window.location.href problem

[Microbe]

Hello,

I am trying to make a page redirect. I can't get window.location.href to work from inside a function. Is this a known issue?????

It works if I don't have it inside the function and I have tested that I am calling the function.

I could have sworn I have done it in the past.

Thanks a lot in advance Steve Davis
hey.you@hahaha.com.au

http://www.hahaha.com.au

 

[deecee]

onclick="window.location.href=url"

is that how u use it
sleep is good

 

[Microbe]

yes.

I have made a workaround by putting it into frames and going parent.mainFrame.location.href = URL which works, but I still have no idea whay window.location.href to the same URL won't. Steve Davis
hey.you@hahaha.com.au

http://www.hahaha.com.au

 

[starway]

I don't know what's the problem of your particular issue, but I always use
[tt]document.location.href=url;[/tt]
and it never fails.

 

[y2k1981]

the two previous posters probably know more about this than I do, but is the function doing anything else? I'm guessing not if you're redirecting the user. why don't you post some code?

 

[Microbe]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I have already tested by whittling the function down to one line, just the .href redirection with no joy.

As I say, the line works by itself, if I then add the function around it, it fails.

The weird part is that it doesn't break the script. If I put an alert after the .href, it hits the alert. It just doesn't do the redirection.

Steve Davis
hey.you@hahaha.com.au

http://www.hahaha.com.au

Me? I can't even spell ASP!

 

[chris5g]

I have the same problem. I have used this same exact script in another page an it works fine. But when I reused it on another page, nothing happens.

The an onClick event triggers the SimuSearch() which check the value of the text box. If there is a match, then the page should change.


<script>
<!--//

function GO2URL() {
alert(&quot;Going....&quot
window.location.href=&quot;search4.html&quot;
return false;
}

function SimuSearch() {

var txt = document.theForm.text.value
txt = txt.toLowerCase()
alert(&quot;\&quot;&quot; + txt + &quot;\&quot;&quot
switch (txt) {

case &quot;&quot; :
{
//do nothing if text box is blank.
break;
}

case &quot;alcohol and advertising and children&quot; :
{
//alert(&quot;Expected&quot
GO2URL();
break;
}

default :
{
//alert(&quot;Expected w/ Twist&quot
txt = txt.split(&quot; &quot
//alert(txt.length)
if (txt.length > 2)
{
//alert(txt[0].substring(0,4) + &quot;\n&quot; + txt[2].substring(0,4) + &quot;\n&quot; + txt[4].substring(0,4))
if ((txt[0].substring(0,4) == &quot;alco&quot && (txt[1].substring(0,4) == &quot;adve&quot && (txt[2].substring(0,4) == &quot;chil&quot)
{
GO2URL();
}
}
else
{
document.theForm.text.value = &quot;&quot;
alert(&quot;Please enter the exact phrase \&quot;alcohol and advertising and children\&quot; into the text box&quot
}
}
}
}
//-->
</script>