Chapter 5 -- Methods

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Type a message in the box,
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Beginning of JavaScript -

function MyWindow(message) {

//Define Date to display in local syntax

now = new Date();
LocalTime = now.toLocaleString();
//Define contents of page

contents=
'<body bgcolor="beige">'+
'<h2>Hello</h2>'+
'Click on the message below to close this window<br>'+
'<A HREF="javascript:window.close()" >'+
message +
'</A>'
//Create new Window

options = "toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0," +

"resizable=0,width=300,height=200";
newwindow=window.open("","mywindow", options);
newwindow.document.writeln(LocalTime);
newwindow.document.write(contents);
newwindow.document.close();

}

// - End of JavaScript - -->
</SCRIPT>

</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="white" onLoad="this.form1.text1.focus()">

<TABLE BORDER=1 bgcolor="beige"><tr><td><B>Type a message in the box, <br>it will become a link to close the new window.</B>
<FORM NAME="form1">
<INPUT NAME="text1" TYPE=Text SIZE="50" MAXLENGTH="50"><br>
<INPUT TYPE=Button VALUE="Create my window" onClick="MyWindow(form.text1.value)">
</FORM></TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Learn Methods

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You guessed it, here is the code
Look it over, then we'll break it on down