IE 7 & 8 throws an error (through jQuery): expected identifier

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery.i18n.properties({
                    'name': "messages", 
                    'path': "/myproject/js/i18n/", 
                    'mode': "both",
                    'language': "en", 
                    'callback': function() {
                    }
    })
});

If I ment out line 'path': "/myproject/js/i18n/", error disappears, but of course, i18n plugin stops working as expected.

Thanks for your help!

IE 7 & 8 throws an error (through jQuery): expected identifier

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery.i18n.properties({
                    'name': "messages", 
                    'path': "/myproject/js/i18n/", 
                    'mode': "both",
                    'language': "en", 
                    'callback': function() {
                    }
    })
});

If I ment out line 'path': "/myproject/js/i18n/", error disappears, but of course, i18n plugin stops working as expected.

Thanks for your help!

• javascript
• internet-explorer-8
• internet-explorer-7

• 1 I'm not sure, but older IEs were not good with mixed quotes, try to use either single or double quotes, but not both in the same statement... Or you just have a non-printing character there? – Teemu Commented Jul 5, 2013 at 13:48
• Teemu, I tried double quotes, and it did not help; I will try single quotes though, tx for idea! – Michael Zelensky Commented Jul 5, 2013 at 13:50
• Teemu, single quotes did not help too. – Michael Zelensky Commented Jul 5, 2013 at 13:56
• 2 Try deleting that entire line (including the leading and trailing line breaks to be safe) and retyping it. – user2437417 Commented Jul 5, 2013 at 13:56
• 1 Also, what does your config file look like? Have you tried using a simpler config file, maybe with only a couple of translations in it? – Spudley Commented Jul 5, 2013 at 14:20

2 Answers 2

In messages.properties file there were lines like something.delete.something=something. These lines with 'delete' inside caused jQuery in IE7/8 to throw the error. I renamed these labels into something.dodelete.something and it worked.

If you cannot rename, I suggest next:

response.responseJSON.messages.default

change to

response.responseJSON.messages['default']