unexpected call to method or property access

Question

If you try to add style declarations in the head of a document, IE borks at the name 'style' - "unexpected call to method or property access".

I guess its getting confused between the head element and the object property .style?

var t = document.createElement("style")
t.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
t.setAttribute("media", "screen");
var temp_text = document.createTextNode(v + " {visibility:hidden}");
t.appendChild(temp_text)

Where v is id of a flash object.

Please be clear in explaining your problems and just paste the code snippet wer u r getting trouble — AmGates, Aug 24 '11 at 09:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '11 at 09:43

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This might help: http://www.phpied.com/dynamic-script-and-style-elements-in-ie/

answered Aug 24 '11 at 09:43

Sam Dutton

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '11 at 09:52

For IE U have do like this

    var t = document.createElement("style")
    t.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
    t.setAttribute("media", "screen");
    if(t.styleSheet)
        t.styleSheet.cssText = v + " {visibility:hidden}" ;
    else
    {
        var temp_text = document.createTextNode(v + " {visibility:hidden}");
        t.appendChild(temp_text)
    }

This would help you

unexpected call to method or property access

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