JavaScript Embedded in an HTML File
<html>
<head>
<title>Status Bar</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- window.defaultStatus = "Welcome to the large URL page."
function changeStatus() {
window.status = "Click me to go to the Unleashed home page."
}
function changeDefaultStatus() {
window.defaultStatus = window.document.statusForm.messageList.
options[window.document.statusForm.messageList.
selectedIndex].text
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center">
<font size="7" color="#008040">
<strong>http://www.samspublishing.com</strong>
</font>
</p>
<p align="center">
<a href="http://www.samspublishing.com" onmouseover="changeStatus();return true">Go...</a>
</p>
<p align=center>
<font size="1">
To change the default status bar message, select a message from the
list below and click the Change button.
</font>
</p>
<form name="statusForm" method="POST">
<select name="messageList" size="1">
<option selected>Welcome to the large URL page.</option>
<option>On route to Sams Publishing</option>
<option>This page intentionally left (nearly) blank.</option>
<option>An exciting example of changing status bar text.</option>
</select> <input type="button" name="Change" value="Change"
onclick="changeDefaultStatus()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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