running a script from another html page

- English - · Jul 17, 2009

Hello

Ive basically got 2 HTML pages, and one has a button to run the script

Code:

<input type=button value="Calculate Score" onclick="runScript();">

the script is in another html file called functionscript, which basically just calculates some numbers and prints out the result.

Is there anyway to reference or link this so it will work when i press the calculate score button?

Thanks!

Chronictank · Jul 17, 2009

out of curiosity why is the script in a html file?,
You should really have it in a seperate file on the server so that someone can't just download the page (and subsequently all of your code) and work out exploits for it

- English - · Jul 17, 2009

Chronictank said:
out of curiosity why is the script in a html file?,
You should really have it in a seperate file on the server so that someone can't just download the page (and subsequently all of your code) and work out exploits for it

Its only for an assignment and I wont be hosting it anywhere, so I was just gonna put it in a folder together

Chronictank · Jul 17, 2009

- English - said:
Its only for an assignment and I wont be hosting it anywhere, so I was just gonna put it in a folder together

principle is the same though, what did you write the calculator in? (assumably javascript?)
You just dump the script in the site folder somewhere and you can use it anywhere

- English - · Jul 17, 2009

yep,

all i want to do is when i click calculate, it will run the script from another file. Not sure how to reference the link in the calculate button ;s

- English - · Jul 17, 2009

Code:

<p><input type=button value="Calculate Score" onclick="runScript();">
<input type=reset value="Clear Form"></p>

if the script is in the same file, it will work. When it is in a different file in the same folder - it doesnt. Im assuming i need to reference to the script file somewhere? ;s

Chronictank · Jul 17, 2009

Sorry i misread what you were doing

Surely it would be better to do the calculation on submit, so at the top it would be on submit = "your script"

You could try referecing the script above the header tag and calling the function on click

- English - · Jul 17, 2009

thats what im trying to do, but dont know how to reference it!!!!

Syri · Jul 17, 2009

this page might be useful. Basically, put the javascript into a .js file, for example calculator.js, then put <script type="text/javascript" src="calculator.js"></script> in the <head> section of the page that needs to reference the script. you can then call any functions within calculator.js

Chronictank · Jul 17, 2009

hehe Syri beat me to it

running a script from another html page

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