should this variable be available?!

Geoff Cox

Hello,

I read that moving from one page to another normally destroys a
variable. The code below allows the variable "name" to be used in a
form on the second page. How does this happen? Or am I wrong?

Thanks

Geoff

I have put the whole code of the first page below - I can then use the
value of the name variable on the second page using IE v6. Now how is
that possible?!

Geoff

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT>

function prompter(button )

{

name=prompt('Wh at\'s your name?',"Please enter your first and
last name here, eg Jane Green");

alert("Welcome "+name + " Now read how to answer the
questions and then move to the questions");

document.getEle mentById('move' ).innerHTML =
"<button ID='move' onclick='moveto questions()'>Mo ve to
questions</button>";

if (button.parentN ode && button.parentNo de.removeChild)
{
button.parentNo de.removeChild( button);
}

}

function movetoquestions ()

{
window.location .href="second_p age.htm";
}

</SCRIPT>

</head>

<body>

<h2 align="center"> Tests</h2>

<pre>

</pre>

<p align="center"> <input type="button" value="Please give us your
name" onclick="prompt er(this)"></p>

<h3 align="center"> How to answer a typical question</h3>

etc etc

<SPAN ID="move"></SPAN>

</body>
</html>

Sep 28 '05 #1

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web.dev

Geoff Cox wrote:

Hello,

I read that moving from one page to another normally destroys a
variable. The code below allows the variable "name" to be used in a
form on the second page. How does this happen? Or am I wrong?

Thanks

Geoff

I have put the whole code of the first page below - I can then use the
value of the name variable on the second page using IE v6. Now how is
that possible?!

Geoff

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT>

function prompter(button )

{

name=prompt('Wh at\'s your name?',"Please enter your first and
last name here, eg Jane Green");

alert("Welcome "+name + " Now read how to answer the
questions and then move to the questions");

document.getEle mentById('move' ).innerHTML =
"<button ID='move' onclick='moveto questions()'>Mo ve to
questions</button>";

if (button.parentN ode && button.parentNo de.removeChild)
{
button.parentNo de.removeChild( button);
}

}

function movetoquestions ()

{
window.location .href="second_p age.htm";
}

</SCRIPT>

</head>

<body>

<h2 align="center"> Tests</h2>

<pre>

</pre>

<p align="center"> <input type="button" value="Please give us your
name" onclick="prompt er(this)"></p>

<h3 align="center"> How to answer a typical question</h3>

etc etc

<SPAN ID="move"></SPAN>

</body>
</html>

Someone already answered this question in your last post:

Stephen Chalmers wrote:
'name' is effectively a reserved word as the variable window.name is
created automatically, but is not read-only.
Use more imaginative names for variables.

Sep 28 '05 #2

Geoff Cox

On 28 Sep 2005 01:27:40 -0700, "web.dev" <we********@gma il.com> wrote:

Someone already answered this question in your last post:

Stephen Chalmers wrote:
'name' is effectively a reserved word as the variable window.name is
created automatically, but is not read-only.
Use more imaginative names for variables.

web.dev

Thanks for above - oddly enough I cannot see that response in Agent
but can when I do a Google search.

Are you saying that the fact that window.name exists is the explantion
for why the name values are available in the second page?

Cheers

Geoff

Sep 28 '05 #3

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