Execution of Javascript failed: "Cannot read property 'xxx' of undefined" in Spotfire client

Product:TIBCO Spotfire Developer
Versions:7.11 and higher

Summary:
Execution of Javascript failed: "Cannot read property 'xxx' of undefined" in Spotfire client

Details:
It has been observed when upgrading to 10.0 and higher, some of the JavaScript implemented in Spotfire Text Area may fail to execute and error out with the below stack trace:

Execution of Javascript failed:
Type: TypeError
Message: Cannot read property 'xxx' of undefined
Stacktrace: TypeError: Cannot read property 'xxx' of undefined

The same can also be seen logged in console under Developer Tools (Tools > Development > Developer ) of Spotfire Analyst.



 

Resolution:
This is commonly related to the use of jQuery and jQueryU in Text Areas. Refer to the below wiki article for instructions of how to use that properly:

How to include your own instances of jQuery and jQueryUI in Text Areas
https://community.tibco.com/wiki/how-use-jquery-and-jqueryui-text-areas