Programming question

[Jeff Lebowski]

Can someone help a brother out?

I have a small "timer" window up that needs to close based on the value of a record in a database. I pull the value from the database and copy it to a hidden form field named "endtime". I have verified that the field contains the proper value. If this value is not empty, then I want the window to close. I am trying to do this via the onload function, but I can't seem to get the code right. I only dabble in Java (most of the script is PHP), so I am a little lost here. This is what I have:

<SCRIPT>
function init() {

//Bring the window to the front if necessary
if (document.getElementsByTagName('bringtofront').ite m(0) == "yes")
window.focus();

//Close the window if time is up
if (document.getElementsByTagName('endtime').item(0) != "") {
window.close();

}
window.onload = init;
</SCRIPT>

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Wait a minute. The "TagName" method is wrong. This is a form field, not a tag.

[Jeff Lebowski]

OK, I tried this instead:

<SCRIPT>
function init() {


//Bring the window to the front if necessary
if (document.myform.bringtofront.value == "yes")
window.focus();

//Close the window if time is up
if (document.myform.endtime.value != "")
window.close();

}
window.onload = init;

</SCRIPT>


Still no workey.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

OK, I tried this instead:

<SCRIPT>
function init() {


//Bring the window to the front if necessary
if (document.myform.bringtofront.value == "yes")
window.focus();

//Close the window if time is up
if (document.myform.endtime.value != "")
window.close();

}
window.onload = init;

</SCRIPT>


Still no workey.

Never mind. This code worked after all. Just had a couple of minor syntax issues (extra paren or two).

[Tex]

Stop talking to yourself, Leb. Even for a programmer, it's eerie.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Tex

Stop talking to yourself, Leb. Even for a programmer, it's eerie.

LOL. No kidding.

Hey, nobody was stepping up so I had to answer my own question.