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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / JavaScript / December 2007Is it possible to delay document.write("blah blah ..")?
On page load, is it possible to write out something to the browser using document.write("blah blah ..."); And then pause for 2 seconds and write out something else like document.write("something funny..."); Javascript does not seem to have a sleep function. I've tried setTimeOut("myFunction()", mydelay); It does not work. Any idea? Thanks. > On page load, is it possible to write out something to the browser > using [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > document.write("something funny..."); document.write after page load overwrites the the document. And blocking the page load for two seconds does not sound like a good idea. But you can easily create and add contents after page load e.g. var p = document.createElement('p'); p.appendChild(document.createTextNode("something funny...")); document.body.appendChild(p);  SignatureMartin Honnen http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/ gnewsgroup said: > On page load, is it possible to write out something to the browser > using [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Any idea? Thanks. setTimeout works perfectly. Just because it doesn't do what you want it to does not mean it does not work. That said, I have a hack I stopped using a while ago because I decided I didn't want to pause things for any good reason, and here you go: function pause(millis) { var date = new Date(); var curDate = null; do { curDate = new Date(); } while(curDate-date < millis); } ~A! SignatureAnthony Levensalor anthony@mypetprogrammer.com Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein My Pet Programmer said: >gnewsgroup said: >> On page load, is it possible to write out something to the browser [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > while(curDate-date < millis); >} Please don't post such horrors to this newsgroup. You should NEVER use code like that in a web page. -- Lee said: > My Pet Programmer said: >> gnewsgroup said: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Please don't post such horrors to this newsgroup. > You should NEVER use code like that in a web page. I tend to agree, and I wouldn't. Haven't used that crud in so long I can't even remember. But he wanted it, so I gave it to him. ~A! SignatureAnthony Levensalor anthony@mypetprogrammer.com Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein My Pet Programmer said: >Lee said: >> My Pet Programmer said: [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >I tend to agree, and I wouldn't. Haven't used that crud in so long I >can't even remember. But he wanted it, so I gave it to him. I understand, but giving people what they ask for isn't always doing them a service. There's also the risk that other people will find it via a search and think it's a recommended solution. -- Lee said: > My Pet Programmer said: >> Lee said: [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > doing them a service. There's also the risk that other people > will find it via a search and think it's a recommended solution. Good point. I apologize to all future readers of this thread in advance. Don't use that code, I used it years ago when I was also using document.all, and I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. ~A! SignatureAnthony Levensalor anthony@mypetprogrammer.com Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein My Pet Programmer said: >Lee said: >> My Pet Programmer said: [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >Don't use that code, I used it years ago when I was also using >document.all, and I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. And I just laughed out loud. -- Response to Lee <REM0VElbspamtrap@cox.net>: >>Good point. I apologize to all future readers of this thread in >>advance. Don't use that code, I used it years ago when I was also >>using document.all, and I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. > > And I just laughed out loud. Yeah, that was definitely good. You're making a great impression, Anthony. Definitely a true underdog story. ; ) Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. > Response to Lee <REM0VElbspamtrap@cox.net>: >>> Good point. I apologize to all future readers of this thread in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Definitely a true underdog story. ; ) He apologized already. There is no need to beat a dead horse. I think another apology would be in order now. PointedEars Signature"Use any version of Microsoft Frontpage to create your site. (This won't prevent people from viewing your source, but no one will want to steal it.)" -- from <http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/hidesource.htm> Response to Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>: >> Response to Lee <REM0VElbspamtrap@cox.net>: >>>> Good point. I apologize to all future readers of this thread in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > I think another apology would be in order now. I'm sure Anthony realized the point I was making about the movie "Dodgeball" as that is where the "I just threw up in my mouth a little bit" phrase originates. And my response was in agreement with Lee, that it was humorous. If you weren't so concerned with being a nitpicking jackass you might have realized that -- then again... maybe not. Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. In comp.lang.javascript message <fl3778$eob$1@registered.motzarella.org> , Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:11:16, My Pet Programmer <anthony@mypetprogrammer.com> posted: >That said, I have a hack I stopped using a while ago because I decided >I didn't want to pause things for any good reason, and here you go: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > while(curDate-date < millis); >} Bloated code for an inappropriate algorithm. Consider unbloated : function pause(millis) { var stop = +new Date() + millis ; while (+new Date() < stop) {} ; } Signature(c) John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 IE 6. Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms PAS EXE etc : <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/> - see 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm moredate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc. Response to gnewsgroup <gnewsgroup@gmail.com>: > Javascript does not seem to have a sleep function. I've tried > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Any idea? Thanks. setTimeOut is not the same thing as setTimeout. Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. > On page load, is it possible to write out something to the browser > using [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Any idea? Thanks. To find out why that does not work, after the document.write, right click and choose view source. I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but maybe look into modifying innerHTML instead of doing document.write. |
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