body.onload += "XX"

I'm trying to append a function to the body tag's onload event...

<body onload="Do_This();"...>
...
...
<script....>
document.body.onload =+ " And_This();";
alert(document.body.onload);
</script>

The alert reports "undefinedDo_This();". The Do_This() function does load (and run) but I want both funcions to run on the onload event. The body tag is in a php "header" file that is included in the file the holds the script.

Thanks

NimbusSoftware

Newbie Poster

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7 Years Ago

You can either define a third function, which would have the sole purpose of calling the other two functions.

Or, you can comma separate the two functions in your onload attribute.

Or, you can concantenate them with the "&&" operator:

<body onload="return (Do_This() && Do_That())" >

(which is a useful construct if the functions return booleans).

Lastly, you can just include the "And_This()" function in a separate script body at the very end of your document. It will run "inline" when the browser encounters it.

tgreer

Made Her Cry

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7 Years Ago

This page demonstrates a technique that can be used to add functions to a body onload, or similar attribute. The beauty of this is that it can be used in situations where your project does not control ownership of the header section of the page, but you want to assign onload or similar behaviours to a page, without destroying the behaviour that already exists.

<html> 

	<head>

		<script type="text/javascript">
		function Do_This(){ alert("hello world"); }
		</script>
		
		
		<title>test</title>
	</head>	
	<body onload="Do_This();" onunload="Do_This();">
	
		<h1>hello world</h1>
		...
		...
		<script type="text/javascript">
			var oldFunction = null;
			function And_This(){ 
				if(oldFunction){ oldFunction(); }
				alert("tuna fish"); 
			}
			function closingFunction(){ 
				if(oldUnloadFunction){ oldUnloadFunction(); }
				alert("closing"); 
			}
			function loadBody(){
				oldFunction = window.onload;
				
				window.onload = And_This;
				alert(window.onload);
			}
			
			var oldUnloadFunction = null;
			function unloadBody(){
				oldUnloadFunction = window.onunload;
				
				window.onunload = closingFunction;
				alert(window.onunload);
			}
			
			loadBody();
			unloadBody();
		</script>
	</body>
</html>

What happens here is the loadBody and unloadBody functions are called inline when the page is being drawn. At this stage the body.onload attribute has been set (you access this using the window.onload attribute). If you print this attribute, you will notice that it is a function, with the initially defined onload function forming the body of the function. This way the javascript engine preserves the arguments that have been provided.

The loadBody function then stores the current function in a global pointer variable. That can then be called as a function in the newly defined onload function.

This has been tested in Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 and Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 with build string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

alpha_foobar

Junior Poster

182 posts since May 2005

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2 Years Ago

Hy NimbusSoftware, well here is a code for make two functions or more in the body tag.

/*
onloadfunctions.js
*/
function Do_This() {     
   alert(7);  
}  
function And_This() {
   alert(8);
}
window.onload=function(){
   Do_This();
   And_This();
}

This can be a good form for solve the problem.

louiscos77

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10 posts since May 2010

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2 Years Ago

<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title> New Document </title>
<meta name="Generator" content="EditPlus">
<meta name="Author" content="">
<meta name="Keywords" content="">
<meta name="Description" content="">
<script language="javaScript">
function Do_This() {     
   alert(7);  
   And_This();
}  
function And_This() {
   alert(8);
}
</script>
</head>

<body onLoad="Do_This();">
</body>
</html>

rajarajan07

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