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StatusBar Clock
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THE JAVASCRIPT COOKBOOK by Erica Sadun, webrx@mindspring.com
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function setMessage()
{
now = new Date()
window.status = ("The time is "+now.getHours())+":"+(""+now.getMinutes())
}
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<FONT COLOR="007777"><H1><IMG SRC="../GRAFX/UTENS.JPG" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=50
ALIGN = LEFT>StatusBar Clock #1</H1></FONT>
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This script sets the status bar text to the current
time when a button is pressed.<p>
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<CENTER><FORM>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="CHECK THE TIME"
onClick="setMessage()">
</FORM></CENTER>
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<FONT COLOR="007777"><H2>Discussion</H2></FONT>
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This script uses the function
<FONT color=770000">setMessage()</FONT>
to set the status bar's text by changing the
<FONT color=770000">window.status</FONT> object.
Some early Netscape Navigator 2.0 releases do
not produce the correct time. This will be fixed
in future releases.
<h3>The function setMessage</h3>
<font color="770000"><pre><null
>function setMessage()<br><null
>{<br><null
> now = new Date()<br><null
> window.status = now.toGMTString()<br><null
>}<br><null
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<h5>Copyright ©2000 by Charles River Media, All Rights Reserved</h5>
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