Index

P

HTML tag, 125, 452, 454, 457, 463

object, 455, 457

Packages object, 913

PAGE object, 604

page_a,b,c, d .htm files, 242–244, 246, 253

pageFirstVisited variable, 838

pagesVisited variable, 245

pageViewCount cookie, 838–839

param HTML tag, 637

parameter, function, 11, 93, 94

para1Style variable, 517

para2Style variable, 517

parent property (window object), 239, 246, 248–249, 250–251, 946

parentheses ( )

array data delimiters, 50

condition delimiters, 76, 369–370

error caused by incorrect, 369–370

method parameter delimiters, 110, 836

regular expression group delimiters, 309

parentNode property (Node object), 541

parse method (Date object), 904

parseFloat function, 46–48, 798, 899

parseInt function, 45–48, 123–124, 125, 899

password

case sensitivity, 874

database, storing in, 796, 870– 875

input box, creating, 204, 701–702

referencing, 939

validating, 301–304, 703

value default, returning, 939

Password field, 873

Password object, 204, 939

pathname property

Link object, 936

location object, 937

pdalist XML tag, 586–587

pdalist.css file, 603

pdalist2.css file, 606

pdalist.dtd file, 595

pdalist.xml file, 585, 588, 620–621

pdalist2.xml file, 593

pdalist3.xml file, 597

pdalist4.xml file, 606, 612

pdalist5.xml file, 613

pdalist6.xml file, 621

PElement variable, 542

percent sign, greater than sign (%>) script delimiter, 668, 696–698

percent sign (%) URL special character prefix, 686

period (.)

CSS class prefix, 448

regular expression special character, 300

periods (...) regular expression special character, 300

Personal Web Server. See PWS

PI property (Math object), 122, 910

PickSystem.htm file, 820

picture. See image

Platform for Privacy Preferences. See P3P

platform property (navigator object), 938

play function, 857

plug-in. See also specific plug-in

ActiveX control compared, 628, 634, 637

array of installed plug-ins, returning, 630, 631–632, 640, 938

browser

message, displaying if plug-in not supported, 640

redirecting if plug-in not installed, 630, 643

support, 628, 630, 644

detecting, 630–633, 640–641

embedding, 628–629, 630, 639

event handling, 639, 640, 642

file to load, specifying initial, 628–629

id value, 639

installing, 630–633

introduced, 627

listing installed plug-ins, 629, 938

method of, accessing, 639

MIME type support, verifying, 630, 632–633

name variation with platform, 632

object created by, accessing, 628

property of, accessing, 639

referencing, 631, 639

scripting difference between plug-ins, 644

troubleshooting, 643–646

URL associated with, 628–629

user interface, 627

version, returning, 645–646

web page, adding to, 628–629, 630

Plugin object

description property, 630

filename property, 630

length property, 630

name property, 630, 631

referencing, 631

version information stored in, 646

plugInInstalled variable, 640, 641

plugins property

document object, 930

navigator object, 630, 631–632, 640, 938

pluginspage attribute (embed tag), 630

plus sign (+)

addition operator, 35

concatenation operator, 42, 368

regular expression repetition character, 304

plus signs (++) increment operator, 37

pop method (Array object), 901

popup blocking, 257

port property

Link object, 936

location object, 162, 937

position attribute (style tag), 450–452

position character, matching in regular expression, 305–308

POSITIVE_INFINITY property (Number object), 912

post method, 674, 685

postedAge variable, 675

postedName variable, 675

Postfix Decrement operator, 889

Postfix Increment operator, 889

PostInfo.htm file, 687

pow method (Math object), 126–128, 910

P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences), 438

P3PEdit utility, 438

Prefix Decrement operator, 889

Prefix Increment operator, 889

prefs.js file, 29, 396

preventDefault method (event object), 932

previousSibling property (Node object), 541, 546

primitive data type, 106, 108, 109, 110–111, 112

print method (window object), 947

pro_asp_details.htm file, 260, 261

pro_asp.gif file, 259

ProcessFormPage.asp file, 675

processing, server-side, 650. See also scripting, server-side

ProcessingInstruction object, 534

prof_js_details.htm file, 261, 824

ProgID (programmatic ID), 704

prompt

function, 41, 62, 798–799

window object method, 947

property. See also specific property

ActiveX control property, accessing, 639

BOM property, accessing when debugging, 386

browser version, checking via testing property

availability, 174–176

class property, 146

collection property, 675

CSS, 604–605

DOM property overview, 539–544

event handler as, 170–173

frame, accessing property of another, 242–247

method, error caused by using as, 370

object property, 106

plug-in property, accessing, 639

top-level, 898

protocol property

Link object, 936

location object, 162, 937

prototype property

Array object, 900

Boolean object, 902

Date object, 903

Function object, 907

Number object, 912

Object object, 912

RegExp object, 915

String object, 918

PStyle1 style class, 452

push method (Array object), 901

PWS (Personal Web Server), 371, 651, 746. See also IIS (Internet Information Server)