javascript messagebox use

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Hello. I am using the quick and dirty javascript messagebox for
instructional messages during certain events. Below is the setting up the
messagebox. Then I use AlertMessageBox("The instructional information to the
users here.") in different events. But there are times when the message can
get long.

private void AlertMessageBox(string message)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(message))
{
Response.Write("<script type=\"text/javascript\"
language=\"javascript\">");
Response.Write("alert('" + message + "');");
Response.Write("</script>");
}
}

How do I get a second line, like a carriage return to create the next line?
Sample or links are good.

Thanks.
 
Howdy!

\r is a carriage return (the r literally stands for "return") in JavaScript.

William
 
JohnE said:
Hello. I am using the quick and dirty javascript messagebox for
instructional messages during certain events. Below is the setting up the
messagebox. Then I use AlertMessageBox("The instructional information to the
users here.") in different events. But there are times when the message can
get long.

private void AlertMessageBox(string message)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(message))
{
Response.Write("<script type=\"text/javascript\"
language=\"javascript\">");
Response.Write("alert('" + message + "');");
Response.Write("</script>");
}
}

How do I get a second line, like a carriage return to create the next line?
Sample or links are good.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

Just several other items I've tried. If I put \n or \r\n or \r inside the
AlertMessageBox then the message does not show at all. The page will show
without ever going past the alert.
John
 
William Niver said:
Howdy!

\r is a carriage return (the r literally stands for "return") in JavaScript.

William
Click to expand...

Thanks for the quick response. But it skips over the alert with out showing
it. An example is AlertMessageBox("This is how I have tried getting the
return to show a second line in the message box. \rBut it is not showing the
alert.")

As mentioned, I tried the \n, \r\n, and \r, but when I do, the message does
not show. Puzzling. Because when I take out the return, the message shows
in a long line.

John
 
Maybe I missed something, but I don't see the OP using the language
attribtue, it looks like he was using the correct type attribute from the
get go.

-Scott
 
The content in the article you reference fall into two categories:

1. Don't top post because the usenet doesn't like it.
2. Don't top post because of our subjective reasoning.

--------------------

1. We've come a long way since the inception of the Usenet and loose rules
designed for its implementation 20 years ago don't hold up as well today.

2. I can make a counter point to each of the subjective reasons listed, but
in short, I disagree that the majority of users prefer bottom posting and I
outright find it ridiculous to have to scroll down just to see a reply from
the last post. I will inline when the reply is lengthy, but I prefer top
posting because if you are following the thread, you've already read all the
other stuff that you are suggesting we put our reply below.

Bottom line: to each his own. There is no verdict on this. Please don't
try to enforce something that you are not responsible for and that there
isn't a concensus on.

-Scott
 
Scott said:
2. I can make a counter point to each of the subjective reasons listed, but
in short, I disagree that the majority of users prefer bottom posting and I
outright find it ridiculous to have to scroll down just to see a reply from
the last post. I will inline when the reply is lengthy, but I prefer top
posting because if you are following the thread, you've already read all the
other stuff that you are suggesting we put our reply below.
Click to expand...

This argument against bottom-posting has been raised many times before,
but it's really an argument against failure to trim quoted text down to
just the part you're replying to.

Personally, I use Thunderbird with the QuoteCollapse add-on for Usenet
and personal e-mail; for work e-mail, the culture leans overwhelmingly
toward top-posting, so I follow suit unless clarity demands inline.
 
Or, they've already been reading the thread and don't have to scroll at all
just to see the last tidbit added!

Let go of the "When I was a kid, we used the Usenet like this..." mentality.
If you don't like it, don't read it.

But, PLEASE don't think for a moment that you are somehow the diffinitive
word on how to post or that you have any kind of authority.

I won't bitch when you bottom post (even though I don't like it) and you
have no need to do so when others top post (and yes, there are MANY of us
who prefer it).

-Scott
 
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