Subj : Re: Executing "Alert('Coucou')" on Rhino Shell ?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : 751
Date : Tue Apr 19 2005 07:34 am

Thanks a lot, it's the reason that i want to know and you explain me
very clearly why, i don't know how to tell it in english but " merci
beucoup de votre aide, =E7a m' a aid=E9 =E0 avanc=E9 dans mon
apprentissage"
Martin Honnen wrote:
> 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.
>=20
> --=20
>=20
> 	Martin Honnen
> 	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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