Weird IE javascript error

Question

For some reason when I run my game in IE it stops during the preloader. I opened up IE8's debugger and it failed on this line complaining about some run time error.

document.getElementById("mainpreloaderscreen").innerHTML=loaded+"/"+total+"<br><button onclick=\"gamepreload('all')\">load all (not  recomended)</button>";

Why does IE do this and how can I fix it?

heres the entire function

    function gamepreload(item)
{
loaded++;
total=18;
document.getElementById("mainpreloaderscreen").innerHTML=loaded+"/"+total+"<br><button onclick=\"gamepreload('all')\">load all (not  recomended)</button>";

if(item==0||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[0]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[0].onload=function(){gamepreload(1)}; gamepreloadstuff[0].src="images/menusignpoll.jpg";document.getElementById("img-menusignpoll").src=gamepreloadstuff[0].src;           }
if(item==1||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[1]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[1].onload=function(){gamepreload(2)}; gamepreloadstuff[1].src="images/menusignnewbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignnewbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[1].src;        }
if(item==2||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[2]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[2].onload=function(){gamepreload(3)}; gamepreloadstuff[2].src="images/menusignnewbutton-glowing.png";                         }
if(item==3||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[3]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[3].onload=function(){gamepreload(4)}; gamepreloadstuff[3].src="images/menusignresumebutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignresumebutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[3].src;       }
if(item==4||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[4]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[4].onload=function(){gamepreload(5)}; gamepreloadstuff[4].src="images/menusignresumebutton-glowing.png";                         }
if(item==5||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[5]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[5].onload=function(){gamepreload(6)}; gamepreloadstuff[5].src="images/menusignhelpbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignhelpbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[5].src;        }
if(item==6||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[6]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[6].onload=function(){gamepreload(7)}; gamepreloadstuff[6].src="images/menusignhelpbutton-glowing.png";                         }
if(item==7||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[7]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[7].onload=function(){gamepreload(8)}; gamepreloadstuff[7].src="images/menusignscoresbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignscoresbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[7].src;       }
if(item==8||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[8]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[8].onload=function(){gamepreload(9)}; gamepreloadstuff[8].src="images/menusignscoresbutton-glowing.png";                         }
if(item==9||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[9]=new Image();   gamepreloadstuff[9].onload=function(){gamepreload(10)}; gamepreloadstuff[9].src="images/menusignoptionsbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignoptionsbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[9].src;      }
if(item==10||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[10]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[10].onload=function(){gamepreload(11)}; gamepreloadstuff[10].src="images/menusignoptionsbutton-glowing.png";                        }
if(item==11||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[11]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[11].onload=function(){gamepreload(12)}; gamepreloadstuff[11].src="images/menusigncreditsbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-menusigncreditsbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[11].src;      }
if(item==12||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[12]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[12].onload=function(){gamepreload(13)}; gamepreloadstuff[12].src="images/menusigncreditsbutton-glowing.png";                        }
if(item==13||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[13]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[13].onload=function(){gamepreload(14)}; gamepreloadstuff[13].src="images/menusignleaves.png";document.getElementById("img-menusignleaves").src=gamepreloadstuff[13].src;         }
if(item==14||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[14]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[14].onload=function(){gamepreload(15)}; gamepreloadstuff[14].src="images/menubox.png";document.getElementById("img-menubox").src=gamepreloadstuff[14].src;             }
if(item==15||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[15]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[15].onload=function(){gamepreload(16)}; gamepreloadstuff[15].src="images/menusavedindents.png";document.getElementById("img-menusavedindents").src=gamepreloadstuff[15].src;             }
if(item==16||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[16]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[16].onload=function(){gamepreload(17)}; gamepreloadstuff[16].src="images/mainbackbutton.png";document.getElementById("img-mainbackbutton").src=gamepreloadstuff[16].src;             }
if(item==17||item=='all'){gamepreloadstuff[17]=new Image(); gamepreloadstuff[17].onload=function(){gamepreload(18)}; gamepreloadstuff[17].src="images/mainbackbutton-glowing.png";                        }
if(item==18||item=='all'){document.getElementById("mainpreloaderscreen").style.display="none";}
}

The IE 8 debugger says "breaking on JSruntime error -(n

It works in FF and chrome

Answer 1

My guess is that the DOM is not loaded when you make that call. Attach that code to the onload event.