diff --git a/applications/admin/views/web2py_ajax.html b/applications/admin/views/web2py_ajax.html
index 357d80503..28ec0e023 100644
--- a/applications/admin/views/web2py_ajax.html
+++ b/applications/admin/views/web2py_ajax.html
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <script type="text/javascript"><!--
     // These variables are used by the web2py_ajax_init function in web2py_ajax.js (which is loaded below).
-    var w2p_ajax_confirm_message = '{{=T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_disable_with_message = '{{=T('Working...')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_date_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_datetime_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}}';
-    var ajax_error_500 = '{{=T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars) }}';
+    {{=ASSIGNJS(
+    w2p_ajax_confirm_message = T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?'),
+    w2p_ajax_disable_with_message = T('Working...'),
+    w2p_ajax_date_format = T('%Y-%m-%d'),
+    w2p_ajax_datetime_format = T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
+    ajax_error_500 = T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars)
+    )}}
     //--></script>
 {{
 response.files.insert(0,URL('static','js/jquery.js'))
diff --git a/applications/examples/views/web2py_ajax.html b/applications/examples/views/web2py_ajax.html
index 357d80503..0f064de43 100644
--- a/applications/examples/views/web2py_ajax.html
+++ b/applications/examples/views/web2py_ajax.html
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <script type="text/javascript"><!--
     // These variables are used by the web2py_ajax_init function in web2py_ajax.js (which is loaded below).
-    var w2p_ajax_confirm_message = '{{=T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_disable_with_message = '{{=T('Working...')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_date_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_datetime_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}}';
-    var ajax_error_500 = '{{=T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars) }}';
+    {{=ASSIGNJS(
+    w2p_ajax_confirm_message = T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?'),
+    w2p_ajax_date_format = T('%Y-%m-%d'),
+    w2p_ajax_datetime_format = T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
+    ajax_error_500 = T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars)
+    )}}
     //--></script>
 {{
 response.files.insert(0,URL('static','js/jquery.js'))
diff --git a/applications/welcome/views/web2py_ajax.html b/applications/welcome/views/web2py_ajax.html
index 357d80503..28ec0e023 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/views/web2py_ajax.html
+++ b/applications/welcome/views/web2py_ajax.html
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <script type="text/javascript"><!--
     // These variables are used by the web2py_ajax_init function in web2py_ajax.js (which is loaded below).
-    var w2p_ajax_confirm_message = '{{=T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_disable_with_message = '{{=T('Working...')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_date_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d')}}';
-    var w2p_ajax_datetime_format = '{{=T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}}';
-    var ajax_error_500 = '{{=T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars) }}';
+    {{=ASSIGNJS(
+    w2p_ajax_confirm_message = T('Are you sure you want to delete this object?'),
+    w2p_ajax_disable_with_message = T('Working...'),
+    w2p_ajax_date_format = T('%Y-%m-%d'),
+    w2p_ajax_datetime_format = T('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
+    ajax_error_500 = T.M('An error occured, please [[reload %s]] the page') % URL(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars)
+    )}}
     //--></script>
 {{
 response.files.insert(0,URL('static','js/jquery.js'))
diff --git a/gluon/tests/test_appadmin.py b/gluon/tests/test_appadmin.py
index c5e7402ed..4b502c126 100644
--- a/gluon/tests/test_appadmin.py
+++ b/gluon/tests/test_appadmin.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TestAppAdmin(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         from gluon.globals import Request, Response, Session, current
         from gluon.html import A, DIV, FORM, MENU, TABLE, TR, INPUT, URL, XML
+        from gluon.html import ASSIGNJS
         from gluon.validators import IS_NOT_EMPTY
         from gluon.compileapp import LOAD
         from gluon.http import HTTP, redirect