I’m not sure that this isn’t related to a Windows Update that was done late last week, as I haven’t had time this week to be in my app. However, I know this worked before, but suddenly I am getting the error “htmlfile: Unexpected call to method or property access.” in jquery-1.5.1.min.js when the following script is run:

$("#PhoneListDrops").bind('change', function () {

                var name = $("#PhoneListDrops > option:selected").attr("value");

                var label = $("#PhoneTypeAgentLabel");

                if (name == 'ACD') {

                    $.getJSON

                        ("/Connections/GetAgentSup", function (newdata, sel) {

                            var newitems = '';

                            $.each(newdata, function (z, agents) {

                                var selected = '';

                                if (agents.Selected) {

                                    selected = ' checked="checked" ';

                                }

                          newitems += "<input type='radio' name='Sup_Agent' value='" + agents.Value + "' " +    selected + " />" + agents.Text;

                            }); // end for each

                            $("#PhoneTypeAgent").html(newitems);

                        }); // end phonelistdrops change

                    label.show();

                } // end if = ACD

                else {

                    // we need to force a blank into the radio button if they select, then unselect ACD

                    var newitems = '';

                    newitems += "<input type='radio' name='Sup_Agent' value='' />";

                    $("#PhoneTypeAgent").html(newitems);

                    label.hide();

                }

            });

If I comment out the newitems line so it doesn’t try to create the radio buttons, the script no longer generates the error. This only occurs when using IE 8. I have run in Google Chrome (which shows no html errors) and Firefox and the code runs fine and the radio buttons are rendered as they should be.

Any ideas on what might be causing this and how I might fix it?