topic Re: parser.parse() error in .js file in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

parser.parse() error in .js file

MatthewBrown1 — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:04:22 GMT

Hi,

I'm getting the following error when calling parser.parse(); in map.js

[INDENT]0x800a01b6 - JavaScript runtime error: Object doesn't support property or method 'parse'[/INDENT]

However, if I run the code from map.js in the HTML file, it works perfectly. Do I have to call parser.parse(); differently when using .js files?

Thanks,

Matt

Re: parser.parse() error in .js file

JasonZou — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:43:17 GMT

If you are using AMD style, check if the module aliases match the dependency list. Take below code as an example. module1 is the alias of path/to/mod1, module2 for path/to/mod2, and so on. You can skip some dependencies not assigning them aliases, like path/to/mod4 in below, but all the skipped modules must be at the end of the dependency list.

define(["path/to/mod1", "path/to/mod2", "path/to/mod3", "path/to/mod4"], function(module1, module2, module3) {
// body content
});

More than likely, in your map.js, the position of parser in the alias list does not match the position of module dojo/parser in the dependency list.

Otherwise, please post map.js code for further inspection.

Re: parser.parse() error in .js file

MatthewBrown1 — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:21:45 GMT

Hi Jason,

I checked the AMD require format, and it was fine (I did a copy and paste into the HTML and it worked). I've also been using Derek's AMD require generator to check. I figured I'd made a noob mistake like that but it seems like the problem is something in my IDE - VS 2012. Not sure what happened, but after closing down the solution for a while (I opened it up to respond to your post), the original code worked.

When I first hit the error I cleared the browser cache for Chrome and IE, killed IIS Express, and rebuilt the solution with no change.

We are supposed to use VS and TFS, but perhaps I should perform my prototyping in Aptana? Any folks out there using VS for the JS API?

Thanks,

Matt