Problem with window.onload

4 Message(s) by 2 Author(s) originally posted in javascript

From: mouton

Date: Friday, April 06, 2007

Hello,

I am a beginner and I am trying this short script in an external js
file:

function print() {
alert("just a test");
}
windows.onload = print;

But popup box

<computer> 1. A computer; especially in the construction "foo
	box" where foo is some functional qualifier, like "graphics",
	or the name of an {operating system} (thus, "{Unix} box",
	"{MS-DOS} box", etc.)  "We preprocess the data on Unix boxes
	before handing it up to the {mainframe}."  The plural
	"{boxen}" is sometimes seen.

	2. Without qualification in an {IBM} {SNA} site, "box" refers
	specifically to an {IBM} {front-end processor}.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(1994-11-29)

appears in the browser

<hypertext> A program which allows a person to read
	{hypertext}.  The browser gives some means of viewing the
	contents of {nodes} (or "pages") and of {navigating} from one
	node to another.

	{Netscape Navigator}, {NCSA} {Mosaic}, {Lynx}, and {W3} are
	examples for browsers for the {World-Wide Web}.  They act as
	{clients} to remote {web servers}.

	(1996-05-31)

when I call my html page. What
am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your help.

From: mouton

Date: Friday, April 06, 2007

wrote in message:

Hello,
I am a beginner and I am trying this short script in an external js
file:
function print() {
alert("just a test");
}
windows.onload = print;

Ok I have finally seen my mistake: I had to write

1. <chat> {Unix}'s simple {talk} command and {protocol}.
	write has been largely superseded by {talk} and then {irc}.

	An enhancement, {RWP}, has been proposed.

	2. <tool> A simple {text editor} for {Windows}.

	(1998-04-28)

"window" and not
"windows".

This script shows the box now but this one doesn't:

window.onload = function() {
var test = "just a test";
alert(test);
}
and I don't understand why...

From: mouton

Date: Friday, April 06, 2007

wrote in message:

This script shows the box now but this one doesn't:
window.onload = function() {
var test = "just a test";
alert(test);
}
and I don't understand why...

I think there is something wrong with my system. I need to check
various points. No need to answer me now. If I cannot find what's
wrong I'll ask again. Thank you.

From: Mike Scirocco

Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

wrote in message:
wrote in message:
This script shows the box now but this one doesn't:

window.onload = function() {
var test = "just a test";
alert(test);
}
and I don't understand why...
I think there is something wrong with my system. I need to check
various points. No need to answer me now. If I cannot find what's
wrong I'll ask again. Thank you.

I've had trouble with window.onload not waiting until the page was fully
loaded, and this code

<software> Instructions for a computer in some programming
	language, often {machine language}.  The word "code" is often
	used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code
	is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in
	contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just
	code.

	(2000-04-08)

has worked great every time I used. These two
pages explain it:

http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/09/busted/
http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2006/06/again/

Mike

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