External JavaScript File

D

Dee

I have an external javascript file that I want to reference. I have
referenced it properly in the header, but in the body, there is an onload
command referencing code in the javascript file and it doesn't seem to be
working. Can anyone help? Here is the code:

<head>
<script language="JavaScript" src="menuscript.js"></script>
</head>

<BODY marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin: 0"
onLoad="writeMenus()" onResize="if (isNS4) nsResizeHandler()"
bgcolor="#FFFFFF" background="../blue_background.jpg">
<table border="0" width="817">

as you can see in the body tage it has onLoad="writeMenus()" - this is in
the external javascript file, do I have to reference it differently???

Here is the code in the javascript file:

<!-- Begin
var isDOM = (document.getElementById ? true : false);
var isIE4 = ((document.all && !isDOM) ? true : false);
var isNS4 = (document.layers ? true : false);
function getRef(id) {
if (isDOM) return document.getElementById(id);
if (isIE4) return document.all[id];
if (isNS4) return document.layers[id];
}
function getSty(id) {
return (isNS4 ? getRef(id) : getRef(id).style);
}
// Hide timeout.
var popTimer = 0;
// Array showing highlighted menu items.
var litNow = new Array();
function popOver(menuNum, itemNum) {
clearTimeout(popTimer);
hideAllBut(menuNum);
litNow = getTree(menuNum, itemNum);
changeCol(litNow, true);
targetNum = menu[menuNum][itemNum].target;
if (targetNum > 0) {
thisX = parseInt(menu[menuNum][0].ref.left) +
parseInt(menu[menuNum][itemNum].ref.left);
thisY = parseInt(menu[menuNum][0].ref.top) +
parseInt(menu[menuNum][itemNum].ref.top);
with (menu[targetNum][0].ref) {
left = parseInt(thisX + menu[targetNum][0].x);
top = parseInt(thisY + menu[targetNum][0].y);
visibility = 'visible';
}
}
}
function popOut(menuNum, itemNum) {
if ((menuNum == 0) && !menu[menuNum][itemNum].target)
hideAllBut(0)
else
popTimer = setTimeout('hideAllBut(0)', 500);
}
function getTree(menuNum, itemNum) {

// Array index is the menu number. The contents are null (if that menu is
not a parent)
// or the item number in that menu that is an ancestor (to light it up).
itemArray = new Array(menu.length);

while(1) {
itemArray[menuNum] = itemNum;
// If we've reached the top of the hierarchy, return.
if (menuNum == 0) return itemArray;
itemNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentItem;
menuNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentMenu;
}
}

// Pass an array and a boolean to specify colour change, true = over colour.
function changeCol(changeArray, isOver) {
for (menuCount = 0; menuCount < changeArray.length; menuCount++) {
if (changeArray[menuCount]) {
newCol = isOver ? menu[menuCount][0].overCol : menu[menuCount][0].backCol;
// Change the colours of the div/layer background.
with (menu[menuCount][changeArray[menuCount]].ref) {
if (isNS4) bgColor = newCol;
else backgroundColor = newCol;
}
}
}
}
function hideAllBut(menuNum) {
var keepMenus = getTree(menuNum, 1);
for (count = 0; count < menu.length; count++)
if (!keepMenus[count])
menu[count][0].ref.visibility = 'hidden';
changeCol(litNow, false);
}

// *** MENU CONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONS ***

function Menu(isVert, popInd, x, y, width, overCol, backCol, borderClass,
textClass) {
// True or false - a vertical menu?
this.isVert = isVert;
// The popout indicator used (if any) for this menu.
this.popInd = popInd
// Position and size settings.
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.width = width;
// Colours of menu and items.
this.overCol = overCol;
this.backCol = backCol;
// The stylesheet class used for item borders and the text within items.
this.borderClass = borderClass;
this.textClass = textClass;
// Parent menu and item numbers, indexed later.
this.parentMenu = null;
this.parentItem = null;
// Reference to the object's style properties (set later).
this.ref = null;
}

function Item(text, href, frame, length, spacing, target) {
this.text = text;
this.href = href;
this.frame = frame;
this.length = length;
this.spacing = spacing;
this.target = target;
// Reference to the object's style properties (set later).
this.ref = null;
}

function writeMenus() {
if (!isDOM && !isIE4 && !isNS4) return;

for (currMenu = 0; currMenu < menu.length; currMenu++) with
(menu[currMenu][0]) {
// Variable for holding HTML for items and positions of next item.
var str = '', itemX = 0, itemY = 0;

