Wierd javascript error in IE6

[salvin francis]

very basic code to reproduce the issue:

//-- Entry point class:
public class TestProject implements EntryPoint 
{
	public void onModuleLoad() {
		Link test =  new Link("something");		
		RootPanel.get().add(test);
	}
}

//-- Custom widget class:
public class Link extends Composite 
{
	private SimplePanel container = new SimplePanel();
	
	public Link(String text) {
		super();
		initWidget(container);
		
		HorizontalPanel horizontalPanel = new HorizontalPanel();		
		Label linkText = new Label(text);
		horizontalPanel.add(linkText);
		
		container.setWidget(horizontalPanel);
	}
}

Error:

09:21:45.687 [ERROR] [testproject] Unable to load module entry point class com.client.TestProject (see associated exception for details)
com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (Error): 
 number: -2147467259
 description: 
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:195)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:120)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:507)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeVoid(ModuleSpace.java:284)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeVoid(JavaScriptHost.java:107)
    at com.google.gwt.dom.client.DOMImplTrident.setInnerText(DOMImplTrident.java)
    at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element$.setInnerText$(Element.java:621)
    at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label.setText(Label.java:234)
    at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label.<init>(Label.java:101)
    at com.client.Link.<init>(Link.java:17)
    at com.client.TestProject.onModuleLoad(TestProject.java:12)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.onLoad(ModuleSpace.java:369)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.loadModule(OophmSessionHandler.java:185)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.processConnection(BrowserChannelServer.java:380)
    at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.run(BrowserChannelServer.java:222)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

its affecting my site, and now i am not able to open it in ie6 !!? ??

if any one has a workaround too i will be interested in hearing ...



(Btw i am back to java ranch after a long long time !! its so sweet to be back home !!)

[salvin francis]

btw i posted the issue here long time back and so far i am the only person replying there

http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5181


guess google too hates ie6


( IMHO ie6 is a successful software, after all how many softwares that you have heard of is used all around the world for almost 10 years !!! is still widely used today ? )

[Maneesh Godbole]

Don't have IE so can't test and recommend but thinking out loud here. Maybe you need to call initWidget after setting all the child widgets?

[salvin francis]

I tried that, still the same error.

Btw i am using GWT 2.0.3

[salvin francis]

omitted super(); and also moved initWidget() to end of constructor,
the same error occurs.