If Then statement

[Tim Slattery]

Re: If Then statement

"shank" <shank@tampabay .rr.com> wrote:
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>> Two equal signs for comparison, one for assignment! And "if"
>> statements always have to have the logical expression surrounded by
>> parens.[/color][/color]

Yup, looks fine now.

--
Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls. gov

[shank]

Re: If Then statement

That's the problem. Still does nothing except show "error on the page" in
the status bar.

Am I correct in thinking that this code can go at the bottom of my page?
thanks

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls .gov> wrote in message
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> "shank" <shank@tampabay .rr.com> wrote:
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> >> Two equal signs for comparison, one for assignment! And "if"
> >> statements always have to have the logical expression surrounded by
> >> parens.[/color][/color]
>
> Yup, looks fine now.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> Slattery_T@bls. gov
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[Richard Cornford]

Re: If Then statement

"shank" <shank@tampabay .rr.com> wrote in message
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>setTimeout("to p.location.href =" + strPage,1000);[/color]
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The setTimeout function, when a string argument is its first parameter,
takes a string of JavaScript source code and executes it (approximately)
after the number of milliseconds specified as its second argument.

The code that you want to execute is along the lines of:-

top.location = "stringOfSelect edPage.asp?name =value";

Notice that the value being assigned (right had side of the assignment
operator - = -) is a string; it is surrounded with quote marks.

To pass this line of code to setTimeout the entire line must be
represented as a string. You cannot re-use the double quotes around the
entire string and use then inside the string unless the quotes inside
the string are escaped:-

"top.locati on = \"stringOfSelec tedPage.asp?nam e=value\";"

- Alternatively single quotes may be used around a string that wants to
treat double quotes literally (or vice versa):-

"top.locati on = 'stringOfSelect edPage.asp?name =value';"
- or -
'top.location = "stringOfSelect edPage.asp?name =value";'

Now you want to build this string using the - strPage - variable instead
of the URL, it still needs to appear as a quoted string in the
JavaScript code that is the result of the concatenation:-

"top.locati on = \""+ strPage +"\";"

So the setTimeout call becomes:-

setTimeout( ("top.locati on = \""+ strPage +"\";"), 1000);

But I still cannot see any reason for doing this on the client as the
server script has all of the information needed to make the decision, so
it only need write out the setTimeout line (and it could write a meta
refresh tag as an alternative to using JavaScript at all).

Richard.