Index

F

Fahrenheit to centigrade converter application. See also centigrade to Fahrenheit converter application

convertToCentigrade function, 94, 95–97

data, handling invalid, 91–92

degCent variable, 69–70, 798

degFahren variable, 69–70, 71

for statement usage, 86–88

function, defining custom in, 93, 95–96

if statement usage, 66–71, 73–74

logical operator usage, 71

looping, 86–88, 90, 91–92

operator precedence, 40–41

result, writing to page, 69–70

string/number value mixing, 44–45

user interface, 235, 812–813

value series, converting, 86–88, 91

fgColor property (document object), 930

field, database. See database, field

file download detector application, 616

File window (Venkman Debugger), 395

filename property (Plugin object), 630, 631

file1_onblur function, 642

FileUpload object, 932

film property (CustomerBooking class), 148

FinalResults.asp file, 778, 788, 790, 791–794

findIndex variable, 182

firstBooking variable, 148

firstChild property (Node object), 541, 545, 546

firstDay variable, 227

firstNumber variable, 798, 799

FirstVisit cookie, 429

fix function, 128, 156, 805–807

fixed method (String object), 919

fixNumber variable, 806

Flash plug-in

detecting, 630

embedding, 628–629, 637

extension associated with, 628

image quality, specifying, 629, 637

loading, 628–629

MIME type, 629

FloatingDiv style class, 847

floating-point number, 20, 47

floor method (Math object), 123, 124, 910

FLOW object, 604

focus event handling

onblur event

Button object, 927

Checkbox object, 209

described, 925

FileUpload object, 932

Layer object, 496

Password object, 939

Radio object, 209

Reset object, 941

Select object, 942

Submit object, 943

Text object, 194, 199, 204, 944

Textarea object, 945

window object, 946

onfocus event

Button object, 927

Checkbox object, 209

described, 925

FileUpload object, 932

form element object, 194

Layer object, 496

Password object, 939

Radio object, 209

Reset object, 941

Select object, 942

Submit object, 943

Text object, 199, 944

Textarea object, 945

window object, 946

focus method

Button object, 928

Checkbox object, 929

FileUpload object, 932

form element object, 194

Password object, 939

Reset object, 941

Select object, 943

Submit object, 943

Textarea object, 945

window object, 947

font. See text

font HTML tag, 446

fontcolor method (String object), 919

fontsize method (String object), 919

for in statement, 88–89, 894, 896

for statement, 85–88, 894

form. See also specific control

array, storing Form object in, 188–190, 930

ASP

checkbox data, handling, 678, 682

data sent via get method, handling, 685

data sent via post method, handling, 674, 685

select element data, handling, 677–678

submitting form in ASP environment, 868–869

text data, handling, 674–677, 678, 682–685

declaring, 188

DHTML, referencing in, 454–455

element object, 193–194

end point, declaring, 188

event handling

focus event, 194, 199, 204

mouse event, 196–197

onsubmit event, 190, 683, 925

Select element event, 221–228

focus, 194, 199, 204, 209

introduced, 187

list box, 192, 215

message board application, 880–881, 882–883

object in, hidden, 766, 934

referencing, 188, 202, 454–455, 930, 939

resetting, 191, 197–198, 941

start point, declaring, 188

submitting

ASP environment, in, 673, 674–677, 678, 683, 868–869

button, programming for, 194, 197–198, 683

CompBitsCo database application, 766–767

form tag coding for, 188, 716

HTML element placement considerations, 187

input box, using, 869

input tag coding for, 197–198

logon application, in, 702

onsubmit event, 190, 683, 925

scripting, in server-side, 868–869

submit method, using, 190, 202, 933

Trivia Quiz application, 717, 779

validating input data before, 203, 204, 873

text element, 191, 198–199, 201–203, 204–206

Trivia Quiz application, 228–229, 715–716, 717, 779

validating, 199–204, 684, 873

form feed escape sequence, 21

form HTML tag

action attribute, 188, 674, 716, 875

id attribute, 675

method attribute, 188, 674–677, 716

name attribute, 675

target attribute, 258

Form object

action property, 933

array, storing in, 188–190, 930

data checker, passing to, 194

DHTML, referencing in, 455

elements property, 190, 194, 933

encoding property, 933

length property, 190, 933

method property, 933

name property, 188, 190, 933

onreset event, 933

onsubmit event, 190, 683, 925

referencing, 202

reset method, 191, 933

submit method, 190, 202, 933

target property, 933

form property

Button object, 928

Checkbox object, 929

FileUpload object, 932

Hidden object, 934

Password object, 939

Radio object, 940

Request object, 675, 677, 768

Reset object, 941

Select object, 942

Submit object, 943

Text object, 944

Textarea object, 945

formElement variable, 817

formIndex variable, 190

Form_name property (document object), 930

formobject variable, 256

form1_onsubmit function, 683, 702, 766, 873

forms property (document object), 188–190, 930

forward method (history object), 161, 934

forward only cursor type recordset, 760

foundAtPosition variable, 119–120

fraGlobalFunctions frame, 280–283, 284

frame

array of frames in current window, returning, 249, 946

BOM frame area object, 159

child window, 239, 249

code of another frame, accessing, 247–250, 818–820

column, arranging in, 254

loading external, 224

method of another frame, accessing, 242–247

module, using frameset-defining page as, 242

naming, 241, 254

number of frames in window, returning, 946

page, multiple frames on same, 238–241

parent window, 239, 246, 248–249, 250–251

property of another frame, accessing, 242–247

referencing, 240, 246, 248–249, 255, 257

sizing, 240, 254

top property, 250–251

Trivia Quiz application

banner frame (menubar.htm), 272, 280

fraGlobalFunctions frame, 280–283, 284

fraMenubar frame, 279–280

frameset pages, 273, 274, 278–280

fraQuizPage frame, 274, 777

fraTopFrame frame, 278–279

globalfunctions.htm frame coding, 272, 280–283, 284–287

question frame (AskQuestion.htm), 272, 275–278, 283–284, 323, 328

quiz frame (QuizPage.htm), 272, 274–275, 283, 357–359, 715

variable value, keeping between frames, 244

window object, association with, 238–241

writing to another frame, 289, 818–820

frame HTML tag, 238

frame object, 933

fraMenubar frame, 279–280

frames property (window object), 249, 946

frameset HTML tag

cols attribute, 254

frame tag, relation to, 238

id attribute, 240

rows attribute, 240

FramesetPage.htm file, 244

frameset_page.htm file, 242, 245–246

fraQuizPage frame, 274, 777

fraTopFrame frame, 278–279

FreshBakedCookie.htm file, 416

fromCharCode method (String object), 117, 283

fromElement property (event object), 472

function. See also specific function

call stack, displaying when debugging, 386–389, 394–395

calling, 94, 95

closing, 368

code, splitting into, 16

creating, 93–100, 366–367, 368

described, 92

DHTML menu, creating using, 486–488, 513–514, 576–577

error caused by incorrect declaration, 366–367

event object, passing to, 498–499, 507, 568–569, 577

exiting, 94

invoking, 94

library, building, 94

method compared, 106

modal, 11

parameter, 11, 93, 94

stepping out of, 379

top-level, 899, 926

value, returning from, 94, 116

Function object, 906–907

function statement, 93, 894