moving functions to an external file...

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George Ziniewicz

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I have an html file with javascript functions in the <head> section that
work fine when called from events or instanced as objects.

When I move the functions to an external js file they don't work (timers
don't run).

What pitfalls are there in having "external" functions, is there a scope
problem like in c?

zin
 
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Grant Wagner

George said:
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I have an html file with javascript functions in the <head> section that
work fine when called from events or instanced as objects.

When I move the functions to an external js file they don't work (timers
don't run).

What pitfalls are there in having "external" functions, is there a scope
problem like in c?

zin
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No, there should be no scope problem. Be aware that when moving inline
JavaScript to an external file, you shouldn't include the <script></script>
tags, nor should you include any HTML (such as comments <!-- -->).

Are the function calls generating any errors (to check, double-click the yellow
! in the bottom left corner of IE, or use Tools -> Web Development ->
JavaScript Console in Mozilla).

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