TIMELINE. IE displays "Object expected" error

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The timeline at http://www.chhaya.org/rn/timeline.pl?q=infosys gets
displayed correctly (with some display problems, see bug#20) in Firefox but
displays an error message in IE.

The pop-up error message says:

Line: 342
Char: 5
Error: Object Expected
Code: 0
URL: http://www.chhaya.org/rn/timeline.pl?q=infosys

and no data is displayed.

Any idea on what might be causing this error?

Thanks,
- Harshal

Windows XP SP2, IE 6 

[Submitted by Harshal on simile.mit.edu] 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by GabrielR...@googlemail.com on 5 Apr 2009 at 1:56

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I believe I am seeing this same error. I have created a timeline based on 
Compact 
Painter. It previously displayed in both FF and IE7 before, but IE7 now gives 
three 
errors, each saying:
Message: Object expected
Line: 1830
Char: 52
Code: 0
URI: http://api.simile-widgets.org/ajax/2.2.1/simile-ajax-bundle.js

It even happens when I copy your compact painter files to my server and try to 
replicate your exact timeline (see 
http://medinformatics.uthscsa.edu/betas/compact-
painter/compact-painter.html).

Has there been a recent change that is making this timeline only work on your 
server 
and not other servers?

thanks

bob

Original comment by bob.badg...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2009 at 12:01

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I think, now I'm seeing the same issue.

Previously I tested this code in all the browser (IE, FF, Safari) and it worked 
just 
as expected with no errors. But this morning (May 18, 2010), I got the same 
issue 
that you guys was facing saying "Object Expected" or "Object doesnt support..." 
in 
all browser but FF.

FYI, I'm using the code in my page specified in the following URL:
http://simile-
widgets.googlecode.com/svn/timeline/tags/latest/src/webapp/examples/compact-
painter/compact-painter.html

I believe some recent changes impacted this causing such a weird behavior and I 
guess the team already started pondering over.

Any kind of help/comment is highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Arnab
arnabb0629@gmail.com

Original comment by arnabb0...@gmail.com on 18 May 2010 at 5:47