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Using JavaScript and graphics

The easy way to make your images dynamic

By Gordon Mccomb, JavaWorld.com, 08/01/96

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JavaScript graphic sizing example

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>JavaScript Graphic Sizing Example</TITLE>
<SCRIPT>
makeBar ("250", "Cat");
makeBar ("175", "Dog");
makeBar ("80", "Rat");

function makeBar (Width, Text) {
    var GifName = pathOnly (location.href) + "blu.gif";
    var Height = 12;
    var Temp = "<IMG SRC='" + GifName + "' HEIGHT='" + Height + "' WIDTH=" + 
        Width + "' ALIGN=baseline> " + Text + "<P>";
    document.write (Temp);
}

function pathOnly (InString)  {
    LastSlash=InString.lastIndexOf ('/', InString.length-1);
    OutString=InString.substring  (0, LastSlash+1);
    return (OutString);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODYv
This is body text.
</BODY>
</HTML>


You can readily modify the script to use a different GIF image and to increase or decrease the height of the bars. I have the bars set at 12 pixels high.

Conclusion

Graphics can enhance any Web page, no matter what its content. Combining JavaScript with graphics is a quick and simple way to give your Web page a dynamic element and will help set it apart from the rest. You can use JavaScript to select the graphic to use, to size a graphic, and even to create the graphic, using the convenient XBM graphic format.

Author Bio

Gordon McComb is an author, consultant, and lecturer. He has written 50 books and over a thousand magazine articles during his 20 years as a professional writer. More than a million copies of his books are in print. Gordon also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column on computers, reaching several million readers worldwide. Gordon's latest book is The JavaScript Sourcebook>, out this month from Wiley Computer Publishing.
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