Chrome extension manifest version:2 xml

Question

I'm using a javascript rss search script as a searchable telephone/address list for work. I have it working as a Chrome popup extension on the toolbar with manifest version:1 but I can't get it to work with version:2. In version:1 the xml database file doesn't need to be named in the manifest but it seems it does in version:2 but for the life of me I can't work out where it's supposed to go. I don't want it to be uploaded to a server or anything as we just need it to work locally which it's doing fine with version:1.

I tried searching for a manifest file to copy but most answers reference the older manifest version e.g. Chrome Extension Manifest 'Matches'

I expect it's something simple that I'm missing so if someone could help it would be much appreciated.

Here's my manifest code: Revised code below:

          {
  "name": "Telephone Search",
  "version": "2.0",
  "description": "Tel Test.",

  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icon.png",
    "default_title": "Addresses",
    "default_popup": "index.html"
    },
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": [
      "http://*/*",
      "file://*/*",
      "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "js": [
      "combinedTipue.js"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "http://*/*",
    "file://*/*",
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 2
 }

The xml file tipue_data.xml is in a couple of places where I've been trying to get it work!!

---

@ Rob W In case you meant the .js scripts I've added them below: (Sorry if they should have been put in 'comments' and not 'answers' but there was a character limit)

tipue.js combinedTipue.js

    function setFocus(){
document.getElementById("searchBox").focus();
}
// Tipue JS 4.2
//
// Tipue JS Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Tri-State Consultants
// Tipue JS is open source and released under the GNU General Public License
// Start tipue_set code
// Tipue JS 4.2
//
// Tipue JS Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Tri-State Consultants
// Tipue JS is open source and released under the GNU General Public License
//
// Tipue JS Set
// General
data = 'tipue_data.xml';
data_source = 1;
results_location = 'results.html';


// Results 


per_page = 10;
context = 1;
context_seed = 100;
descriptive_length = 25;
rank_seed = 3;
include_num = 0;
include_url = 1;
header_links = 1;
bold_query = 1;
bold_title = 1;
bold_footer = 1;


// Search


common_words = 'a about an are as at be by do for from how I in is it of on that the this to was what when where who will with';
stemming = 'javascript^js checkboxes^checkbox';
spell = 'tipu^Tipue endshet^Endsheet';


// Text


tl_1 = 'Your search - ';
tl_2 = ' - did not match any documents.<p>Suggestions:<p>Make sure all keywords are spelled correctly.<br>Try different or more general keywords.';
tl_3 = 'Previous';
tl_4 = 'Next';
tl_5 = 'to';
tl_6 = 'of';
tl_7 = 'for';
tl_8 = 'Did you mean:';
tl_9 = 'The following common words have been excluded from your search:';
tl_10 = 'Blank search.';
tl_11 = '<p>Powered by <a href="http://www.tipue.com" target="_blank">Tipue</a>';
tl_12 = 'Results';


// XML


xml_pages = 'page';
xml_title = 'title';
xml_url = 'url';
xml_content = 'content';

// End tipue_set code
tid = window.location.search;
rd = tid.indexOf('?d=');
rn = tid.indexOf('&n=');
if (rn == -1) {
    dit = tid.substring(rd + 3);
    tn = 0;
} else {
    dit = tid.substring(rd + 3, rn);
    tn = parseInt(tid.substring(rn + 3));
}
dit = dit.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
dit = decodeURIComponent(dit);

dit = dit.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
od = dit;
hd = dit;

dit = dit.replace(/ and /gi, ' ');
dit = dit.replace(/- /gi, '-');
dit = dit.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');


nr = per_page;
r_l = results_location;
b_q = bold_query;
b_t = bold_title;
b_f = bold_footer;
ct = context;
c_s = context_seed;
seed = rank_seed;
ct_l = descriptive_length;
c_w = common_words;

tr = new Array();
co = 0;
nd = 0;
nc = 0;
sp_l = '';
cw_l = '';

if (data_source < 2) {
    s = new Array();
    if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
        xmldoc.async = false;
        xmldoc.onreadystatechange = function () {
            if (xmldoc.readyState == 4) get_xml();
        }
        xmldoc.load(data);
    } else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        client = new XMLHttpRequest();
        client.open("GET", data, false);
        client.send(null);
        xmldoc = client.responseXML;
        get_xml();
    }
}

