window.dump() broken?

David Gravereaux

unread,

Feb 21, 2006, 10:05:48 PM2/21/06

to

Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5

Is there a better way aside from alert()?

VK

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 5:37:23 AM2/22/06

to

David Gravereaux wrote:
> Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5
>
> Is there a better way aside from alert()?

Firefox:
Tools > JavaScript Console

Opera:
Tools > Advanced > JavaScript console

Internet Explorer:
Install JScript Debugger from:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2f465be0-94fd-4569-b3c4-dffdf19ccd99&DisplayLang=en>

After that you can use JScript [Debug] object wich represents dubugger
output and [debugger] statement which is equivalent of breakpoint:

for(i = 1; i<5; i++) {
// Print i to the Output window.
Debug.write("loop index is " + i);
// Wait for user to resume.
debugger
}

VK

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 5:44:29 AM2/22/06

to

VK wrote:
> Internet Explorer:
> Install JScript Debugger from:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2f465be0-94fd-4569-b3c4-dffdf19ccd99&DisplayLang=en>

I forgot to mention that new menu option adds up to View > Script
Debugger (not in Tools). I remember I nearly got crazy before I found
it :-)

David Wahler

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 9:01:35 AM2/22/06

to

David Gravereaux wrote:
> Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5
>
> Is there a better way aside from alert()?

For Mozilla-based browsers, see
<http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.dump>, specifically
the "Notes" section.

HTH,

-- David

David Gravereaux

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 9:16:15 AM2/22/06

to

On 22 Feb 2006 06:01:35 -0800, "David Wahler" <dwa...@gmail.com>
wrote:

I did both and no dice in firefox.

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 9:42:39 AM2/22/06

to

David Gravereaux wrote:

> Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Works as designed.

> Is there a better way aside from alert()?

As was said.

PointedEars

Martin Honnen

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 9:43:33 AM2/22/06

to

David Gravereaux wrote:

> Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5

window.dump is not supposed to write to the Java console, nor to the
JavaScript console.
It will dump/write to a console window on your system (e.g. a command
line window under MS Windows) if you start Mozilla with the right
parameters.
Not sure where you got the idea that IE supports window.dump at all.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Jonas Raoni

unread,

Feb 22, 2006, 2:35:49 PM2/22/06

to

David Gravereaux wrote:
> Doesn't print to the java console in either IE6 or FF1.5
>
> Is there a better way aside from alert()?

Take a look on how to enable it here:
<URL:http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/window.dump>, I've just
googled the url.

There are some debug extensions for JavaScript (have you seen Venkman
<URL:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/venkman>?), I preffer the old
alert, document.title = "blabla" and document.write haha :)

--
Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
http://www.jsfromhell.com