body.onload from external script?

[pbb72]

I need a way to auto-execute a script function after loading and after resizing of a page. This script is located in an external JavaScript file, and the event handlers have to be defined in the script file (the document itself can't have an onload attribute or script calls). The auto-loading function needs to be executed after the page has been built, since I need access to the clientHeight property...

Can anybody please help me?

 

[jemminger]

sure - suppose you want to trigger a function foo() when the page loads, then:

window.onload = foo;



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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

 

[pbb72]

aaaaargh.... how stupid could i have been! i've kept on trying to use document.body.onload, which didn't work because the body object hadn't been created yet. i've been looking for an answer in the wrong place again... thanks a million !!

 

[jemminger]

note however that this will overwrite anything previously assigned to window.onload



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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

 

[pbb72]

I understand... Best to check the existing value of window.onload and execute that also.