// Remember, items start from 1 in the array (0 is menu object itself,
above).
// Also use properties of each item nested in the other with() for
construction.
for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++) with
(menu[currMenu][currItem]) {
var itemID = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;

// The width and height of the menu item - dependent on orientation!
var w = (isVert ? width : length);
var h = (isVert ? length : width);

// Create a div or layer text string with appropriate styles/properties.
// Thanks to Paul Maden (www.paulmaden.com) for helping debug this in IE4,
apparently
// the width must be a miniumum of 3 for it to work in that browser.
if (isDOM || isIE4) {
str += '<div id="' + itemID + '" style="position: absolute; left: ' + itemX
+ '; top: ' + itemY + '; width: ' + w + '; height: ' + h + '; visibility:
inherit; ';
if (backCol) str += 'background: ' + backCol + '; ';
str += '" ';
}
if (isNS4) {
str += '<layer id="' + itemID + '" left="' + itemX + '" top="' + itemY + '"
width="' + w + '" height="' + h + '" visibility="inherit" ';
if (backCol) str += 'bgcolor="' + backCol + '" ';
}
if (borderClass) str += 'class="' + borderClass + '" ';

// Add mouseover handlers and finish div/layer.
str += 'onMouseOver="popOver(' + currMenu + ',' + currItem + ')"
onMouseOut="popOut(' + currMenu + ',' + currItem + ')">';

// Add contents of item (default: table with link inside).
// In IE/NS6+, add padding if there's a border to emulate NS4's layer
padding.
// If a target frame is specified, also add that to the <a> tag.

str += '<table width="' + (w - 8) + '" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="' + (!isNS4 && borderClass ? 3 : 0) + '"><tr><td align="left"
height="' + (h - 7) + '">' + '<a class="' + textClass + '" href="' + href +
'"' + (frame ? ' target="' + frame + '">' : '>') + text + '</a></td>';
if (target > 0) {

// Set target's parents to this menu item.
menu[target][0].parentMenu = currMenu;
menu[target][0].parentItem = currItem;

// Add a popout indicator.
if (popInd) str += '<td class="' + textClass + '" align="right">' + popInd +
'</td>';
}
str += '</tr></table>' + (isNS4 ? '</layer>' : '</div>');
if (isVert) itemY += length + spacing;
else itemX += length + spacing;
}
if (isDOM) {
var newDiv = document.createElement('div');
document.getElementsByTagName('body').item(0).appendChild(newDiv);
newDiv.innerHTML = str;
ref = newDiv.style;
ref.position = 'absolute';
ref.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// Insert a div tag to the end of the BODY with menu HTML in place for IE4.
if (isIE4) {
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', '<div id="menu' + currMenu +
'div" ' + 'style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden">' + str +
'</div>');
ref = getSty('menu' + currMenu + 'div');
}

// In NS4, create a reference to a new layer and write the items to it.
if (isNS4) {
ref = new Layer(0);
ref.document.write(str);
ref.document.close();
}

for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++) {
itemName = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;
if (isDOM || isIE4) menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = getSty(itemName);
if (isNS4) menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = ref.document[itemName];
}
}
with(menu[0][0]) {
ref.left = x;
ref.top = y;
ref.visibility = 'visible';
}
}

// Syntaxes: *** START EDITING HERE, READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY! ***
//
// menu[menuNumber][0] = new Menu(Vertical menu? (true/false), 'popout
indicator', left, top,
// width, 'mouseover colour', 'background colour', 'border stylesheet',
'text stylesheet');
//
// Left and Top are measured on-the-fly relative to the top-left corner of
its trigger, or
// for the root menu, the top-left corner of the page.
//
// menu[menuNumber][itemNumber] = new Item('Text', 'URL', 'target frame',
length of menu item,
// additional spacing to next menu item, number of target menu to popout);
//
// If no target menu (popout) is desired, set it to 0. Likewise, if your
site does not use
// frames, pass an empty string as a frame target.
//
// Something that needs explaining - the Vertical Menu setup. You can see
most menus below
// are 'true', that is they are vertical, except for the first root menu.
The 'length' and
// 'width' of an item depends on its orientation -- length is how long the
item runs for in
// the direction of the menu, and width is the lateral dimension of the
menu. Just look at
// the examples and tweak the numbers, they'll make sense eventually :).

