Learning WML, and WMLScript

Name

getReferer — Return the URL of whatever called this WMLScript unit

Usage

URL.getReferer( )

Description

(Note that the spelling is “getReferer,” not “getReferrer.”)

Returns a relative URL to the resource that called this WMLScript unit. This URL is relative to the URL returned by getBase( ).

The resource this URL points to may be either a WML file or another WMLScript unit. It is whatever performed the last URL call (for WML) or external function call (for WMLScript). Normal local function calls don’t affect the value returned.

Example

URL.getReferer( )

might return string "../deck.wml"