function get_xml() {
    if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) xmldoc.normalize();
    if (data_source == 0) {
        pages = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("item");
        for (c = 0; c < pages.length; c++) {
            rs = pages[c];
            es_0 = rs.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild.data;
            es_0 = es_0.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            es_1 = rs.getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.data;
            es_1 = es_1.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            es_2 = rs.getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild.data;
            es_2 = es_2.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            s[c] = es_0 + '^' + es_1 + '^' + es_2 + '^0^0';
        }
    }
    if (data_source == 1) {
        pages = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName(xml_pages);
        for (c = 0; c < pages.length; c++) {
            rs = pages[c];
            es_0 = rs.getElementsByTagName(xml_title)[0].firstChild.data;
            es_0 = es_0.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            es_1 = rs.getElementsByTagName(xml_url)[0].firstChild.data;
            es_1 = es_1.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            es_2 = rs.getElementsByTagName(xml_content)[0].firstChild.data;
            es_2 = es_2.replace(/\^|\~/g, '');
            if (rs.getElementsByTagName("open").length > 0) es_3 = rs.getElementsByTagName("open")[0].firstChild.data;
            else es_3 = '0';
            if (rs.getElementsByTagName("rank").length > 0) es_4 = rs.getElementsByTagName("rank")[0].firstChild.data;
            else es_4 = '0';
            s[c] = es_0 + '^' + es_1 + '^' + es_2 + '^' + es_3 + '^' + es_4;
        }
    }
}

dit = dit.replace(/\^/g, '');
dit = dit.replace(/^\s+/, '');
dit = dit.replace(/\s+$/, '');
if (seed < 1) seed = 1;
if (seed > 9) seed = 10;

v_d = false;
if (dit == '' || dit == ' ') v_d = true;

t_m = 0;
if (dit.charAt(0) == '"' && dit.charAt(dit.length - 1) == '"') t_m = 1;

if (t_m == 0 && !v_d) {
    if (c_w.length > 0) {
        cw = c_w.split(' ');
        for (i = 0; i < cw.length; i++) {
            pat = new RegExp("\\b" + cw[i] + "\\b", 'gi');
            rn = dit.search(pat);
            if (rn != -1) {
                pat_1 = new RegExp("\\+" + cw[i] + "\\b", 'gi');
                pat_2 = new RegExp("\\-" + cw[i] + "\\b", 'gi');
                rn_1 = dit.search(pat_1);
                rn_2 = dit.search(pat_2);
                if (rn_1 == -1 && rn_2 == -1) {
                    cw_l += '<b>' + cw[i] + '</b>, ';
                    dit = dit.replace(pat, '');
                }
            }
        }
        if (cw_l.length > 0) {
            cw_l = cw_l.replace(/\s+$/, '');
            if (cw_l.charAt(cw_l.length - 1) == ',') cw_l = cw_l.substr(0, cw_l.length - 1);
            dit = dit.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
            dit = dit.replace(/^\s+/, '');
            dit = dit.replace(/\s+$/, '');
            if (dit == '' || dit == ' ') v_d = true;
            hd = dit;
        }
    }

    if (spell.length > 0) {
        cw = spell.split(' ');
        for (i = 0; i < cw.length; i++) {
            wt = cw[i].split('^');
            pat = new RegExp("\\b" + wt[0] + "\\b", 'i');
            rn = dit.search(pat);
            if (rn != -1) {
                if (sp_l.length < 1) sp_l = dit;
                pat = new RegExp(wt[0], 'i');
                sp_l = sp_l.replace(pat, wt[1]);
            }
        }
    }

    if (stemming.length > 0) {
        cw = stemming.split(' ');
        for (i = 0; i < cw.length; i++) {
            wt = cw[i].split('^');
            pat = new RegExp("\\b" + wt[0] + "\\b", 'i');
            rn = dit.search(pat);
            if (rn != -1) {
                dit = dit.replace(pat, wt[0] + '~' + wt[1]);
            }
        }
    }

    dit = dit.replace(/ or /gi, '~');
    dit = dit.replace(/\"/gi, '');
    ct_d = 0;
    w_in = new Array();
    wt = dit.split(' ');
    for (i = 0; i < wt.length; i++) {
        w_in[i] = 0;
        if (wt[i].charAt(0) == '-') w_in[i] = 1;
        pat = new RegExp("\\~", 'i');
        rn = wt[i].search(pat);
        if (rn != -1) w_in[i] = 2;
        wt[i] = wt[i].replace(/^\-|^\+/gi, '');
    }

