Event in Frames

[greyone]

I have 2 frames ansd i want to trigger an onclick event on click anywhere in the bottom frame. I have written the following code in the bottom frame but the event is triggered onload instead of onClick. Please help

if (document.all)
document.body.onclick=alert("hello&quot

 

[jaredn]

this is because when you are using an event handler you must specify a function reference, not actually run the function.

function alert_hello()
{
alert("hello&quot
}

document.body.onclick=alert_hello

notice there are no ()'s - this is a function reference instead of a function call. This way you can dynamically select handlers for your functions. Any code you place on the other side of the = sign is called immediately. In your case, alert() returns true, so there is no error jared@aauser.com

 

[iza]

actually this if (document.all)
document.body.onclick=alert("hello&quot could be used to redefine the onclick event

 

[jaredn]

all that will do, is execute alert("hello&quot immediately and throw an error. I wrote a faq on this recently, check it out. jared@aauser.com

 

[greyone]

thanks guys

 

[iza]

got it ! thanxxx !!!