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Could someone help me start on writing a countdown timer?

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Hi
I am making a test taker. I need to put up a countdown timer, and I haven't a clue how. Could someone please help me start. I google it and all I see is readymade scripts that can be downloaded. I'd like to write the code myself. I dont understand how I can get it to count down all by itself.
Thanks,
Hanaa
Jul 3 '08 #1
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r035198x
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If you are not sure where to start, then you could start by reading and trying to understand the scripts that others have already written for it.

P.S I would use Javascript for these kinds of things.
Jul 3 '08 #2
hsriat
1,654 Expert 1GB
And the links that might help you for the same are:
setTimeout()
innerHTML
Jul 3 '08 #3
hanaa
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Thanks for those. And I'll try using javascript.
Jul 4 '08 #4
acoder
16,027 Expert Mod 8TB
Also look at the setInterval method (as a alternative to setTimeout).
Jul 4 '08 #5

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