    a = 0;
    for (c = 0; c < s.length; c++) {
        es = s[c].split('^');
        rk = 1000;
        if (es[3] == null) es[3] = '0';
        if (es[4] == null) es[4] = '0';
        if (parseInt(es[4]) > 10) es[4] = '10';
        pa = 0;
        nh = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < w_in.length; i++) {
            if (w_in[i] == 0) {
                nh++;
                nt = 0;
                pat = new RegExp("\\b" + wt[i] + "\\b", 'i');
                rn = es[0].search(pat);
                if (rn != -1) {
                    rk -= seed * 3;
                    rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
                    nt = 1;
                    if (ct == 1) ct_d = 1;
                }
                rn = es[2].search(pat);
                if (rn != -1) {
                    rk -= seed;
                    rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
                    nt = 1;
                }
                if (nt == 1) pa++;
            }
            if (w_in[i] == 1) {
                pat = new RegExp("\\b" + wt[i] + "\\b", 'i');
                rn = es[0].search(pat);
                if (rn != -1) pa = 0;
                rn = es[2].search(pat);
                if (rn != -1) pa = 0;
            }
            if (w_in[i] == 2) {
                nh++;
                nt = 0;
                w_o = wt[i].split('~');
                pat = new RegExp("\\b" + w_o[0] + "\\b", 'i');
                pat_2 = new RegExp("\\b" + w_o[1] + "\\b", 'i');
                rn = es[0].search(pat);
                rn_2 = es[0].search(pat_2);
                if (rn != -1 || rn_2 != -1) {
                    rk -= seed / 2;
                    rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
                    nt = 1;
                    if (ct == 1) ct_d = 1;
                }
                rn = es[2].search(pat);
                rn_2 = es[2].search(pat_2);
                if (rn != -1 || rn_2 != -1) {
                    rk -= seed / 2;
                    rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
                    nt = 1;
                }
                if (nt == 1) pa++;
            }
        }

        if (pa == nh && nh != 0) {
            es_c = '';
            ci_e = es[2].split(' ');
            if (ci_e.length < ct_l) {
                es_c = es[2];
            } else {
                for (i = 0; i < ct_l; i++) {
                    es_c += ci_e[i] + ' ';
                }
            }
            es_c = es_c.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '');
            if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
            es_c += ' ...';

            if (ct == 1 && ct_d == 0) {
                ct_f = true;
                pat = new RegExp("\\b" + wt[0] + "\\b", 'i');
                rn = es[2].search(pat);
                if (rn > c_s) {
                    t_1 = es[2].substr(rn - (c_s - 1));
                    rn = t_1.indexOf('. ');
                    if (rn != -1 && rn < (c_s / 2)) {
                        t_1 = t_1.substr(rn + 1);
                        t_2 = t_1.split(' ');
                        if (t_2.length > ct_l) {
                            es_c = '';
                            for (i = 1; i < ct_l + 1; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                            if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
                            es_c += ' ...';
                            ct_f = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (ct_f) {
                    rn = es[2].search(pat);
                    t_1 = es[2].substr(rn - (c_s / 5));
                    rn = t_1.indexOf(' ');
                    if (rn != -1) {
                        t_1 = t_1.substr(rn + 1);
                        t_2 = t_1.split(' ');
                        es_c = '';
                        if (t_2.length > ct_l) {
                            for (i = 1; i < ct_l + 1; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                        } else {
                            for (i = 1; i < t_2.length; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                        }
                        if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
                        es_c += ' ...';
                    }
                }
            }

            tr[a] = rk + '^' + es[0] + '^' + es[1] + '^' + es_c + '^' + es[2] + '^' + es[3] + '^' + es[4];
            a++;
        }
    }
    tr.sort();
    co = a;
}

