[Javascript] Why is script line needed to change values

Mon May 21 16:17:13 CDT 2007

You are too excellent Nick!  I changed it to little v, removed the line
referring to VBScript, and it works great.  Thank you!

> On 21 May 2007, at 21:45:10, twlewis at SoftHome.net wrote:
>
>> I apologize, because this is a little off-topic from javascript.  I
>> had
>> completed my javascript, which loads data to a textarea.  It would not
>> load the textarea.  I have a VBScript version that worked.  After much
>> careful elimination of code on the VBScript version, I found that
>> the line
>> that was making the onclick work was the script statement.  I
>> created a
>> chopped down version to test and play with.  In the script below, if I
>> remove the line
>> <script Language="VBScript" src="none"></script>,
>> the onclick no longer works.  I can paste it back in, and the button
>> changes as it is supposed to.  Can someone please explain this to me?
>> Thank you for your patience and explanation.
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <script Language="VBScript" src="none"></script>
>>
>> </head><body>
>> <form id=myform>
>> <input type="button" value="Click me!" id=Button1 name="button">
>>
>> <input type="button" value="Change button 1 to monkey"
>> onclick="Button1.Value='monkey'">
>>
>> </form>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>
> The presence of a <script> tag with "language="VBScript" will cause
> Internet Explorer to assume that the onclick="" handler is in
> VBScript. VBScript is case-insensitive, unlike JavaScript, and the
> "value" property starts with a lower-case "v".
>
> So if you remove the <script> tag and use
>
> Button1.value = 'monkey'
>
> (instead of Value) for the onclick attribute then it will work in all
> browsers that support JS, whereas at the moment it will only work in IE.
>
> HTH,
>
> Nick.
> --
> Nick Fitzsimons
> http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/
>
>
>
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