Symbols

! operator 147

& operator 145

&& operator 147

*/ comment 209

/* comment 209

// comment 29, 209

^ operator 145

| operator 145

|| operator 147

~ operator 145

A

A HTML tag 74

accumulator

See tainting

alert method 47, 59

Anchor object

See also anchors

anchors property

See anchors array

applets

controlling with LiveConnect 81

example of 82, 83

flashing text example 83

Hello World example 82, 88

referencing 81

Area object

See Link object

arguments array 170

Array object

creating 180

overview 179

arrays

See also the individual arrays

associative 168

defined 180

indexing 64, 182

list of predefined 63

null elements 142

populating 181

predefined 63

referring to elements 64, 182

undefined elements 142

assignment operators 143

defined 141

B

bitwise operators

logical 146

overview 145

shift 146

blur method 59

Boolean literals 138

Boolean object

overview 182

break statement 203

browser

hiding scripts from 29

Button object

See also buttons

buttons

submit 41

C

case sensitivity 27, 136, 167

CGI programs

and image maps 93

submitting forms to 40

validating form input for 38

Checkbox object

See also checkboxes

clearTimeout method 187

client JavaScript 21

client-side JavaScript 20

overview 21

close method 59

window object 66

colors

hexadecimal values 215

list of 215

string literals 215

string literals for 215-220

commas, in cookies 95

comment statement 209

comments 29

types of 209

comparison operators 143

compute function 47

conditional expressions 148

conditional statements 198-200

if...else 198

confirm method 47, 59

containership

specifying default object 209

with statement and 209

continue statement 205

cookies

defined 94

example of use 97

implementation of 221-226

with JavaScript 96

limitations for 95

D

data tainting

See tainting

data types

converting 136

and Date object 135

Java to JavaScript conversion 90

in JavaScript 25, 135

JavaScript to Java conversion 85

Date object

See also dates, times

creating 183

overview 183

using 183-187

dates

See also times

cookie expiration 95

working with 183

default objects, specifying 209

defaultStatus property 94

dialog boxes

Alert 59

Confirm 47, 59

Prompt 59

directories

conventions used xv

do...while statement 201

document conventions xv

document object 55

See also documents

described 60

example of properties 55-57

documents

See also windows

document object 60

E

elements array 61

elements property

See elements array

else statement

See if...else statement

embeds property

See embeds array

end_time method (LiveAudio) 228

entities 31

escape function 95, 96

escaping characters 139

eval function 47

event handlers

See also the individual event handlers

defining 43

defining functions for 46

example of use 46-47

quotation marks for 32

referring to windows 72

resetting 47

syntax for 45

events, defined 43

expressions

conditional 148

in HTML attributes 31

overview 141

that return no value 151

types of 141

F

fade_from_to method (LiveAudio) 228

fade_to method (LiveAudio) 228

flashing text applet example 83

floating-point literals 138

focus method 59

for loops

continuation of 205

sequence of execution 200

termination of 203

for statement 200

for...in statement 208

form elements

updating 38

updating dynamically 58

FORM HTML tag 55, 74

Form object

See also forms

described 61

elements array 61

forms

elements array 61

Form object 61

forms array 61

referring to windows in submit 74

validating input 38

forms array 61

forms property

See forms array

FRAME HTML tag 59

Frame object

See also frames

described 59-60

frames

closing 66

creating 68

defined 67

example of creation 70-??

figure of 67

Frame object 59-60

frames array 68, 69

hierarchy of 68

navigating 70

referring to 70, 72-??