if (t_m == 1 && !v_d) {
    dit = dit.replace(/"/gi, '');
    a = 0;
    ct_d = 0;
    pat = new RegExp(dit, 'i');
    for (c = 0; c < s.length; c++) {
        es = s[c].split('^');
        rk = 1000;
        if (es[3] == null) es[3] = '0';
        if (es[4] == null) es[4] = '0';
        if (parseInt(es[4]) > 10) es[4] = '10';
        rn = es[0].search(pat);
        if (rn != -1) {
            rk -= seed * 3;
            rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
            ct_d = 1;
        }
        rn = es[2].search(pat);
        if (rn != -1) {
            rk -= seed;
            rk -= parseInt(es[4]);
        }
        if (rk < 1000) {
            es_c = '';
            ci_e = es[2].split(' ');
            if (ci_e.length < ct_l) {
                es_c = es[2];
            } else {
                for (i = 0; i < ct_l; i++) {
                    es_c += ci_e[i] + ' ';
                }
            }
            es_c = es_c.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '');
            if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
            es_c += ' ...';

            if (ct == 1 && ct_d == 0) {
                ct_f = true;
                rn = es[2].search(pat);
                if (rn > c_s) {
                    t_1 = es[2].substr(rn - (c_s - 1));
                    rn = t_1.indexOf('. ');
                    if (rn != -1 && rn < (c_s / 2)) {
                        t_1 = t_1.substr(rn + 1);
                        t_2 = t_1.split(' ');
                        if (t_2.length > ct_l) {
                            es_c = '';
                            for (i = 1; i < ct_l + 1; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                            if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
                            es_c += ' ...';
                            ct_f = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (ct_f) {
                    rn = es[2].search(pat);
                    t_1 = es[2].substr(rn - (c_s / 5));
                    rn = t_1.indexOf(' ');
                    if (rn != -1) {
                        t_1 = t_1.substr(rn + 1);
                        t_2 = t_1.split(' ');
                        es_c = '';
                        if (t_2.length > ct_l) {
                            for (i = 1; i < ct_l + 1; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                        } else {
                            for (i = 1; i < t_2.length; i++) {
                                es_c += ' ' + t_2[i];
                            }
                        }
                        if (es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == '.' || es_c.charAt(es_c.length - 1) == ',') es_c = es_c.substr(0, es_c.length - 1);
                        es_c += ' ...';
                    }
                }
            }

            tr[a] = rk + '^' + es[0] + '^' + es[1] + '^' + es_c + '^' + es[2] + '^' + es[3] + '^' + es[4];
            a++;
        }
    }
    tr.sort();
    co = a;
}

if (v_d) co = 0;

function tip_query() {
    if (od != 'undefined' && od != null) document.forms.tipue.d.value = od;
}

function tip_header() { // this writes the line with the search word
    if (co > 0) {
        ne = nr + tn;
        if (ne > co) ne = co;
        document.write(tl_12, ' ', tn + 1, ' ', tl_5, ' ', ne, ' ', tl_6, ' ', co, ' ', tl_7, ' ');
        if (header_links == 1) {
            if (t_m == 0) {
                hd = hd.replace(/\"/gi, '');
                wt_h = hd.split(' ');
                for (i = 0; i < wt_h.length; i++) {
                    if (wt_h[i].toLowerCase() != 'or' && wt_h[i].toLowerCase() != 'and' && wt_h[i].toLowerCase() != 'not' && wt_h[i] != '+' && wt_h[i] != '-') {
                        if (wt_h[i].charAt(0) == '+' || wt_h[i].charAt(0) == '-' || wt_h[i].charAt(0) == '~') {
                            document.write(wt_h[i].charAt(0));
                            wt_h[i] = wt_h[i].slice(1, wt_h[i].length);
                        }
                        document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', wt_h[i], '">', wt_h[i], '</a><p> ');
                    } else document.write(wt_h[i] + ' ');
                }
            } else document.write(hd);
        } else document.write(hd);
    }
}

function tip_out() {
    if (cw_l.length > 0) {
        document.write(tl_9, ' ', cw_l, '<p>');

