Index

A

HTML tag

Anchor object, creating using, 926

href property, 167, 807–808

onclick event, 168–169, 173

rollover effect using, 185, 810–812, 843–844

object, 167, 168–169, 173, 811, 843–844

abs method (Math object), 122–123, 910

Access

AutoNumber data type, 729, 733

currency display, 757

Datasheet View, 741

Design view, 740

driver, 750

Edit Relationships dialog box, 737

General tab, 726

New Database option, 724

Objects tab, 740

Relationships window, 736–737

round function, 757

Run icon, 741

Show Table window, 736, 737

SQL view, 740

table design view, 725–726

version used in this book, 722

acos method (Math object), 910

action attribute (form tag), 188, 674, 716, 875

action property (Form object), 933

Active Server Pages. See ASP

ActiveX. See also ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)

control

array of controls, returning, 930

blocking/unblocking, 646

browser, redirecting if not installed, 638, 643

browser support, 640, 644

codebase attribute, 634, 637–638

container program, 634

detecting, 634–636, 638, 640–641

embedding, 634–637, 639

event handling, 638, 639, 640, 642

id value, 634, 636–637, 639

installing, 637–638

listing installed controls, 634–635

method belonging to, accessing, 639

operating system considerations, 644–645

plug-in compared, 628, 634, 637

property belonging to, accessing, 639

ready status, checking, 638

referencing, 639

troubleshooting, 643–646

URL associated with, 637–638

version, displaying, 636

version, returning, 645–646

warning display, 646

web page, adding to, 634–637

XML file loading, role in, 614

ActiveX Data Objects. See ADO

ActiveXObject object, 614, 900

actOnTag variable, 468

add method (Option object), 220–221

addBooking method (cinema class), 150–151, 154

addition (arithmetic), 35, 887, 889

AddOrderDetails.asp file, 761, 763, 764, 767

addPage function, 245, 246

addToBasket function, 824

ADO (ActiveX Data Objects). See also database

Connection object

close method, 753

creating, 752–753, 758

described, 747

Execute method, 753, 758, 761

open method, 752

recordset, opening using, 753–754, 758

SQL, executing using, 747, 753, 761, 768

CreateObject method, accessing using, 746, 752

functionality provided by, 746

PWS, included with, 746

Recordset object

Bof property, 755

creating, 760

database query, returning Recordset object using, 753–754, 758

Eof property, 754–755

MoveFirst method, 760

MoveLast method, 760

MoveNext method, 754, 759, 760

MovePrevious method, 760

open method, 759–760

ADODB library, 752

adoRecordSet variable, 753, 754, 758, 769

AdvertImage_.jpg files, 350, 669

advertisement

cookie, updating using, 444, 839–841

timer, updating using, 349–352, 364, 829–831

Adverts.htm file, 350, 830

Age cookie, 429

alert

function, 11, 25–26, 27–28

window object method, 159, 947

aliasing, 662

align attribute, 551–552

alinkColor property (document object), 930

all property (document object), 163, 174, 175, 514–515, 518–519

alphaWorks website, 438

altKey property (event object), 553

ampersand (&) URL item separator, 686

ampersands (&&) AND operator, 71

Anchor

element, 918, 926

object, 926–927

String object method, 918, 926

anchors property (document object), 930

AND logical operator, 71–72, 888, 891

angle in radians, returning, 910

answer variable, 232, 284, 789, 790

answerCorrect function, 99, 232–233, 284, 285

answerRegExp variable, 790

Apache server, 650

appCodeName property (navigator object), 937

appendChild method (Node object), 547, 549

applet element array, returning, 930

applet HTML tag, 927

Applet object, 927

applets property (document object), 930

Application object, 712–713

apply method (Function object), 907

appName property (navigator object), 177, 937

appVersion property (navigator object), 182, 937

arccosine, returning, 910

arcsine, returning, 910

arctangent, returning, 910

Area object, 604, 927

arguments property (Function object), 906

arithmetic. See also math

addition, 35, 887, 889

division, 36, 887, 889

multiplication, 36, 39, 800–803, 887, 889

subtraction, 36, 39, 887, 889

arity property (Function object), 907

array

ActiveX control array, returning, 930

applet element array, returning, 930

concatenating, 130–131, 132–133

copying portion of, 132

creating, 50, 51–52

data, filling with, 50–51, 52–53, 156, 804–805

DHTML menu, populating from, 486–487, 501, 503, 506, 510