updating 69

frames array 68, 69

frames property

See frames array

FRAMESET HTML tag 68

function keyword 33, 168

Function object

overview 187

functions

See also the individual functions

calling 33-35

defined 33

defining 33-35

defining and calling 168-170

examples of 39

excess arguments for 170

Function object 187

isNan 193

parseFloat 194

parseInt 194

recursive 169

using built in 192-194

using validation 40-41

G

getDay method 184

getHours method 186

getMinutes method 186

getSeconds method 186

getTime method 184

GetVolume method (LiveAudio) 228

go method 62

graphics

See images

H

HEAD HTML tag 169

Hello World applet example 82, 88

history list 62

history object 55

described 62

history property

See history array

HREF attribute 93

HTML

embedding JavaScript in 26-33

and JavaScript xiii

HTML layout 57-59

HTML tags

A 74

FORM 55, 74

FRAME 59

FRAMESET 68

HEAD 169

IMG 93

MAP 92

NOSCRIPT 33

PRE 37

SCRIPT 27

TITLE 56

hypertext

See links

HyperText Markup Language

See HTML

I

identity taint code 107

if...else statement 198

image maps

client-side 92

server-side 93

images property

See images array

IMG HTML tag 93

integers, in JavaScript 137

ISMAP attribute 93

isNan function

overview 193

IsPaused method (LiveAudio) 228

IsPlaying method (LiveAudio) 228

IsReady method (LiveAudio) 228

J

Java

See also LiveConnect

accessing with LiveConnect 80

communication with JavaScript 77-90

compared to JavaScript 25

getting JavaScript window handle 86

to JavaScript communication 86

java package 79

java_30 file 79

JavaScript

background for using xiii

case sensitivity 27

communication with Java 77-90

compared to Java 25

described 25-??

differences between server and client 20

embedding in HTML 26-33

entities 31

external file of 30

and HTML layout 57-59

to Java communication 80

LiveWire 22-24

Navigator 21-22

reserved words 213

right-hand evaluation 31

special characters 139

specifying version 27

URLs 91

K

keywords 213

L

labeled statement 203

labeled statements

with break 203

with continue 205

LANGUAGE attribute 27

language, specifying 27

layout, HTML 57-59

left shift operator 147

length property 191

Link object

See also links

links

creating 74

image maps 93

referring to windows 74

with no destination 151

links property

See links array

literals

Boolean 138

floating point 138

integers 137

overview 137

string 138

LiveAudio 227-231

examples 228

and LiveConnect 227-231

methods 228

LiveConnect 77-90

accessing Java directly 80

accessing JavaScript objects 87

accessing JavaScript properties 87

calling JavaScript methods 87

controlling Java applets 81

controlling Java plug-ins 85

getting a window handle 86

Hello World example 88

and LiveAudio 227-231

LiveWire applications, validating form input for 38

LiveWire JavaScript

See server JavaScript

location object 55

described 61

location property 69

logical operators

overview 147

short-circuit evaluation 148

loop statements 200-205

break 203

continue 205

do...while 201

for 200

labeled 203

while 202

loops

continuation of 205

for...in 208

termination of 203

lowercase 27, 136

M

MAP HTML tag 92

Math object

overview 188

messages

Alert dialog box 59

Confirm dialog box 59

Prompt dialog box 59

status bar 94

METHOD attribute 57

methods

See also the individual methods

defined 35

defining 176

referring to windows 72

MIME types

client capability 98

mimeTypes array 98

mimeTypes property

See mimeTypes array

N

NAME attribute 56

Navigator

See also Navigator 2.0, Navigator 3.0

and JavaScript 21, 22

MIME types supported 98

predefined arrays 63

printing output 37

Navigator 2.0

See also Navigator

Navigator 3.0

See also Navigator

Navigator JavaScript

See client JavaScript

Navigator JavaScript. See client-side JavaScript

navigator object 54

See also Navigator

described 62

Netscape packages

See packages

netscape.applet package 79

netscape.javascript package 79, 86

netscape.plugin package 79

netscape.sun package 79

new operator 149, 173

NOSCRIPT HTML tag 33

NS_ENABLE_TAINT environment variable 106

null keyword 142

Number object

overview 190

numbers

Number object 190

parsing from strings 194

O

object manipulation statements

for...in 208

new operator 206

this keyword 207

with statement 209

objects

See also the individual objects

adding properties 175, 176

creating new types 171-175

deleting 178

establishing default 209

hierarchy of 53

indexing properties 175

overview 167

onChange event handler 39, 40

onClick event handler 39, 40, 47, 97

onLoad event handler 186

onMouseOut event handler 94

onMouseOver event handler 94

onSubmit event handler 41

open method 59

window object 65

operators

arithmetic 144-??

