m3rajk — Sun, 03 Aug 2003 16:19:41 +0000

the thml book i have is orielly's webmaster in a nutshell 2nd edition. i think it says the language is required.
it's nice to know the change for xhtml. i'm trying to pick those up as i do this and work some of it in. thnx for the fyi there.

i KNOW it doesn't have maxsize listed as a possible textarea attibute, so i didn't realize that was possible. i thought they listed ALL attributes and event handlers.

i know it works for regular frames.
this is to show you the place i did something that i tried ot morph on: http://people.brandeis.edu/~m3rajk/JMT/color/

i thought i was suppossed to lose that space on aug 1, so i don't knwo how long it'll remain up

edit: found the errors...

function (for the first one) needed to be changed to...

function findlength(){
var comment=document.new_friend.cof.value;
var numchars=comment.length;
document.new_friend.chars.value=numchars;
}

Suzanne — Sat, 02 Aug 2003 23:24:59 +0000

You're right, by calling it from the form, the JavaScript has already loaded and is available. I totally blanked on the fact that it was being activated by the form.

I tend to keep the JavaScript in a library, rather than in script tags, so it goes best in the head element when you do it that way.

Also, type="text/javascript" is the proper way to identify it. You can omit the type and language altogether and it will work in most browsers, but it's not valid, and it's not good coding practice. Newer browsers and XHTML require the type, not the language, attribute.

As for the errors, my brain's working in PHP at the moment, but the only thing that stands out is that I'm not sure how the iframe would update, having never done it before that way. I would likely choose to use an alert.

If you use HTML's maxsize attribute for the textarea, you can limit the textarea to 255 characters and they will be UNABLE to type more.

m3rajk — Sat, 02 Aug 2003 22:25:44 +0000

i have a set of pages for finding hexvalues for colors as well as displaying mixes, and the javascript is the last thing int he file... i don't have the type call in it, yet that works fine in every browser i've used...

anyone know why?

i've usedjavascript before but always had it at the end and without type (and called by a form) and it's always worked perfectly

edit:
ahhhh! tried it WITH your adjustments and it's still not updating for me

i'd prefer the textbox since it was both my first idea and i think it looks better. any chance anyone can help??? obviously those error were good catches, but....

Suzanne — Sat, 02 Aug 2003 20:26:58 +0000

<?php
<html>
<head>
<em>
&lt;script language=\"javascript\" <strong>type=\"text/javascript\"</strong>&gt;
function findlength(){
var comment=document.new_friend.cof.value(); // get the comment
var numchars=comment.length; // find the number of characters used
parent.chars.document.open();
parent.chars.document.write(\"<html><body>Your comment is \"+numchars+
\" long.</body></html>\");  // tell the user the number of character used
parent.chars.document.close();
}
&lt;/script&gt;
</em>
<<strong>/</strong>head><body><center>
<form action=\" echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; \" name=\"new_friend\"
 method=\"POST\" onReset=\"window.close();\">
<table frame=\"void\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"
 cellspacing=\"0\" text=\"#c8c8c8\">
<tr>
<td>Selected Friend</td>
<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"fun\" readonly size=\"15\"
 value=\" echo $_GET['un']; \"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=\"2\">
<textarea cols=\"30\" name<strong>-</strong>\"cof\" onKeyUp=\"return findlength();\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"virtual\">
Enter a Comment or clear this. You have a maximum of 255 characters, everything above
 that will be lost
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan=\"2\"><iframe name=\"chars\" src=\"chars.html\"></iframe></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Add My Friend!\"></td>
<td><input type=\"reset\" value=\"Not My Friend\"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
?>

The function needs to be before you call it. You can't call a function that doesn't exist yet.

The parts in bold are errors. (Including two opening head tags, but no closing tag, and a minus sign instead of an equal sign).