"Julia Briggs" <julia4_me@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c48f65ef.0307290053.68004229@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
>Welp, hopefully this description will crystallize what
>I am trying to do without having to show my code.
>
>I have an HTML page and several javascript files.[/color]
That is not unusual.
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>The javascript files perform screen resize functions.[/color]
Screens are normally the domain of Operating Systems and are not
resizable with web site JavaScript. I would speculate that you are
probably thinking about browser windows, but who can say?
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>I want to have these called "dynamically"[/color]
"called" is a term that can be directly applied to JavaScript functions
but is not really meaningful when applied to JavaScript files. Without
criteria "dynamically" could mean anything; randomly, according to the
date/time of day, in response to some events/conditions/user action,
etc.
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>and then refresh the current page when someone
>clicks on a hyperlinked Button (1, 2, 3, etc...)[/color]
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Finally something specific; "and then" - sequence. So this page
re-loading follows the "dynamic" "calling" of the JavaScript file. That
would imply that the "hyperlinked buttons" should be
disabled/unavailable/inactive until after the "dynamic" "calling" of the
JavaScript file, so that action should be expected to activate the
buttons as a side effect.
"hyperlinked button" is a bit vague as well as hyperlinked implies <a
href=" ... "> elements while button implies <button> or <input
type="button|submit|image"> elements. Though which would be most
appropriate would probably depend on the reason for re-loading the page
in the first place.
Is this sounding like your original concept? I think not. You might say
that I am being deliberately obtuse, and to some extent I am. For
example I am fairly sure that when you say, "have these called" I think
that you probably mean, "have these loaded". I am also fairly sure that
the sequence that you have specified is almost the reverse of what you
envisaged.
It is the case that computer code is always absolutely specific while
ideas and concepts can be vague and imprecise. Obviously the process of
turning an idea into code must go through stages of increasing
specification. How many stages and who is responsible for creating the
intermediate specifications will vary depending on circumstances, but
the onus is on you to provide a sufficient starting point.
The previous request to see code is the normal reaction to a description
of a vague concept. With code to examine it is usually possible to
derive the specific requirement and set about implementing it.
In the absence of code (and even when code can be provided) a good text
description of the specific requirement, stressing the sequence of
events, cause and effect relationships, conditions and so on, is a
minimum starting point.
In addition to details of the requirement a very valuable piece of
information to provide is the answer to the question - Why? Knowing why
someone wants to do something allows a great deal to be deduced from a
less than adequate specification. That is, the goal provides direction
when interpreting a description. Knowing why also allows people to
propose complete alternative approaches that would achieve the desired
goal in an objectively superior way.
Richard.
