Simple Question (Probably) About Buttons

Report · Nov 23, 2006

I am delving into Web programming for the first time. I am used to event driven programming. How and where do I code for a button's OnClick event? I want the button to perform an action OTHER THAN simply a submit.

Just to keep my example simple, let's say I want to open up a small window which says "Thank You" once the button was clicked. Where do I put this code.

Thanks in advance for helping a really discouraged and frustrated newby.

Report · Nov 24, 2006

put the code in the button html tag:

<input type="button" name="clickme" value="Click me"
onclick="alert('Thank you')" />

if the code is more complex you better define a function and call it in
the onclick handler

MrJCG1 wrote:
> I am delving into Web programming for the first time. I am used to event
> driven programming. How and where do I code for a button's OnClick event? I
> want the button to perform an action OTHER THAN simply a submit.
>
> Just to keep my example simple, let's say I want to open up a small window
> which says "Thank You" once the button was clicked. Where do I put this code.
>
> Thanks in advance for helping a really discouraged and frustrated newby.
>

Report · Nov 24, 2006

Thanks. I don't know why I never thought of functions. I was trying to attach several lines of code to the onClick event and it wasn't working. But...

If I create a function called test, what is the correct syntax to call it? Here's what I have. Is this correct???

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=" http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" name="btnAddToCart" width="105" height="33" id="btnAddToCart" onclick="Test()">

Report · Nov 24, 2006

You cannot add such things to Flash objects. That functionality would have
to be implemented in the object's Actionscript.

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"MrJCG1" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:ek752i$f5i$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Thanks. I don't know why I never thought of functions. I was trying to
> attach
> several lines of code to the onClick event and it wasn't working. But...
>
> If I create a function called test, what is the correct syntax to call it?
> Here's what I have. Is this correct???
>
> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase=" http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=5,0,0,0" name="btnAddToCart" width="105" height="33"
> id="btnAddToCart"
> onclick="Test()">
>
>