Re: A couple of JS issues

>what would make more sense is to extend the object with maybe a >start and 
>a stop method and give the layer the ability to move by >itself. is that 
>what you are trying to accomplish? - Cyanide_7

Ooh!  That sounds like a brilliant idea.  Any suggestions on how to 
implement that?  Sorry for not posting the code I was using when I asked the 
question.  I did get the object to stop when I put the setTimeout() function 
in an if block, but if I could write start() and stop() methods to control 
the action, I think it would be easier to modify.  Here's the code I'm using 
right now:

function move()
{
if(document.layers)
{
       var object = document.LAYERNAME;

}
else if (document.all)
{
       var object = LAYERNAME.style;
}

object.left = parseInt(object.left) - 5;
object.top = parseInt(object.top) + 2;

if (parseInt(object.left) >= 550)
{
    setTimeout('move()', 5);
}
else if (parseInt(object.left) < 550)
{
  object.top = parseInt(object.top) + 3;
  if (parseInt(object.top) <= 100)
  {
    setTimeout('move()', 5);
  }
}
}

This script right now drops a DIV from the top of the screen, right to left 
in parabolic motion.  I have it rigged to stop if the top value is greater 
than 100 pixels.  So how exactly do I make a DIV start and moving of it's 
own accord (I played with some while and for loops last night, but I 
couldn't get them to work).  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Dack

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