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HOW WILL I DELAY THE CALL OF A FUNCTION

Aug 24th, 2001 14:51
Juergen Thelen, manoj manoj,

Hi Manoj,
To delay the call of your function you can use:
  setTimeout("functionname()", milliseconds2delay)
This will work in any JavaScript 1.2 compatible browser.
Hth, Juergen