assignment 143

bitwise 145-146

comparison 143

defined 141

logical 147

order of 151

overview 142

special 148

string 148

Option object

See Select object

options property

See options array

output

displaying 38

printing 37

P

packages

java 79

and LiveConnect 78

netscape 78

netscape.applet 79

netscape.javascript 79, 86

netscape.plugin 79

netscape.sun 79

sun 79

using 79

pages

objects for 54

updating 38

parent property 72

parse method 185

parseFloat function

overview 194

parseInt function

overview 194

pause method (LiveAudio) 228

PI property 188

play method (LiveAudio) 228

Plugin object

See also plug-ins

plug-ins

controlling with LiveConnect 85

determining installed 98

plugins array 99

plugins property

See plugins array

PRE HTML tag 37

printing generated HTML 37

prompt method 59

properties

See also the individual properties

adding to objects 176

indexing 175

naming 57

overview 167

referring to 55

referring to windows 72

Q

quotation marks

for string literals 138

using double 32

using single 32

R

Radio object

See also radio buttons

reflection 57-59

reserved words 213

reset buttons

See also buttons

Reset object

See also reset buttons

return statement 34

RGB color values 215

right shift operators 147

right-hand evaluation 31

S

SCRIPT HTML tag 27

LANGUAGE attribute 27

SRC attribute 30

scripts

example of 29

hiding 29

SCRIPT tag 27

tainting ??-108

scroll method 59

security

See also tainting

Select object

See also selection lists

self property 72

semicolons

for event handlers 45

in cookies 95

in JavaScript 30

server JavaScript 22

servers

accessing ??-108

setDay method 184

setInterval method 59

setTime method 184, 185

setTimeout method 59, 187

setvol method (LiveAudio) 228

sound

See LiveAudio

space characters, in cookies 95

special operators 148

new 149

typeof 150

void 151

SRC attribute 30

start_at_beginning method (LiveAudio) 228

start_time method (LiveAudio) 228

statements

See also the individual statements

break 203

conditional 198-200

continue 205

do...while 201

for 200

for...in 208

if...else 198

labeled 203

loop 200-205

object manipulation 206-209

overview 197-209

while 202

status bar

displaying hints 94

displaying messages 60, 94

status property 60, 94

stop method (LiveAudio) 228

stop_at_end method (LiveAudio) 228

StopAll method (LiveAudio) 228

string literals 138

String object

See also strings

overview 190

string operators 148

submit buttons

See also buttons

submit method 41

Submit object

See also submit buttons

subwindows, updating 38

sun package 79

T

tainting ??-108

accumumlator 107

conditional statements and 107

control flow and 107

enabling 106

individual data elements 107

NS_ENABLE_TAINT 106

overview 105

properties tainted by default 105

taint accumulator 107

taint code 107

untainting data elements 107

TARGET attribute 74

this keyword 40, 46, 174, 177

described 207

for object references 177

times

See also dates

working with 183

TITLE HTML tag 56

toGMTString method 95

top property 72

typeof operator 150

U

unescape function 95, 96

uppercase 27, 136

URLs

conventions used xv

javascript: 91

V

values

See data types

var statement 137

variables

declaring 137

in JavaScript 136

naming 136

scope of 137

void operator 151

W

while loops

continuation of 205

termination of 203

while statement 202

window object 54

See also windows

described 59-60

methods of 59

windows

See also documents

closing 66

giving focus to 75

handles for 86

naming 66, 72

navigating among 74

opening 65

overview 65

referring to 72-??

taint accumulator 107

window object 59-60

with statement 189

described 209

write method 60, 169

example of use 35

using 35-??

writeln method 37, 60

See also write method

Last Updated: 11/26/97 09:26:14