Subj : associating an object with a Function object
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brian Genisio <BrianGenisio@yahoo.com>
Date : Fri Mar 05 2004 12:55 pm

Hi all,

In IE's JS engine, I can write the following:

<BUTTON id=myButton onClick="alert('Clicked')">Click Me</BUTTON>
<SCRIPT>
clicker = document.getElementById("myButton").click;
clicker();
</SCRIPT>

It will execute the click() as if it were associated with the myButton 
object.

With the Mozilla spidermonkey engine, if I do this, clicker is stored as 
a function object properly, but if executed as shown, the global object 
is passed in as the object for the function.

Is there any way to associate a specific object with a Function object? 
  That way, even if clicker() is executed in the global space, it is 
handed the myButton JS object, instead?

My guess is not, since Mozilla fails with a prototype mismatch error, as 
I would expect.

Is there any way to do what I am talking about?

Thanks,
Brian

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