The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
Printed |
Page xi
lines -1 and -2: changed the URL for the errata page to |
"http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781565924949".
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 5
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Used to read:
(www.w3c.org/MarkUp)
Now reads:
(www.w3.org/MarkUp)
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 24
The lines |
output += "<P STYLE='margin-top:5;align:center'><B>Instructions</B></
P>"
now read:
output += "<P STYLE='margin-top:5; align:center'>"
output += "<B>Instructions</B></P>"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 26
Line 6 of code |
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1)
now reads:
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 43
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Used to read:
<LINK REL =STYLESHEET TYPE="sheetMimeType" HREF="filename.css"
Now reads:
<LINK REL =STYLESHEET TYPE="sheetMimeType" HREF="filename.css">
^
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 46
|
7th line of code: changed "face" to "family" to read:
BODY {font-family : Arial, serif}
The same change was made to:
page 47, 7th line of code
page 48, 7th line of third code block
page 50, 9th line of code
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 47
Line 4 of Example 3-2 |
P.narrow {margin-left:5em; margin-right:5em}
now reads:
P.narrow {color:red; margin-left:5em; margin-right:5em}
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 50
9th line in Example 3-4: |
BODY {font-face:Arial, serif}
now reads:
BODY {font-face:Times New Roman, serif}
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 85
2nd code block, 2nd and 3rd lines |
added "style." between "elementName." and "pixel..."
and (3rd line only) changed "Height" to "Top"
to read:
document.all.elementName.style.pixelLeft += 10
document.all.elementName.style.pixelTop += 10
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 91-92
Changed 5 occurrences of (isNav4) to (isNav) |
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 110
Example 5-6, line 13: |
var onImgArray = new Array()
changed to
var offImgArray = new Array()
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 136
First full paragraph, last word |
Changed "verify()" to "convertToUpper()"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 145
|
Used to read:
window.event.cancelBubble
Now reads:
window.event.cancelBubble = true
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 155
Example 6-4, line -11 through line -7 (the definition of release(evt)) |
function release(evt) {
setZIndex(selectedObj, 0)
setBorderColor(selectedObj, "black")
selectedObj = null
}
changed to
function release(evt) {
if (selectedObj) {
setZIndex(selectedObj, 0)
setBorderColor(selectedObj, "black")
selectedObj = null
}
}
(This corrected a problem that can occur when someone clicks on
the page background in Netscape Navigator.)
(156 reprinted for page break.)
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 196 & 197
Removed stray quote mark from |
|
Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 343
On the line that used to read HREF |
NN n/a IE 3 HTML all
Changed to
NN 4 IE 3 HTML all
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 365
under "ARCHIVE", "URLs" was changed to "URIs" (twice in the main |
description) and "URL" was changed to "URI" (once in the description and once
under "Value"). Also, in the syntax info under the rule, "URLList" was changed
to "URIList".
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 407
MEDIA entry of <STYLE> tag |
Changed Default from "screen" to "all"
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 411
Background entry |
Changed "NN 4" to "NN n/a"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 411
BACKGROUND entry |
Changed "NN n/a" back to "NN 4".
Added the following to the description paragraph:
For NN 4, you may have to nest your main table (with a transparent
background image) inside another table that bears the desired
background graphic.
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 412
BORDERCOLOR entry |
Changed "NN 4" and "HTML 4" to "NN n/a" and "HTML n/a".
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 554
Under "title", "Read/Write" (under the rule) was changed to "Read/Write |
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 561
write(), writeln() entry |
Under "Parameters", removed the second sentence and replaced it with:
For a SCRIPT tag, use document.write("<" + "SCRIPT>"). For the
end script hiding statement, use document.write("//--" + ">").
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 572
Added the following after the first sentence under "keyCode" |
"For onKeyPress events, the value represents the actual character
displayed in a text box (e.g., 65 for "A" and 97 for "a"). But for
onKeyDown and onKeyUp events, only the uppercase value is returned,
regardless of the case of the character that is rendered."
