreadystatechange = updatePage;
request.send(null);
}
/* This is where we do the call to figure out the current login */
/* For other ajax scripts make the call here */
function getCurrentLogin() {
createRequest();
var url = "http://www.reviewsense.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/scarrico/reviewsense/jscurrentlogin.cgi";
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.onreadystatechange = updatePage;
request.send(null);
}
/* This is where we modify the id in the DOM (current-login) */
/* For other ajax scripts make the bit that changes the page here */
function updatePage() {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
var newTotal = request.responseText;
var mySplitResult = newTotal.split(":");
var currentLoginEl = document.getElementById("current-login");
var currentLoginStrEl = document.getElementById("current-loginstr");
replaceText(currentLoginStrEl, mySplitResult[0]);
replaceText(currentLoginEl, mySplitResult[1]);
}
}
/* Here's a more complicated example that updates a bunch of
* stuff on an HTML page
*/
function OldupdatePage() {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
var newTotal = request.responseText;
var boardsSoldEl = document.getElementById("boards-sold");
var cashEl = document.getElementById("cash");
replaceText(boardsSoldEl, newTotal);
/* Figure out how much cash Katie has made */
var priceEl = document.getElementById("price");
var price = getText(priceEl);
var costEl = document.getElementById("cost");
var cost = getText(costEl);
var cashPerBoard = price - cost;
var cash = cashPerBoard * newTotal;
/* Update the cash for the slopes on the form */
cash = Math.round(cash * 100) / 100;
replaceText(cashEl, cash);
}
}
function replaceText(el, text) {
if (el != null) {
clearText(el);
var newNode = document.createTextNode(text);
el.appendChild(newNode);
}
}
function clearText(el) {
if (el != null) {
if (el.childNodes) {
for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
el.removeChild(childNode);
}
}
}
}
function getText(el) {
var text = "";
if (el != null) {
if (el.childNodes) {
for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
if (childNode.nodeValue != null) {
text = text + childNode.nodeValue;
}
}
}
}
return text;
}