FP2000: How to Display a Random Quote When a Page Is Loaded

ID: Q197958

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Microsoft FrontPage 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains sample JavaScript code that displays a random quote when the HTML document is loaded.

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For this JavaScript code to function, you must type it manually in the HTML code. The FrontPage user interface does not provide a means to insert JavaScript code between the closing <\HEAD> tag and the opening <BODY> tag.

To edit the HTML code, follow these steps:

To view the HTML code, start FrontPage, Change to the page view, and click the HTML tab.

Insert the following JavaScript code between the </HEAD> tag and the <BODY> tag in the HTML document:


      <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
      <!--

      function DisplayQuote() {
       // Build an array of quotes
       var quote = new Array(20)
       quote[0] = "Quote example 1"
       quote[1] = "Quote example 2"
       quote[2] = "Quote example 3"
       quote[3] = "Quote example 4"
       quote[4] = "Quote example 5"
       quote[5] = "Quote example 6"
       quote[6] = "Quote example 7"
       quote[7] = "Quote example 8"
       quote[8] = "Quote example 9"
       quote[9] = "Quote example 10"
       quote[10] = "Quote example 11"
       quote[11] = "Quote example 12"
       quote[12] = "Quote example 13"
       quote[13] = "Quote example 14"
       quote[14] = "Quote example 15"
       quote[15] = "Quote example 16"
       quote[16] = "Quote example 17"
       quote[17] = "Quote example 18"
       quote[18] = "Quote example 19"
       quote[19] = "Quote example 20"

       // Determine today's date and pick a quote
       // based on the second.
       var now = new Date()
       var sec = now.getSeconds()
       alert("Today's Quote:\r" + quote[sec % 20])
      }

      //-->
      </SCRIPT>

Add a OnLoad directive to the BODY tag to run the Jscript.

For example, the <BODY> tag should appear as follows:

<BODY OnLoad="DisplayQuote()">

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