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AWhiteC
02-26-2003, 06:41 AM
As a JavaScript beginner, I would appreciate some assistance. What's wrong with the following code sample? The "&{fred};" in the 5th last line isn't being recognised!

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad Software//DTD HoTMetaL PRO 6.0::19990601::extensions to HTML
4.0//EN" "hmpro6.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
var fred = "1";
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P STYLE="text-indent: &{fred};cm">
Hello
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Charles
02-26-2003, 06:47 AM
You are trying to use some strange and unknown version of HTML that no browser I know will recognize.
gil davis
02-26-2003, 07:24 AM
Yes, it is NS 4 proprietary.
AWhiteC
02-26-2003, 08:17 AM
The DOCTYPE is courtesy of HoTMetaL.

The "&{fred};" is standard syntax when embedding JavaScript in HTML.