embedded object array, returning, 930

extending, 59

Form object, storing in, 188–190, 930

frames in current window, returning array of, 249, 946

hyperlink array, returning, 930

image array, returning, 163, 166–167, 172–173, 930

index, 49, 54, 56, 87, 835

introduced, 49

length, returning, 109, 130, 901, 902

looping, accessing during, 87, 88

MIME type array, returning, 633, 938

multi-dimensional, 54–58

naming, 50

navigator object

mimeTypes array, 633, 938

plugins array, 630, 631–632, 640, 938

option list, storing in, 216–217, 220, 226–227

plug-ins installed, returning array of, 630, 631–632, 640, 938

pushing element to end, 901

radio button array, 208, 213

removing and returning first element, 901

reversing, 901

Select object options array, 216, 220–221

single-dimensional, 49–54

size

declaring, 50

maximum, 49

returning, 109, 130

slicing, 132

sorting, 107, 133–136, 156, 804

source code, returning, 901

splicing, 901

text

case sensitivity when sorting, 134

match operation, returning in, 296–297, 318–319

string, converting array to, 132–134, 902

variable

array compared, 49

declaring variable as array, 50, 52, 56

VBScript array, 921

Visual Basic array, 921

watchpoint, 902

web page, filling with data from, 53, 57–58

web page visited, storing file name in, 245–246

window reference, storing in, 249

write method, using with, 53, 57–58, 486, 503

Array function, 50

Array object

concat method, 130–131, 901

constructor property, 900

creating, 107–108

eval method, 901

index property, 900

input property, 900

join method, 132–133, 901

length property, 109, 130, 134, 189, 900

pop method, 901

prototype property, 900

push method, 901

reverse method, 134–135, 901

shift method, 901

slice method, 132, 901

sort method, 133–134, 804–805, 901

splice method, 901

toSource method, 901

toString method, 225, 902

unshift method, 902

unwatch method, 902

valueOf method, 902

watch method, 902

asin method (Math object), 910

AskQuestion.asp file, 778

AskQuestion.htm file, 275–278, 283–284, 323, 328, 782–787

ASP (Active Server Pages)

banner image, updating using, 667, 669–671

browser

detecting, 690–696, 704

redirecting, 698–703, 720

support, 667

component, running, 704–710

cookie, working with, 689, 698, 703

database, accessing from web page using

ADO involvement, 746–747

connection, 747, 752–753

data source setup, 747–751

deleting data, 761

inserting data, 761–769

query, 753–759

Recordset object access, 759–760

updating data, 761

enabling, 665

event handling, 710–711, 712, 713, 714, 715

global.asa file, 711, 712, 713, 715

HTML, as, 667

installing, 651

logon application using, 699–703, 720

object model, 673–674

request handling

browser detection, 690–696, 704

client system data, retrieving, 673, 690–696

cookie data, 689

form checkbox data, 678, 682

form data sent via get method, 685

form data sent via post method, 674, 685

form select element data, 677–678

form text data, 674–677, 678, 682–685

HTTP role in, 674

object model, 673–674

operating system, detecting, 694

radio button data, 677–678, 682

URL, data passed in, 685–689

web page request, 650, 673, 674

response

browser, redirecting, 698–703, 720

cookie data, 689, 698, 703

object model, 673–674

server, installing on, 651

session tracking, 710–712

SSI, inserting in web page using, 708–710

validation, 684

web page, inserting in, 668–669, 696–698, 708–710

website representation, 712–713

.asp files, 667

ASP.NET, 718

assignment operator, 24, 66, 70–71, 369, 887

asterisk (*)

multiplication operator, 36

regular expression repetition character, 304

regular expression special character, 916

asterisk, equals sign (*=) increment operator, 39

asterisks (* *) empty string delimiters, 41

async property, 615

atan method (Math object), 910

atan2 method (Math object), 910

AtEnd method (Enumerator object), 906

Attr object, 534

attribute. See also specific attribute

DOM

creating, 550–551

value, replacing, 550

value, returning, 550, 552

value, setting, 550, 552

event handler as, 168–170

hyperlink attribute, returning, 167

XML

element, relation to, 587

syntax, 599–600

attribute.htm file, 550

audio. See sound

AutoNumber data type, 729, 733

availHeight property (screen object), 942

availWidth property (screen object), 942

AWalkOnTheServerSide virtual directory, 662, 664–666, 670