INVALID_STATE_ERR: DOM Exception 11 (WebKit)

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Regis Frey picture Regis Frey · Aug 15, 2010 · Viewed 76.1k times · Source

I recently tested a Cappuccino app I was working on with Chrome and Safari. I get the error:

INVALID_STATE_ERR: DOM Exception 11: An attempt was made to use an object that is not, or is no longer, usable.

The lack of information is frustrating. What object and where did I attempt to use it? Chrome tries to answer the second question but the line number it gives, 465, doesn't mean anything when the file it gives is just 94 lines long. Without more information I don't even know where to start looking.

Answer

Dave Lampert picture Dave Lampert · Mar 16, 2011

Usually this error occurs with the XMLHttpRequest when you call the open method with async = true, or you leave the async parameter undefined so it defaults to asynchronous, and then you access the status or responseText properties. Those properties are only available after you do a synchronous call, or on the readyState becoming ready (once the asynchronous call responds). I suggest you first try with async = false, and then switch to it being true and use the onReadyStateChange.

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