var menu = new Array();

// Default colours passed to most menu constructors (just passed to
functions, not
// a global variable - makes things easier to change later in bulk).
var defOver = '#9DB6D5', defBack = '#000080';

// Default 'length' of menu items - item height if menu is vertical, width
if horizontal.
var defLength = 22;

// Menu 0 is the special, 'root' menu from which everything else arises.
menu[0] = new Array();
// A non-vertical menu with a few different colours and no popout indicator,
as an example.
// *** MOVE ROOT MENU AROUND HERE *** it's positioned at (5, 0) and is 17px
high now.
menu[0][0] = new Menu(false, '', 5, 85, 17, '#9DB6D5', '#000080', '',
'itemText');
// Notice how the targets are all set to nonzero values...
// The 'length' of each of these items is 40, and there is spacing of 10 to
the next item.
// Most of the links are set to '#' hashes, make sure you change them to
actual files.
menu[0][1] = new Item(' Home', 'index.html', '', 40, 5, 0);
menu[0][2] = new Item(' Product&nbspInformation', '#', '', 100, 20, 1);
menu[0][3] = new Item(' Brochures', '#', '', 50, 20, 3);
menu[0][4] = new Item(' Presentations', '#', '', 80, 10, 9);
menu[0][5] = new Item(' Ad Gallery', 'ad gallery.htm', '', 65, 5, 0);
menu[0][6] = new Item(' Website', 'http://www.detcon.com', '', 50, 10, 0);
menu[0][7] = new Item(' Contact&nbspUs', 'contact us.htm', '', 40, 20, 0);

//Product Information Submenu
menu[1] = new Array();
// The File menu is positioned 0px across and 22 down from its trigger, and
is 80 wide.
// All text in this menu has the stylesheet class 'item' -- see the <style>
section above.
// We've passed a 'greater-than' sign '>' as a popout indicator. Try an
image...?
menu[1][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 0, 18, 160, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder',
'itemText');
menu[1][1] = new Item('Sensors', '#', '', 20, 0, 2);
menu[1][2] = new Item('Process&nbspAnalyzers', '#', '', 20, 0, 11);
// Non-zero target means this will trigger a popout -- menu[4] which is the
'Reopen' menu.
menu[1][3] = new Item('Control&nbspSystems', '#', '', 20, 0, 7);
menu[1][4] = new Item('Product Guide', 'Product Guide.pdf', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Sensor Information
menu[2] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[2][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 161, 0, 275, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[2][1] = new Item('H2S Solid State MOS Hydrogen Sulfide Sensor',
'h2s.htm', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[2][2] = new Item('LEL Catalytic Combustible Gas Sensor', 'lel.htm', '',
20, 0, 0);
menu[2][3] = new Item('O2 Air Battery Type Oxygen Gas Sensor', 'oxygen.htm',
'', 20, 0, 0);
menu[2][4] = new Item('IR Infrared Optical Combustible Hydrocarbon <br> and
Carbon Monoxide Sensor', 'infrared.htm', '', 35, 0, 0);
menu[2][5] = new Item('Electrochemical Toxic Gas Sensor Brochure',
'toxic.htm', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[2][6] = new Item('Unitox', 'unitox.htm', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Brochures Submenu
menu[3] = new Array();
menu[3][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 0, 18, 190, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder',
'itemText');
menu[3][1] = new Item('Detcon&nbspCompany&nbspBrochures', '#', '',
defLength, 0, 10);
menu[3][2] = new Item('Sensors', '#', '', defLength, 0, 5);
menu[3][3] = new Item('Universal&nbspGas&nbspDetectors', '#', '', defLength,
0, 8);
menu[3][4] = new Item('Process&nbspGas&nbspAnalyzer', '#', '', defLength, 0,
6);

// Reopen menu
menu[4] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[4][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 151, 0, 85, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[4][1] = new Item('H2S Solid State MOS Hydrogen Sulfide Sensor ', '#',
'', 20, 0, 0);
menu[4][2] = new Item('LEL Catalytic Combustible Gas Detection Sensor ',
'#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[4][3] = new Item('O2 Air Battery Type Oxygen Gas Sensor ', '#', '', 20,
0, 0);

