July 1998
Intermediate to advanced
1456 pages
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readyState — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a
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Returns the current download status of the embedded content. This
property provides a more granular way of testing whether a particular
downloadable element is ready to be run or scripted instead of the
onLoad event handler for the entire document. As
the value of this property changes during loading, the system fires
an onReadyStateChange event.
if (document.all.myLink.readyState != "complete") {
statements for alternate handling
}One of the following values (as strings): complete
| interactive | loading |
uninitialized. Some elements may allow the user to
interact with partial content, in which case the property may return
interactive until all loading has completed.
None.
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