I have the below code that does not seem to work at all :( I keep getting:

Microsoft JScript runtime error: Object expected

The error seems to occur when the timeout is done. So if I raise the timeout with 10 seconds the error holds for another 10 seconds.

I want to be able to update the number of friends online async. The number is shown with the following html:

<a href="" id="showChat" >Friends online <strong id="friendsOnline">(?)</strong></a>

The friends part is set at the first run, but when the timeout calls back it does not fire again. Also, I cannot see on which line the error occurs because if I want to break on the error it just shows "no source code" etc.

The code below is the code I'm using. Thanks!

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
<script src='/Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.js' type="text/javascript"></script> 
<script src='/Scripts/MicrosoftMvcAjax.js' type="text/javascript"></script> 
<script src='/Scripts/jquery.autocomplete.js' type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript"> 
$(document).ready(function() {
    UpdateFriendsOnline();
    function UpdateFriendsOnline() {
        window.setTimeout("UpdateFriendsOnline()", 1000);
        $.get("/Account/GetFriendsOnline", function(data) {
            $("#friendsOnline").html("(" + data + ")");

        });
    }
});
</script>