Calling an External Automatic Script

If you use a script in several different Web pages, you’ll save time and avoid typos by creating an external script (in text-only format) and then calling the script from each page where it is used.

To call an external automatic script:

1.
Type <script.
2.
Type type="text/language-name", where language-name identifies the scripting language you’re using: javascript, vbscript, etc.
3.
Type language="script", where script is the name of the scripting language you’ll be using: JavaScript, VBScript, etc.
4.
Type src="script.url", where script.url is the location on the server of the external script.
5.
If desired, type charset="code", where code is the official name for the set of characters used in the external ...

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