// Sensors Submenu for Brochures
menu[5] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[5][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 191, 0, 350, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[5][1] = new Item('H2S Solid State MOS Hydrogen Sulfide Sensor
Brochure', 'H2S Sensors R0103.pdf', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[5][2] = new Item('LEL Catalytic Combustible Gas Sensor Brochure', 'LEL
Sensors R0203.pdf', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[5][3] = new Item('O2 Air Battery Type Oxygen Gas Sensor Brochure', 'O2
Sensors R0403.pdf', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[5][4] = new Item('Electrochemical Toxic Gas Sensor Brochure', 'Toxic
Sensors R0303.pdf', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Process Analyzers Submenu for Brochures
menu[6] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[6][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 191, 0, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
// These items are lengthier than normal, and have extra spacing due to the
fancy borders.
menu[6][1] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspH2S', 'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0,
0);
menu[6][2] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspC02', 'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0,
0);
menu[6][3] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspDual&nbspH2S&nbspand&nbspCO2',
'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Control Systems Submenu
menu[7] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[7][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 161, 0, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[7][1] = new Item('Single&nbspSensor&nbspModular', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[7][2] = new Item('Multi&nbspChannel', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[7][3] = new Item('PLC&nbspBased', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[7][4] = new Item('PLC&nbspBased&nbspMMISingle Sensor UniGuard', '#',
'', 20, 0, 0);
menu[7][5] = new Item('Single&nbspSensor&nbspUniGuard', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Universal Gas Detectors
menu[8] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[8][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 191, 0, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[8][1] = new Item('Unitox', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);

// Control Systems Submenu
menu[9] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[9][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 0, 18, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[9][1] = new Item('Product&nbspPresentation', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[9][2] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbsp&Presentation', '#', '', 20, 0,
0);

// Detcon Brochure Submenu
menu[10] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[10][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 191, 0, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[10][1] = new Item('Detcon&nbspBrochure&nbspR3.pdf', '#', '', 20, 0, 0);
menu[10][2] = new Item('Detcon&nbspBrochure&nbspSpanish.pdf', '#', '', 20,
0, 0);
menu[10][3] = new Item('Detcon&nbspBrochure&nbspChinese.pdf', '#', '', 20,
0, 0);

// Process Analyzers Submenu for Product Information
menu[11] = new Array();
// This is across but not down... a horizontal popout (with crazy
stylesheets :)...
menu[11][0] = new Menu(true, '>', 161, 0, 200, '#9DB6D5', '#000080',
'itemBorder', 'itemText');
// These items are lengthier than normal, and have extra spacing due to the
fancy borders.
menu[11][1] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspH2S', 'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0,
0);
menu[11][2] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspC02', 'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0,
0);
menu[11][3] = new Item('Model&nbsp1000&nbspDual&nbspH2S&nbspand&nbspCO2',
'analyzers.htm', '', 20, 0, 0);

// *** OPTIONAL CODE FROM HERE DOWN ***

// These two lines handle the window resize bug in NS4. See <body
onResize="...">.
// I recommend you leave this here as otherwise when you resize NS4's width
menus are hidden.

var popOldWidth = window.innerWidth;
nsResizeHandler = new Function('if (popOldWidth != window.innerWidth)
location.reload()');


// This is a quick snippet that captures all clicks on the document and
hides the menus
// every time you click. Use if you want.

if (isNS4) document.captureEvents(Event.CLICK);
document.onclick = clickHandle;

function clickHandle(evt)
{
if (isNS4) document.routeEvent(evt);
hideAllBut(0);
}


// This is just the moving command for the example.

function moveRoot()
{
with(menu[0][0].ref) left = ((parseInt(left) < 100) ? 100 : 5);
}

// End -->

Please help!!

Thanks,

Dee
 
J

Jim Buyens

-----Original Message-----
I have an external javascript file that I want to
reference. I have referenced it properly in the header,
but in the body, there is an onload command referencing
code in the javascript file and it doesn't seem to be
working. Can anyone help? Here is the code:

Try changing this statement:

<script language="JavaScript" src="menuscript.js"></script>

to

<!-- #include file="menuscript.js" -->

Also, ensure that the page has a filename extension that
activates server-side includes on your Web server. For
Microsoft Web servers, this is .asp or .stm. For Unix
servers, it's usually shtml.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
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