// JavaScript Document: Message box or window
// Example:
// value1 = 3; value2 = 4;
// messageBox("text message %s and %s", value1, value2);
// this message box will display the text "text message 3 and 4"
// Message Box
function messageBox()
{
var i, msg = "", argNum = 0, startPos;
var args = messageBox.arguments;
var numArgs = args.length;
if(numArgs)
{
theStr = args[argNum++];
startPos = 0; endPos = theStr.indexOf("%s",startPos);
if(endPos == -1) endPos = theStr.length;
while(startPos < theStr.length)
{
msg += theStr.substring(startPos,endPos);
if (argNum < numArgs) msg += args[argNum++];
startPos = endPos+2; endPos = theStr.indexOf("%s",startPos);
if (endPos == -1) endPos = theStr.length;
}
if (!msg) msg = args[0];
}
alert(msg);
}
// message window
function messageWindow(title, msg)
{
var width="300", height="125";
var left = (screen.width/2) - width/2;
var top = (screen.height/2) - height/2;
var styleStr = 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbar=no,resizable=no,copyhistory=yes,width='+width+',height='+height+',left='+left+',top='+top+',screenX='+left+',screenY='+top;
var msgWindow = window.open("","msgWindow", styleStr);
var head = ''+title+'';
var body = ''+msg+'
';
msgWindow.document.write(head + body);
}