Dialogs not working because they now rely on a global "theForm" JavaScript object

[Nathan]

We just updated our project with the latest release and now tool buttons that need to open a dialog fail in the _addWindowToDocument function (on line 6 of the following fragment)

	_addWindowToDocument:function(){
	var _ac=document.getElementById(this._formID);
	if(!_ac){
	_ac=document.forms[0];
	}
	_ac.insertBefore(this._popupElement,theForm.firstChild);
	}

...am I missing something?  It would be ideal if this global var wasn't expected to always be defined.  What would you recommend for a "fix"? 

I can throw in some temp code so "theForm" is always defined for us, but that just feels wrong :) 

[Dimitris]

Hello

I have exactly the same for problem and have no idea how to set this variable or what to do to resolve it

Thanks in advance

[Tervel]

Hello,

We were able to verify the problem and are taking action to fix it right away. The corrected version will appear in Q1 SP2 coming next week. In case you need a working solution immediately, a temporary workaround would be to override the method - that is, to add the following javacript code somewhere in the body of your pages (not to the head).
<script>

Telerik.Web.UI.RadWindow.prototype.

_addWindowToDocument =

function()
{
    var form = document.getElementById(this._formID); 
    if (!form) form = document.forms[0]; 
    form.insertBefore(this._popupElement, form.firstChild);
};

</script>

We are very sorry for the issue, as it is an ommition on our end.

All the best,
Tervel
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[Dimitris]

Hello ,

I was able to deal with this problem by changinginf my web.config from 

<

xhtmlConformance mode="Legacy"/>

to <

xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional"/>. Will this give me other errors in the future or can I stick with it? Do I still have to add the Javascript for the pop-up window or this is not nessecary now?

Thanks for your prompt reply

[Tervel]

Hello Dimitris,

With the Q1 SP2  coming out later this week you will not need to use the provided javascript. The javascript was meant as a temporary workaround to help before the SP2 is released.


Sincerely yours,
Tervel
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