It works but get an "invalid argument" error

Don M

The code below works fine in IE7 and Firefox2 but gets an "Invalid Argument"
error in IE7. I've tried quotes around "ShowContent" ( I've used double "
and single ' ) but it doesn't work at all with quotes. Anyone know what's
happening. Thanks.

<body onload="javascript:setTimeout(ShowContent('success '),1000)">

function ShowContent(d) {
document.getElementById(d).style.display = "block";
}

May 27 '07 #1

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On May 27, 6:22 pm, "Don M" <d...@home.comwrote:

<body onload="javascript:setTimeout(ShowContent('success '),1000)">

About the parasite javascript: "prefix" in intrinsic event handlers
see
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....bd93952cd82670

About the problem itself:
setTimeout(ShowContent('success'),1000)
means:
"execute ShowContent right now and call its return value (so
presumably a function reference) in 1sec after pafe load".

It is nothing of what you really want to do. You want
"execute ShowContent is 1sec after page load"
so let's do it:

<body onload="setTimeout('ShowContent(\'success\')', 1000)">

May 27 '07 #2

-Lost

Don M wrote:

The code below works fine in IE7 and Firefox2 but gets an "Invalid
Argument" error in IE7. I've tried quotes around "ShowContent" ( I've
used double " and single ' ) but it doesn't work at all with quotes.
Anyone know what's happening. Thanks.

<body onload="javascript:setTimeout(ShowContent('success '),1000)">

function ShowContent(d) {
document.getElementById(d).style.display = "block";
}

<body onload="setTimeout(function() { ShowContent('success'); }, 1000);">

--
-Lost
Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am
kidding. No I am not.

May 27 '07 #3

Don M

VK & -Lost , works great without an error. Thanks a lot.

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On May 27, 6:22 pm, "Don M" <d...@home.comwrote:
><body onload="javascript:setTimeout(ShowContent('success '),1000)">

About the parasite javascript: "prefix" in intrinsic event handlers
see
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....bd93952cd82670

About the problem itself:
setTimeout(ShowContent('success'),1000)
means:
"execute ShowContent right now and call its return value (so
presumably a function reference) in 1sec after pafe load".

It is nothing of what you really want to do. You want
"execute ShowContent is 1sec after page load"
so let's do it:

<body onload="setTimeout('ShowContent(\'success\')', 1000)">

May 27 '07 #4

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