Name

execScript( ) — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

execScript(expressionList [, language])

Evaluates one or more script expressions in any scripting language embedded in the browser. Expressions must be contained within a single string; multiple expressions are delimited with semicolons:

window.execScript("var x = 3; alert(x * 3)")

The default script language is JavaScript. If you need to see results of the script execution, provide for the display of resulting data in the script expressions. The execScript( ) method itself returns no value.

Returned Value

None.

Parameters

expressionList

String value of one or more semicolon-delimited script expressions.

language

String value for a scripting language: JavaScript | JScript | VBS | VBScript.

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