pulling a var from a js file

fritz

Hi,
I am not doing too well here.

In the head I have:
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="myfirst.css">
<script src="myfirst.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

I have the following in 'myfirst.js' file:
var writastring ="<table width="250" border="2"><tr>
<td>Here is my first script text</td></tr></table>"

I have the following in the myfirst.css:
#ontheleft{position:absolute; left:10px; top:50px; }

In the body of the HTML file directly below the body tag is this:
<div id="ontheleft">
<script language="javascript">
document.write(writastring)
</script>
</div>

My problem is that it writes.......Fanfare........
exactly nothing.. nada.

And yes they are all in the same path.
Even if I change to this: var writastring="OK! Write this"
nothing is written. Even leaving out the Div tags nothing
changes.

The purpose of this exercise is to assemble content in the
JS file and then write it in any number of pages.

What have I done wrong? Any help would really be appreciated.
f.

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Jan Ebbe Jensen

> var writastring ="<table width="250" border="2"><tr>

<td>Here is my first script text</td></tr></table>"

Try

var writastring ="<table width=\"250\" border=\"2\"><tr>

<td>Here is my first script text</td></tr></table>"

Maybe it would help.

Jan

Jul 23 '05 #2

fritz

Jan Ebbe Jensen wrote:

var writastring ="<table width="250" border="2"><tr>
<td>Here is my first script text</td></tr></table>"

Try

var writastring ="<table width=\"250\" border=\"2\"><tr>

<td>Here is my first script text</td></tr></table>"

Maybe it would help.

Jan

I changed it as you suggested and can't believe I made the bonehead
error of having multiple quote marks!
I changed it to this in the js file:

var writastring ="<table width='250' border='2'><tr><td>Here is my first
script text</td></tr></table>"

Unfortunately it doesn't run. Now then, if I define this variable
in the html file (either in the head or body) and then run it,
it works fine. The problem is when the content is defined in the
js file. As I said before, the idea is to assemble the content for
this particular division somewhere where I can have one copy of it
and then paste it into each page as it loads, making it easy to
change for the entire site.
I must be doing something very basic - wrong.
Thanks for the help!

f.

Jul 23 '05 #3

Jan Ebbe Jensen

It should work. It works fine at my computer. Try this code:

test.html - file

<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="myfirst.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="myfirst.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="ontheleft">
<script language="javascript">
document.write(writastring);
</script>
</div>
</body>
</head>

myfirst.js - file

var writastring ="<table width=\"250\" border=\"2\"><tr><td>Here is my first
script text</td></tr></table>";

myfirst.css - file

#ontheleft {
position:absolute; left:10px; top:50px;
}

Save the files in the same directory.

Jan

Jul 23 '05 #4

Fritz

Jan Ebbe Jensen wrote:

It should work. It works fine at my computer. Try this code:

test.html - file

<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="myfirst.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="myfirst.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="ontheleft">
<script language="javascript">
document.write(writastring);
</script>
</div>
</body>
</head>

myfirst.js - file

var writastring ="<table width=\"250\" border=\"2\"><tr><td>Here is my first
script text</td></tr></table>";

myfirst.css - file

#ontheleft {
position:absolute; left:10px; top:50px;
}

Save the files in the same directory.

Jan

Thanks Jan! Once I used the proper escape on the string variable
and then found several cr/lf that made the code unreadable, all
is well. I couldn't have done it without the help.

Thank you
Thank you

f.

Jul 23 '05 #5

Fred Oz

fritz wrote:
[...]

Unfortunately it doesn't run. Now then, if I define this variable
in the html file (either in the head or body) and then run it,
it works fine. The problem is when the content is defined in the
js file. As I said before, the idea is to assemble the content for
this particular division somewhere where I can have one copy of it
and then paste it into each page as it loads, making it easy to
change for the entire site.

Remember that anyone with JavaScript disabled or a non-JavaScript
browser will not see your dynamic content.

The type of script that you are suggesting is often run at the server
to ensure that what is sent to the user is HTML and has no
client-side dependencies outside support for stated the DOCTYPE.

[...]

--
Fred

Jul 23 '05 #6

fritz

Fred Oz wrote:

Remember that anyone with JavaScript disabled or a non-JavaScript
browser will not see your dynamic content.

The type of script that you are suggesting is often run at the server
to ensure that what is sent to the user is HTML and has no
client-side dependencies outside support for stated the DOCTYPE.

[...]

Thank you Fred!

Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea how I would even start to
do what you mentioned. I am just beginning the javascript world and have
no experience with the server side at all.

I was planning to mention to visitors on the opening page that
javascript and a modern browser were neccessary.

Perhaps someday I will be able to understand what you call the
server side. I assume you mean something to do with CGI? But thanks for
the comments.

f.

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