Subj : Re: Executing "Alert('Coucou')" on Rhino Shell ?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Tue Apr 19 2005 03:35 pm



751 wrote:

> But why not can I use the javaScript key word on the Rhino Shell. Are
> there a way to write and execute on the shell Javascript programm with
> words like (Alert, prompt...)

Have you ever managed to get
   Alert('Coucou')
to do anything in a browser but throwing an error that Alert is undefined?
Even in a browser you would need
   alert('Coucou')
if you wanted to display an modal dialog with the text.

But the Rhino shell is no browser, it is a shell to allow to test the 
Rhino implementation and to execute JavaScript files written for the 
Rhino shell.

As for alert being a key word in JavaScript, it is not, it is a function 
implemented in browser environments that host a JavaScript engine like 
Rhino or Spidermonkey.
If you want to test JavaScript to be used with HTML documents loaded in 
a browser then use a browser supporting JavaScript, a shell will not 
help you.

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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