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 585
Value entry |
Changed "read/write" to "read-only"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 591
|
Used to read:
for (var i=0; document.forms[0].length; i++) {
Now reads:
for (var i=0; i < document.forms[0].length; i++)
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 665
|
The systemLanguage Example did read:
if (navigator.systemLanguage = "nl" )
now reads:
if (navigator.systemLanguage == "nl" )
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 679
add() entry |
Deleted the last sentence of the description and replaced it with:
Using the add() method with a parameter that matches an existing
option's index value replaces the old item with the new one. You
cannot insert an item among existing items without rebuilding the
entire options array.
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 718
|
Next to "options[]" it used to read:
NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a
Now reads:
NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 718
options[] entry |
now reads:
NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 760
|
{760} "recordNumber entry", last line: removed "(see recordset property)"
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 784
"wrap" |
In the current description, "physical" now reads "hard"; "virtual" now reads
"soft". In the last sentence, the end was changed to read "when the
<CW>WRAP</CW> attribute is set to the Navigator value of <CW>virtual</CW>."
Then, the "Example" now reads:
document.forms[0].comments.wrap = "hard"
Then, the "Value" now reads:
One of the constant values (as a string): hard | off | soft.
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 826
Next to "moveBy()" changed to |
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 827
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Next to "moveTo()" it now reads:
"NN 4 IE 4 DOM n/a".
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 829
to the right of the heading "print ()" |
changed the "n/a" after "NN" to "4"
and changed the "4" after "IE" to "n/a"
to read:
NN 4 IE n/a DOM n/a
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
Printed |
Page 829
Table |
added the following 2 entries:
left - 4 Offset of window's left edge from left edge of screen.
top - 4 Offset of window's top edge from top edge of screen.
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 830
|
Under resizeBy(), paragraph 1, line 5 used to read:
The top and bottom edges remain fixed.....
Now reads:
The top and left edges remain fixed...
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 831
scrollBy() entry |
Behavior of deltaX and deltaY is the reverse of what was described.
3rd and 4th sentences now read:
Positive values for deltaX scroll the document to the left (so
the user sees content to the right in the document); negative
values scroll the document to the right. Positive values for
deltaY scroll the document upward (so the user sees content lower
in the document); negative values scroll the document downward.
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 841
The last bullet item should read "Items may be in any order." |
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Anonymous |
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Printed |
Page 865
|
Changed the CSS filter grayscale() to gray()
Also, in the "chroma()" line, put "color" in
CW in the second sentence ("The color parameter...").
And, in the "glow()" line, put "color" and "strength" in the
second sentence in CW ("The color parameter...and strength sets...").
And, in the "shadow()" line, put "color" in CW in the second
sentence ("The color parameter...").
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 875
Toward the bottom of the page, under "Object Model Reference," the |
line of code used to read:
[window.]document.all.elementID.style.offsetLeft
Now reads:
[window.]document.all.elementID.style.left
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 902
Near the top of the page, under "Object Model Reference," the |
line of code used to read:
[window.]document.all.elementID.style.offsetTop
Now reads:
[window.]document.all.elementID.style.top
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1999 |
Printed |
Page 943
|
The first sentence in the last paragraph on the page did read:
'as a parameter is a variety of methods'
now reads:
'as a parameter in a variety of methods'
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 944
Table 11-1:. |
Character entry * -- changed /d*/ in the Example column to /d*/
Character entry ? -- changed /d?/ in the Example column to /d?/
Character entry + -- changed /d+/ in the Example column to /d+/
Character entry {n} -- changed /d{2}/ in the Example column to /d{2}/
Character entry {n,} -- changed /d{2,}/ in the Example column to
/d{2,}/
Character entry {n,m} -- changed /d{2,4}/ in the Example column to
/d{2,4}/
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 2000 |
Printed |
Page 958
Last sentence on page |
Did read:
After an AND operation on these two values, the binary result
is 0010; the decimal equivalent is 3.
Now reads:
After an AND operation on these two values, the binary result
is 0010; the decimal equivalent is 2.
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |