[Javascript] Question regarding Netscape

Chris Tifer christ at saeweb.com
Mon Apr 14 15:47:53 CDT 2003


I believe onLoad will work, but I'm not quite sure what
"multiframe ultra-humongous items" are. How could anything
be multiframe?  Maybe I'm not thinking enough because it's
close to 5, but I just don't see what you're getting at.

Chris Tifer

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Question regarding Netscape


> With all due respect, "onLoad" doesn't quite cut it on multiframe,
> ultra-humongous items.
> I've personally seen 'onload' go hot, and then the handler script tried to
> address items (particularly inside
> frames), only to generate an error message of the sort "<blah... blah>
> object expected".
> Trying the same script element a second or two later worked perfectly.
>
> Mind you, I'd LOVE to be proven wrong on this ... particularly if the
> problem was due to some
> bizarro consequence of my earlier funky coding eccentricities.  [But I
don't
> think it is].  Also,
> even if the objects are "loaded", is this the same as being "complete"?  I
> have no idea.
>
> -- Dave Lovering
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Question regarding Netscape
>
>
> >
> >
> > >A few weeks back a discussion on this board took place about
determining
> > >whether or not objects had actually been 'loaded', or were merely in a
> > >state of transition.
> > >
> > >This problem has already been addressed in IE-land (5.5+) with the
> > >readyState attribute,
> >
> > >In general, before you can start messing with any interior data
(checking
> > >for values, assigning values, etc.), you
> > >need to be in the 'complete' state.
> > >
> > >Sadly, I can find no reference to anything similar in Netscape.  Does
> > >anybody have anything which might be equivalent in function?
> >
> > onLoad, simply onLoad. Any script that runs onLoad can access any part
of
> > the document structure.
> >
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