Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/chat.js
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/Attic/chat.js,v
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/chat.js	3 Feb 2006 22:17:41 -0000	1.1
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/chat.js	6 Feb 2006 11:45:10 -0000	1.2
@@ -13,62 +13,63 @@
     if (http.status == 200) {
       appendToMessages(http.responseText);
     } else {
+      clearInterval();
       alert('Something wrong in HTTP request, status code = ' + http.status);
     }
   }
 }
 
 function appendToMessages(content) {
   var xmlobject = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(content, 'application/xhtml+xml');
-  //var xmlobject = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(content, 'text/html');
   var items = xmlobject.getElementsByTagName('TR');
   //alert('found ' + items.length + ' items');
-  var counter = document.getElementById('chatCounter');
-  counter.innerHTML = parseInt(counter.innerHTML) + 1;
-  //document.getElementById('chatResponse').innerHTML = content;
 
+  //var counter = document.getElementById('chatCounter');
+  //counter.innerHTML = parseInt(counter.innerHTML) + 1;
+  //document.getElementById('chatResponse').innerHTML = 'items = ' + items.length + ' l=' + content.length + ' ' + escape(content);
+
   //if (items.length > 0) {alert('appending ' + content);}
+  var doc = frames['ichat'].document;
   var tbody = frames['ichat'].document.getElementById('messages').tBodies[0];
+  //var tbody = tbodies[tbodies.length -1];
   //for (var i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i++) {
   //  tbody.appendChild(frames['ichat'].document.importNode(items[i],true));
   //}
   var tr, td, e, s;
   for (var i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i++) {
-    tr = document.createElement('tr');
+    tr = doc.createElement('tr');
     e = items[i].getElementsByTagName('TD');
-    td = document.createElement('td');
+    td = doc.createElement('td');
     td.innerHTML = unescape(e[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
     td.className = 'timestamp';
     tr.appendChild(td);
 
-    td = document.createElement('td');
+    td = doc.createElement('td');
     s = e[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
     td.innerHTML = unescape(e[1].firstChild.nodeValue.replace(/\+/g,' '));
-    //td.appendChild(document.createTextNode(e[1].firstChild.nodeValue));
     td.className = 'user';
     tr.appendChild(td);
 
-    td = document.createElement('td');
+    td = doc.createElement('td');
     td.innerHTML = unescape(e[2].firstChild.nodeValue.replace(/\+/g,' '));
-    //td.appendChild(document.createTextNode(e[2].firstChild.nodeValue));
     td.className = 'message';
     tr.appendChild(td);
 
-    //tbody.appendChild(items[i]);
-    //tbody.appendChild(items[i].cloneNode(true));
     tbody.appendChild(tr);
-
   }
   frames['ichat'].window.scrollTo(0,tbody.offsetHeight);
 }
 
+
 function chatSendMsg(send_url,handler) {
   var msgField = document.getElementById('chatMsg');
   chatSendCmd(send_url + escape(msgField.value),handler);
   msgField.value = '';
 }
+
+var msgcount = 0; // hack to overcome IE
 function chatSendCmd(url,handler) {
-  http.open('GET', url, true);
+  http.open('GET', url  + '&mc=' + msgcount++, true);
   http.onreadystatechange = handler;
   http.send(null);
 }