Linking: file then javascript

[Jarry]

A simple question: I want to load a page from a link, then tell that
page (the one that just loaded) to do a javascript function. For
example, the page test.html has a function called showalert(), and I
want an <a> type link that loads the page, then shows the alert. How
can I do this?

Thanks,
Jarry

 

[Lee]

Jarry said:

A simple question: I want to load a page from a link, then tell that
page (the one that just loaded) to do a javascript function. For
example, the page test.html has a function called showalert(), and I
want an <a> type link that loads the page, then shows the alert. How
can I do this?

You can't. Once the new page loads, the old page is gone, and so
can't tell the new one anything. One work-around would be to load
the new page in a frame, so the old page is still actually there
(invisibly, if you like), but it would be more reasonable to write
the second page so that it knows when to execute showalert() based
on something like the referrer page or values in the search part
of the URL, or cookies.


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