javascript will not enter function

gorman · 04-01-2005, 07:31 AM

I'm relatively new at JavaScript, but as far as I have gone it seems pretty similar to most other OO programming languages. Relatively. Different syntax, same concept. But for some reason, whenever I try to activate a function by clicking on a link, it won't work.

Code:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

//more code here...

function testfunction()
{
	alert("this works");
}

</script></head> <body bgcolor="454549" leftmargin="0">
<script>
var lastsubmitted
</script>
<a class="anchorStyle" onMouseDown="alert('this works')">Slideshow</a>

<a class="anchorStyle" onMouseDown="testfunction()">Next</a>

I know it's not my HTML, because the straight out "alert('this works')" link (the second one down) works perfectly well, but as soon as i put it in a function it refuses to go. What am I doing wrong?

Apologies if this is hopelessly pathetic. As I said, I'm relatively new at JS.

fitzjj · 04-02-2005, 02:57 PM

it all work fine for me, i tested with firefox, opera and IE with no problems. You do have JavaScript enabled and everything dont you?

other than that i would suggest that perhaps some of your code that you have left out has incorrect syntax or something that messes up everything else - the problem with JavaScript is that it is tricky to spot errors.

if you post all of your code i'll have a look at the rest for you

C.Ingram · 04-03-2005, 04:27 PM

A better way to call functions like that is to set the links href="javascript:void(0);" and onclick="your_function();". It does the same thing, but is a little more explicit.

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