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Feb 09.2005

Hi there,

I found a neat little script on the web to do something and tried to implement it in my code, but no matter wut i did, i couldn’t get it to work and then i realized one difference.

The code i got starts like
<script type=”text/javascript”>

and my code starts like
<script language=”javascript”>

what exactly is the difference between the two and why use one over the other?? cause apparently some features that can be used when using <script type=”text/javascript”> can’t be used with using <script language=”javascript”>

thanks

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@7studFeb 09.2005 — old --> language="javascript"

new --> type="text/javascript"

cause apparently some features that can be used when using <script type="text/javascript"> can't be used with using <script language="javascript">[/quote]
Which ones?
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@barayloogauthorFeb 10.2005 — nvm, im an idiot. I had something misspelled and i couldn't see it. Thanks for the reply though


so if <script type="text/javascript"> is new, then I should always be using that then instead of using <script language="javascript"> rite??
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@scragarFeb 10.2005 — try to use both if nessesary, otherwise the separateion of the 2 can solve some problems regarding compatability.
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@barayloogauthorFeb 10.2005 — ahh ok, i forgot about the fact that i can use both of em.

thanks guys
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@FangFeb 10.2005 — Using the old --> language="javascript", will not validate
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@barayloogauthorFeb 10.2005 — ---^^^ it will not validate wut??
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@PittimannFeb 10.2005 — Hi![i]Originally posted by barayloog [/i]

[B]---^^^ it will not validate wut?? [/B][/QUOTE]It will not [URL=http://validator.w3.org]validate your markup[/URL]. But if you use '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">' as your DTD and have both attributes in your script tag:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

it will validate. Using only the language attribute will NOT validate.

Cheers - Pit
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@barayloogauthorFeb 10.2005 — oh ok, thanks ?
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@FangFeb 10.2005 — <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> is not [URL=http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html]valid[/URL]
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@barayloogauthorFeb 10.2005 — hey I use Dreamweaver, and it puts this line in the doc. automatically, so i don't need to worry about this ?
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@FangFeb 10.2005 — Also note that the use of [i]language[/i] is [URL=http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html#h-18.2.1]deprecated[/URL]
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@PittimannFeb 10.2005 — Hi![i]Originally posted by Fang [/i]

[B]<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> is not [URL=http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html]valid[/URL] [/B][/QUOTE]I agree, but nevertheless: [URL=http://www.pit-r.de/scripts/dtd.htm]it validates[/URL].

Cheers - Pit
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