text colour

[Geoff]

Being new to javascript, I'm stuck on what is obviously a simple thing.
I have a script which finishes with a document.write statement to
print the result to the screen. This is all working OK, but how do I
change the colour of the text and make it bold?

I tried adding style.color = "yellow"; before the write statement,
but the colour was still black.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

TIA

Geoff

[Ivo]

Re: text colour

"Geoff" wrote[color=blue]
> Being new to javascript, I'm stuck on what is obviously a simple thing.
> I have a script which finishes with a document.write statement to
> print the result to the screen. This is all working OK, but how do I
> change the colour of the text and make it bold?
>
> I tried adding style.color = "yellow"; before the write statement,
> but the colour was still black.[/color]

You could indeed add "<span style='color:ye llow;font-weight:bold;'>" and
"</span>" to whatever you are writing. These statements need to be part of
the string then.
Another possibility is to use the fontcolor() and bold() methods of the
String object. See for example--watch for wrap:
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http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/string_formatting.ht

ml >

hth
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ivo

[Mick White]

Re: text colour

Geoff wrote:[color=blue]
> Being new to javascript, I'm stuck on what is obviously a simple thing.
> I have a script which finishes with a document.write statement to
> print the result to the screen. This is all working OK, but how do I
> change the colour of the text and make it bold?
>
> I tried adding style.color = "yellow"; before the write statement,
> but the colour was still black.[/color]


I would use CSS to style the text's container:

<style type="text/css">
..YourClassName {
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFF00;
}
</style>

<p class="YourClas sName">
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write( "Foo");
</script>
</p>

Mick

[Geoff]

Re: text colour

Geoff wrote:
[color=blue]
> Being new to javascript, I'm stuck on what is obviously a simple
> thing. I have a script which finishes with a document.write
> statement to print the result to the screen. This is all working
> OK, but how do I change the colour of the text and make it bold?
>
> I tried adding style.color = "yellow"; before the write statement,
> but the colour was still black.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Geoff[/color]



Thanks for your advice guys.

Geoff