[Javascript] window.onload questions

[nick at nickfitz.co.uk (Nick Fitzsimons)]

> Greetings All
>
> I have two seperate .js file that I load into a html page. Both of them
> load their init() function with the window.onload function. From what I
> can see it seems that the second script is overriding the first script
> and the first one is never run and therefore does not function.
>
> First, can I call the onload functions of both in the second script,
> even though they are in seperate files? If not, is it best then to merge
> the two into one file or do I have another option? Thanks for all of
> your input.
>

You can semi-automate the process using Simon Willison's addLoadEvent
function; it's described at
<http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2004/05/26/> and he goes into more
detail at
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/26/closures-and-executing-javascript-on-page-load/>

HTH,

Nick.
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