Comments on: Periodical AJAX Requests Using MooTools 1.2

By: LinKuFF

LinKuFF — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:08 +0000

What is the best between periodical() or startTimer() ( http://www.mootools.net/docs/more/Request/Request.Periodical ) ?

By: dbaind

dbaind — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:29 +0000

@mike: Fx.Style was replaced by Fx.Tween in Mootools 1.2 ( see http://mootools.net/blog/2007/11/14/mootools-12-beta-1/ ). The syntax is not exactly the same for this new method. If, like me, you have a large site to mantain, then probably editting each Fx.Style call is not an option. I solved my problem with the following function, that I inserted in mootools library after its end:

// Fix for Fx.Style constructor (transition from mootools 1.1 to mootools 1.2)
Fx.Style = function(x,y,z){
var T = new Fx.Tween( x, y );
for( var x in T ) this[x] = T[x];
this.start = function(v,w){ T.start( y, v, w ); };
};

It’s worked ok for me so far, but do let me know if it doesn’t work for you as expected.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:14 +0000

Not sure why, but this does not work with IE…any thoughts?

function update(cn)
{
var request = new Request({
url: ‘status.php?cn=’+cn,
method: ‘get’,
update: ‘refresh-me’,
onComplete: function(response) {
$(cn).set(‘html’,response);
}
})

var doMany = function() {
request.send();
};

doMany.periodical(500);

}

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:01:44 +0000

@Ingalb:

I have the Same Problem. Also I have This Issue With “Google Style Element Fading Using Mootools”

Please help us.

Thanks For The Tips.

By: Ingalb

Ingalb — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:38:13 +0000

Hi David,

Thanks for this tip.

is possible to have this script compatible for Mootools 1.12 ??

Thanks

By: Davor

Davor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:23:35 +0000

Hi David,

very good stuff. Do i can use this for a chat, because when i do a delay of 0.5 sec to get the new request, is that good? could i use for chat an other way or is this the only way to get requests in realtime?

By: Tommix

Tommix — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:51 +0000

Rich – thank you very much for fix :)

By: kodegeek

kodegeek — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:38:33 +0000

Wao, nice stuff!
I’m facing a problem, let i have to send 1000 ajax requests. if i place the Ajax request inside a loop, my browser got stuck :(
How can i make it in a way that, another request will make if one response returns?
Thanks

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:11:49 +0000

it seems doesn’t work in IE

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:22:16 +0000

Hi, this worked good but I had some caching issues with IE, the cache bug fix where you append a time string to the URL was appending the same value as the event parameters were already prepared so instead I just changed the line:

request.send();

To:

request.send(‘r=’ + $time() + $random(0, 100));

This will generate a new unique timestring each time before its sent out. It seems to have cured my IE problems.

May be helpful for someone else who was looking for a solution.

Thanks for the help David on Periodical, it was very helpful.

Cheers.