setTimeout() in IE

[Chris Moltisanti]

Hey,

I am using the setTimeout() function in IE to pause the execution of
another funciton for a few seconds. My function is as follows:

funtion test(e) {
// the parameter 'e' is the event
// do something
}

in order to execute test(e) correctly I need to pass the 'e' event
parameter down in the setTimeout() function. However, from what I have
read IE (unlike Mozilla) doesn't allow you to pass parameters in
setTimeout(), unless those parameters are strings.
Therefore when I call setTimeout(test, 1000);
I am unable to use the param 'e' in my test() function.
Does anybody know of a way around this?

I'd appreciate any help. I've spent ages on this......it works in
Firefox but not IE.

Cheers,

Chris

[Csaba Gabor]

Chris Moltisanti wrote:

I am using the setTimeout() function in IE to pause the execution of
another funciton for a few seconds. My function is as follows:

funtion test(e) {
// the parameter 'e' is the event
// do something
}

in order to execute test(e) correctly I need to pass the 'e' event
parameter down in the setTimeout() function. However, from what I have
read IE (unlike Mozilla) doesn't allow you to pass parameters in
setTimeout(), unless those parameters are strings.

....
Both allow you to pass parameters directly (without eval):

function test(e) {
window.setTimeout(function(evt, myVar) {return function() {
alert (myVar + " got the event " + evt.type);
} } (e, "Fred"), 1000);
}

For further reading see:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....65d8695faf91d/

Csaba Gabor from Vienna