Re: Javascript - Onload problem -- WEB400

You could place JavaScript at the bottom of the web page
that will execute after everything is loaded (well, it
depends on how the browser handles it actually).

Maybe I don't understand... why do you want a pop-up to
display right away before the user goes over a hyperlink?


On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 07:56:55 +0000
 Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brad
> 
> Many thanks for your help.
> 
> What you suggest is what I would like to achieve.  I have
> done the switch setting part, but, without using "onLoad"
> as part of the <BODY> tag, which I cannot do, how do I
> get the popup to display before a user has touched the
> mouse?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Rob
> 
> Brad Stone wrote:
> 
> >Not sure I quite understand what you mean, but you could
> do
> >one of a few things...
> >
> >On the onMouseOvers (or whatever you're using to show
> >popups over anchors) that you're using call a function
> that
> >checks to see if this is the first mouseover for this
> web
> >page (obviously setting it to false when loaded.)  If
> >false, display the text, change your text and set to
> false.
> >
> >Like I said, I don't quite understand what you mean, but
> >this should give you some ideas.  
> >On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:07:03 +0000
> >Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>I am using Javascript to display popups when a user
> moves
> >>the mouse pointer over a link.  The popups contain
> >>instructions telling the user what options he has and
> >>will vary with the type of link. This works without any
> >>problem. I would like the popup to be displayed with
> >>different text when the page is first loaded.  The
> >>problem is that part of my page is generated by WSG and
> I
> >>cannot put an "onload" in the <BODY> tag - only after
> it.
> >>I generate most of the HTML & JS after the <BODY> tag.
> >>
> >>If I save the generated HTML and insert the unload
> after
> >>BODY, it works fine, so what I need is to find another
> >>way of getting the onload to fire.
> >>
> >>Has anyone any idea whether I can put the unload
> >>somewhere else or have any suggestions for another way
> of
> >>getting a popup to appear when the page is first
> loaded.
> >>
> >>I have searched Google and many books without success.
> >>
> >>Many thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>Rob Dixon
> >>
> >>
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> >Bradley V. Stone
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