Javascript document.write question

**mscir** · Jul 20 '05, 02:38 PM

Re: Javascript document.write question

Brett Baisley wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello
>
> I have a block of html code that I want to run by calling a javascript
> function to print it. Its basically a table with menu items in it that is
> the same for many pages, and instead of copying/pasting everytime I change
> it, I figure this will be better, as I only change it once.
>
> The problem is, document.write doesn't handle multiple lines very well, so I
> was wondering what is the best way to do this? Maybe there is even a better
> way then javascript calls.[/color]

What do you mean 'doesn't handle multiple lines very well'? If you mean
the data is not easy to read on the generated page, insert \n where you
want a newline to begin. Post your code for more specific suggestions.

404 - File or directory not found.

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/escaped_characters.html

This code generates a new window with a table.

<html>
<title>CodeAve. com(JavaScript New Window within Previous Page)</title>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F">
<script language="JavaS cript">

</script><a onclick="open_n ew_window()"
style="cursor:p ointer;cursor:h and;" ><font color="#008080" ><u>Open New
Window</u></font></a>

</body>
</html>

**Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn** · Jul 20 '05, 02:48 PM

Re: Javascript document.write question

mscir wrote:
[color=blue]
> [...] If you mean the data is not easy to read on the generated page,
> insert \n where you want a newline to begin. Post your code for more
> specific suggestions.
>
> http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/...haracters.html
>
> This code generates a new window with a table.
>
> <html>[/color]

DOCTYPE declaration?
[color=blue]
> <title>CodeAve. com(JavaScript New Window within Previous Page)</title>
> <body bgcolor="#FFFFF F">[/color]

Text color?
[color=blue]
> <script language="JavaS cript">[/color]

"type" attribute?
[color=blue]
> <!--
> function open_new_window () {
> new_window =
> open("","displa yWindow","width =575,height=620 ,left=10,top=10 \n");[/color]

Wrong. The options (third) argument of window.open() must not
contain newline. And _window._open() is recommended since there
is document.open() . The function should be defined within
the "head" element, not the "body" element, to be available always.
[color=blue]
> // open new document
> new_window.docu ment.open();
>
> // Text of the new document goes here
> // Replace your " with ' or \" or document.write statements will fail
>
> new_window.docu ment.write("<ht ml>\n");[/color]

See above.
[color=blue]
> new_window.docu ment.write("<he ad>\n");
> new_window.docu ment.write("<me ta http-equiv='Content-Type'
> content='text/html; charset=windows-1252'>\n");[/color]
^^^^^^^^^^^^
What about UAs that does not support this Windows character set?
ISO-8859-1 is better.
[color=blue]
> new_window.docu ment.write("<ti tle>Table of Data</title>\n");[/color]
^^
Not only that this is and creates invalid HTML for the most part, a
smaller example would have sufficed. You have posted more than 200
lines of garbage!

PointedEars

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