Is the load order for external javascript files different in IE8 compared to IE7?
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Hello,
I ask because I'm running an application in which I load an external script file in the HEAD section of the page, and then attempt to call a function from it in the onLoad section of the BODY tag.
external.js
function someFunction()
{
alert("Some message");
}
myPage.html
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="external.js"></script>
</head>
<body onLoad="someFunction();">
</body>
</html>
Using the developer tools in IE8, I get an exception thrown at the onLoad statement because, apparently, the external javascript file hasn't been loaded yet.
I haven't had this problem come up in IE7 before, thus my question.
Did they change the load order between IE7 and IE8? If so, is there a better way to do this? (the real function references many other functions and constants, which look much better in an external file)
Thanks, B.J.
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