function hideIt() -does not work in MAC IE??? Help

[Stephan]

Hi everyone.

I'm using Macromedia's " function MM_showHideLaye rs() " to show a layer,
triggered by an image in the body of the file on load:

<IMG height=380 src="images/verybg.gif" width=185
onload="MM_show HideLayers('Lay er2','','show') ">

This works fine on the Mac and PC Internet Explorer. Simple.

But, I want to hide the layer after 8 seconds or so. What I did was use
this:

function hideIt() {
timer=setTimeou t("MM_showHideL ayers('layer2', '','hide')",800 0);
}

And I trigger "hideIt" by another image in the body like this:

<IMG height=176 src="images/intro.gif" width=190 onload ="hideIt();retu rn
false">

On a PC, this all works fine. The layer shows for about 8 seconds then
hides. On a Mac Internet Explorer, the layer shows, but then does not ever
hide.

What could be wrong? Is there anything Mac IE is very sensitive about that
I'm missing. Is there a better way to hide a layer after a determined time?

Any help would be great.

Jeff

[Jim Ley]

Re: function hideIt() -does not work in MAC IE??? Help

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:08:43 GMT, "Stephan" <nothanks@nope. com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm using Macromedia's " function MM_showHideLaye rs() " to show a layer,
>triggered by an image in the body of the file on load:[/color]

With commercial products, it's always best to get commercial support,
after all, if it's a bug in their software they'll want to know about
it to get it fixed.
[color=blue]
>What could be wrong? Is there anything Mac IE is very sensitive about that
>I'm missing. Is there a better way to hide a layer after a determined time?[/color]

Nothing obvious, but it's presumably the onload not firing...

Jim.
--
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/

[Mick White]

Re: function hideIt() -does not work in MAC IE??? Help

timer=setTimeou t("MM_showHideL ayers("+"'layer 2','','hide')", 8000);

Mick