235582 - webnexus.com - Text does not appear when a button is clicked - this works on Microsoft's IE.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Eric D. Anderson]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

Unless you already have an account, you will have to register at www.verilog.com
in order to view the url entered above. Once you can enter the site, click on
Chapter 6 - Advanced Features.
Then scroll to the bottom and click on Question 12.
Again scroll to the bottom and click the red Answer button.
If you're using the same or earlier version of Mozilla that I have, you will not
get any results from clicking the Answer button. If you crosscheck this on IE,
you will see the answer to the question appear on the lower portion of the page
after clicking the button.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Unless you already have an account, you will have to register at
www.verilog.com in order to view the url entered above. Once you can enter the
site, 

2. Click on Chapter 6 - Advanced Features.
3. Scroll to the bottom and click on Question 12.
4. Scroll to the bottom and click the red Answer button.

Actual Results:  
Nothing.

Expected Results:  
Some text is supposed to be displayed on the lower portion of the frame,
providing the answer to the question posed on the upper portion of the frame.

feel free to email me at [e-mail] or call 715-386-9819 if you
need more information.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Are there errors in the JS console?  Clear it, then perform the steps in this
bug.  Then answer using this bug form....

Comment 2

[Eric D. Anderson]

Yes, there were errors in the JS console. I cleared it as Boris Zbarsky asked,
performed the steps again, with the same result - no text displayed. The
following error pops up in the JS Console after executing the steps to reproduce
the bug:

Error: Answer is not defined
Source File: http://www.vol.webnexus.com/VOL/c06/v06195.htm
Line: 17

Does this point to an error in the source?

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

He, I just guessed at test/test and got in...

Error: Answer is not defined
Source File: http://www.vol.webnexus.com/VOL/c06/v06195.htm
Line: 17

The script function is:

function show() {
	Answer.style.visibility='visible';
}

and later in the document:

<div id="Answer" style="visibility: hidden;"> ... the answer ...

They should be using:
document.getElementById('Answer').style.visibility='visible';


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Comment 4

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.