Javascript OL method

[Fred K Meyer Jr]

In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect the
transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like this:
javascript:ol( ... );
where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web link. This
method does not work on my PC. I can work around this by copying the content
between the paratheses and pasting it into another IE window. However, this
is a pain in the neck. Can anyone suggest a reason? My PC specs are:
Dell Optiplex GX270 3.0 ghertz.
512 mb Ram.
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all the latest updates.

[Randy Webb]

Re: Javascript OL method

Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/19/2006 1:40 PM:[color=blue]
> In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect the
> transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like this:
> javascript:ol( ... );[/color]

Post a URL to a page that uses that, and then view source. You will find
a function named ol in that page somewhere. You will also find a page
authored by an incompetent programmer.
[color=blue]
> where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web link. This
> method does not work on my PC.[/color]

Because you don't have the ol function defined.

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[Evertjan.]

Re: Javascript OL method

Randy Webb wrote on 19 mei 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:
[color=blue]
> Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/19/2006 1:40 PM:[color=green]
>> In Internet Explorer, some web links use the JS method "OL" to effect
>> the transfer to another web page. On the address bar, it looks like
>> this:
>> javascript:ol( ... );[/color]
>
> Post a URL to a page that uses that, and then view source. You will
> find a function named ol in that page somewhere. You will also find a
> page authored by an incompetent programmer.
>[color=green]
>> where the content between the paratheses specifies the actual web
>> link. This method does not work on my PC.[/color]
>
> Because you don't have the ol function defined.
>[color=green]
>> My PC specs are:
>> Dell Optiplex GX270 3.0 ghertz.
>> 512 mb Ram.
>> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all the latest updates.[/color][/color]

Could it be that ol() only works on pcs faster than 5.3 GHz?

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[Fred K Meyer Jr]

Re: Javascript OL method

Thanks for the input, Randy. Now my question is: how do I define the ol
function?

[Randy Webb]

Re: Javascript OL method

Fred K Meyer Jr said the following on 5/20/2006 2:00 PM:[color=blue]
> Thanks for the input, Randy.[/color]

Thanks for quoting what you are replying to next time.
[color=blue]
> Now my question is: how do I define the ol function?[/color]

function ol(){
//code here to do whatever it is that you want ol to do.
}

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