    }
    if (sp_l.length > 0) {
        sp_e = encodeURIComponent(sp_l);
        document.write(tl_8, ' <a href="', r_l, '?d=', sp_e, '">', sp_l, '</a><p>');
    }
    if (co == 0) {
        if (v_d) {
            document.write(tl_10);
        } else {
            document.write(tl_1);
            if (b_q == 1) document.write('<b>', od, '</b>');
            else document.write(od);
            document.write(tl_2);
        }
        return;
    }
    if (tn + nr > co) nd = co;
    else nd = tn + nr;
    for (a = tn; a < nd; a++) {
        os = tr[a].split('^');
        if (b_q == 1 && t_m == 0) {
            for (i = 0; i < wt.length; i++) {
                pat = new RegExp("\\~", 'i');
                rn = wt[i].search(pat);
                if (rn != -1) {
                    tw = wt[i].split('~');
                    for (c = 0; c < tw.length; c++) {
                        lw = tw[c].length;
                        pat = new RegExp(tw[c], 'i');
                        rn = os[3].search(pat);
                        if (rn != -1) {
                            o1 = os[3].slice(0, rn);
                            o2 = os[3].slice(rn, rn + lw);
                            o3 = os[3].slice(rn + lw);
                            os[3] = o1 + '<b>' + o2 + '</b>' + o3;
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    lw = wt[i].length;
                    pat = new RegExp(wt[i], 'i');
                    rn = os[3].search(pat);
                    if (rn != -1) {
                        o1 = os[3].slice(0, rn);
                        o2 = os[3].slice(rn, rn + lw);
                        o3 = os[3].slice(rn + lw);
                        os[3] = o1 + '<b>' + o2 + '</b>' + o3;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (b_q == 1 && t_m == 1) {
            lw = dit.length;
            tw = new RegExp(dit, 'i');
            rn = os[3].search(tw);
            if (rn != -1) {
                o1 = os[3].slice(0, rn);
                o2 = os[3].slice(rn, rn + lw);
                o3 = os[3].slice(rn + lw);
                os[3] = o1 + '<b>' + o2 + '</b>' + o3;
            }
        }

        if (include_num == 1) document.write(a + 1, '. ');
        if (os[5] == '0') t_b = '';
        if (os[5] == '1') t_b = 'target="_blank"';
        if (os[5] != '0' && os[5] != '1') t_b = 'target="' + os[5] + '"';
        if (b_t == 0) document.write('<a href="', os[2], '" ', t_b, '>', os[1], '</a>');
        if (b_t == 1) {
            lw = dit.length;
            tw = new RegExp(dit, 'i');
            rn = os[1].search(tw);
            if (rn != -1) {
                o1 = os[1].slice(0, rn);
                o2 = os[1].slice(rn, rn + lw);
                o3 = os[1].slice(rn + lw);
                os[1] = o1 + '<b>' + o2 + '</b>' + o3;
            }
            document.write('<a href="', os[2], '" ', t_b, '>', os[1], '</a>');
        }
        if (b_t == 2) document.write('<a href="', os[2], '" ', t_b, '><b>', os[1], '</b></a>');

        if (os[3].length > 1) document.write('<br>', os[3]);
        if (include_url == 1) document.write('<br><a href="', os[2], '" ', t_b, 'target="_blank">', os[2], '</a>');
        document.write('<p>');
    }
}

function tip_footer() {
    if (co > nr) {
        od = encodeURIComponent(od);
        var np = Math.ceil(co / nr);
        nc = co - (tn + nr);
        if (tn > 0) var na = Math.ceil(tn / nr) + 1;
        else var na = 1;
        if (tn > 1) document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', od, '&n=', tn - nr, '">', tl_3, '</a> &nbsp;');
        if (np < 10) {
            for (var i = 0; i < np; i++) {
                var nb = nr * i;
                if (nb == tn) {
                    if (b_f == 1) document.write('<b>', i + 1, '</b> &nbsp;');
                    else document.write(i + 1, ' &nbsp;');
                } else document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', od, '&n=', nb, '">', i + 1, '</a> &nbsp;');
            }
        }
        if (np > 9) {
            if (na < 8) {
                for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
                    var nb = nr * i;
                    if (nb == tn) {
                        if (b_f == 1) document.write('<b>', i + 1, '</b> &nbsp;');
                        else document.write(i + 1, ' &nbsp;');
                    } else document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', od, '&n=', nb, '">', i + 1, '</a> &nbsp;');
                }
            } else {
                var ng = na - 5;
                if (np > ng + 9) var nf = ng + 9;
                else nf = np;
                for (var i = ng; i < nf; i++) {
                    var nb = nr * i;
                    if (nb == tn) {
                        if (b_f == 1) document.write('<b>', i + 1, '</b> &nbsp;');
                        else document.write(i + 1, ' &nbsp;');
                    } else document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', od, '&n=', nb, '">', i + 1, '</a> &nbsp;');
                }
            }
        }
        if (nc > 0) document.write('<a href="', r_l, '?d=', od, '&n=', tn + nr, '">', tl_4, '</a>');
    }
    }

