Lightbox won't work from a page loaded with ajax

[robs]

Hello everyone,
i have a weird problem.
I'm trying to run a modified lightbox version from a page loaded through ajax. The lightbox runs fine if i embed the page with php using the include function. But if i load exactly the same page via ajax it wont work for some reason.

Here is my ajax code:


function ShowNewReleases(startfrom) {
var ajaxRequest;

try{
ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e){
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e){
alert("Your browser broke!");
return false;
}
}
}
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('DivNewReleases');
ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
}
else {
var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('DivNewReleases');
ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = '<br><br><br><br><br><br><image src=\"php/ajax-loader.gif\">';
}
}
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "php/main.php?startfrom=" + startfrom, true);
ajaxRequest.send(null);
}


you can see a live example of this here:
http://www.it-leaked.com/v4alpha/
you'll notice that the box works fine when clicking on the + button on the mainpage, but if you click on the back button and then on the + on the loaded page the lightbox wont show up :(
if you need any other files let me know
thanks for the help i hope someone can give me a hint

[diltony]

Your code is not complete, and your site seem to be inaccessible. Try completely clearing your cache in internet explorer, and test again, if it works with clear cache then u will need to replace the following line
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "php/main.php?startfrom=" + startfrom, true);
with something like
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "php/main.php?startfrom=" + startfrom +"&cache="+new Date().getTime(), true);

Otherwise, provide us with a complete code/test code...

[diltony]

Your code is not complete, and your site seem to be inaccessible. Try completely clearing your cache in internet explorer, and test again, if it works with clear cache then u will need to replace the following line
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "php/main.php?startfrom=" + startfrom, true);
with something like
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "php/main.php?startfrom=" + startfrom +"&cache="+new Date().getTime(), true);

Otherwise, provide us with a complete code/test code...

[jscheuer1]

You are not using lightbox, rather a mootools 'lightbox clone'. Lightbox 2.04 and 2.04a are both AJAX friendly.

See:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37030

For links and some info about both Lightbox versions mentioned.

[robs]

Hey,
thanks for all the replies, i've already sorted out what was wrong. After playing around a bit i found out that i had to initialize this code after each pageload:


<script type="text/javascript">
var box = {};
window.addEvent('domready', function(){
box = new MultiBox('mb', {descClassName: 'multiBoxDesc', useOverlay: true});
});
</script>

after that it worked like a charm.



I've got another problem though. I didn't create a new thread cause i didn't want to flood the forums, i hope people can still help me out :)
i'm trying to load a php file through AJAX which accesses the mysql db. the file loads fine, but for some reason i can't run any javascript functions inside the file. here's the code:



<?php

include ('sql.php');

if (!$_GET[start]) { $_GET[start] = 0; }

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `posts` WHERE `post_content` NOT LIKE '' AND `post_status` NOT LIKE 'draft' AND `post_status` NOT LIKE 'inherit' $sqlsearch ORDER BY `post_date` DESC , `ID` DESC LIMIT $_GET[start] , 1");

if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) {
echo "Sorry, no posts found. Please search for something else.<br>";
}

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "$row[post_title]<br><br>";
if ($row[genre3]) { echo "$row[genre1] - $row[genre2] - $row[genre3]"; }
elseif ($row[genre2]) { echo "$row[genre1] - $row[genre2]"; }
else { echo $row[genre1]; }

echo "<br><br><br><a href=\"javascript:runme();\">Run Me</a>";
}
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function runme() {
alert ('test');
}
</script>


any ideas why the runme function doesnt run? if i direct access the file the function works. stuff like <a href="javascript:alert('test');"> works aswell.
You can view the script in action here: http://it-leaked.com/v4test/


thanks for the help. :)

PS: Should i change the topic name?