JavaScript

control horizontal scrolling
Hello, in my webapp, I''ve a long timebar that needs an horizontal scrolling. In this bar there are past and futur events. In current stage of my page, the scrolling is initialized in the left position. I would like to visualize current date in the bar at page start... so do you know if there are solution ? usin... 27 Apr 2010 15:37

javascript preprocessor instructions?
Has anyone here used preprocessing instructions in their js source, for example to import other files, conditionally include bits of code based on compile time options, etc? If so, how did you do it? I've discovered that using gcc with the -E option seems to work pretty well. It feels hackish though, I don't t... 27 Apr 2010 15:37

FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an accepted mime type? (2010-04-27)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an accepted mime type? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not possible with client-side javascript. Some browsers accept the Content-Disposition ... 3 May 2010 08:43

comp.lang.javascript FAQ - April 1996
I am reposting it from my own post of 2006 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/7b2a3100608da41e comp.lang.javascript FAQ - April 1996 http://jsnet.sourceforge.net/tmp/clj_1996.htm This is the very first comp.lang.javascript FAQ originally located and supported at http://www.freqgrafx.co... 26 Apr 2010 17:11

Self Pointer?
Hi, I'm currently facing an annoying problem with the this "pointer". Here's an abstract version of the code I'm trying to write: var Apple1 = null; var Apple2 = new Apple(); function Apple() { Apple1 = this; this.eat = function() { alert("Yummy!"); } } The problem I have is that A... 28 Apr 2010 03:56

writing a javascript client-side shopping cart
can someone instruct on how to find directions for writing a client side shopping cart. i prefer writing mine than using google checkout or whatever exists on the internet because of the peculiarities of the region i am coming from. will really appreciate any online references. xnt -- Never question, ke... 28 Apr 2010 16:17

Why is this throwing an error?
I have a menu of radio buttons in a form I named form1. Each radio button is named 'p1p6.' I store the value of which button is selected in an array named 'edit_array.' When I try to select a button using data in the array, as: document.forms["form1"].elements["p1p6"][edit_array[3]].checked=true; It throws an... 26 Apr 2010 13:45

how to create 5-dimensional array ?
While trying to port the promised Shannon's Clairvoyant code to Javascript, I am having real troubles to figure out what that would be in Javascript: 5-dimensional array of 72 elements In VBA it is as simple as: Dim Moves(0 To 1, 0 To 2, 0 To 1, 0 To 2, 0 To 1) As Integer but I am really lost in trying to vi... 2 May 2010 10:55

FAQ Topic - How do I change the confirm box to say yes/no or default to cancel? (2010-04-26)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - How do I change the confirm box to say yes/no or default to cancel? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The buttons on a confirm box cannot be changed, nor can a default button be specified. ... 26 Apr 2010 19:28

JScript vs. JavaScript differences
I propose to collect all known differences between JScript vs. JavaScript engines. I am using neutral word "difference" because the I don't want to transform it into yet another discussion about the eternal of "one who's name should not be spelled" etc. Simply: they do like that, X does like that, be warned. It ... 26 Apr 2010 19:28