function tipqueryTask() {
        get_xml();
        tip_header();
        tip_query();
        tip_out();
        tip_footer();
        setFocus();
    }
    document.getElementById('myform').addEventListener('submit', tipqueryTask());{
     // event.preventDefault(); Prevent default behaviour (submitting form)
    var outputElement = document.getElementById('outputHeader');
    outputElement.innerHTML = '<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" >tip_out()></script>';
    var outputElement = document.getElementById('outputQuery');
    outputElement.innerHTML = '<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">tip_query()></script>';
    var outputElement = document.getElementById('outputOut');
    outputElement.innerHTML = '<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">tip_out()</script>';
    var outputElement = document.getElementById('outputFooter');
    outputElement.innerHTML = '<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">tip_footer()></script>';
} false;

Looking into this further, I think it may have something to do with the XML file having to be whitelisted and amendments made to the js file but if so then it's far too complicated for me. I can't write javascript myself, I'm just an amateur and only able to adjust other peoples' scripts to suit my needs.

Please let me know if you need any other info. Many thanks

index.html

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<!-- saved from url=(0020)http://www.tipue.com -->

<html>
<head>
<title>Address % Telephone Search</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="myform" method="get" name="tipue" action="results.html">
<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="form_table"><tr>
<td class="form_td_left">
<input type="text" name="d" id="searchBox" class="field">
</td>
<td class="form_td_right">
<input type="submit" value="Go" class="button">
<br />
</td></tr></table>
</form>
<!-- End of form section -->
<p>
Enter Tipue or other search terms in the example above.
<p>
This example uses an <a href="http://www.tipue.com/products/tipueJS/started/xml.cgi">XML</a> data file. For more information see <a href="http://www.tipue.com/products/tipueJS/started/">Getting Started</a>.
<br>
</body>
</html>

and you'll also need

results.html
(revised code below)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<!-- saved from url=(0020)http://www.tipue.com -->
<html>
<head>
<title>Tipue JS XML Example Search Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="myform" method="get" name="tipue" action="results.html">
<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="form_table"><tr>
<td class="form_td_left">
<input type="text" name="d" class="field" id="searchBox">
</td>
<td class="form_td_right">
<input type="submit" value="Go" class="button">
</td></tr></table>
</form>
<!-- End of form section -->
<br>
<div id="outputQuery"></div>
<div id="outputHeader"></div>
<div id="outputOut"></div>
<div id="outputFooter"></div>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="combinedTipue.js"></script> 
<br>
<hr>
</body>
</html>

If you change the manifest to version: 1 you'll see it works ok but not as version:2. I appreciate your help with this, many thanks

added popup.js deleted

Answer 1

I've sort of got it working with this code which is at the foot of popup.js:

function tipqueryTask() {get_xml(); tip_header(); tip_query(); tip_out(); tip_footer();}
function clickHandler() {
  setTimeout(tipqueryTask, 5000);}
  var alreadyrunflag=0 //flag to indicate whether target function has already been run
if (document.addEventListener)
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){alreadyrunflag=1; clickHandler()}, false)
else if (document.all && !window.opera){
  document.write('<script type="text/javascript" id="contentloadtag" defer="defer" src="javascript:void(0)"><\/script>')
  var contentloadtag=document.getElementById("contentloadtag")
  contentloadtag.onreadystatechange=function(){
    if (this.readyState=="complete"){
      alreadyrunflag=1
      clickHandler()}}}

Notice setTimeout is 5 secs. What seems to be happening is when I click on the extension,the index.html opens & I have 5 secs to type in a search query (otherwise it says 'blank search'(which is one of the attributes/variables?? in tipue_set.js))After I hit enter, the results.html page appears but has no results in it then once the 5 secs is up another page appears with the actual results on it. SetTimeout is running the clickhandling from popup.js but I can't figure out how to get it to run from the results page which is supposed to have inline js for all the functions in tipqueryTask. I tried putting them in separate scripts but that didn't work. Any ideas? If not I'll just have to leave it like this. It's not ideal but better than nothing.