A Timer Your visitors can see exactly how long they have spent looking at your Web page.
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' Name: A Timer
' Description:A Timer Your visitors can see exactly how long they have spent looking at your Web page.
' By: John Oyston
'
'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1918&lngWId=14'for details.'**************************************
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>JavaScript Timer</TITLE>
<SCRIPT>
<!--//hide from old browsers
var counter = 0;
// call Update function in 1 second after first load
ID=window.setTimeout("Update();",1000);
function Update() {
counter ++;
//Optional alert after 10 seconds
//if (counter==10) (alert("Ten seconds is long enough!!!!"))
//Display time in status window
window.status="Elapsed time = " + counter + " seconds";
//Display time in text box
document.form1.input1.value="You have looked at this page for " + counter + " seconds";
// set another timeout for the next count
ID=window.setTimeout("Update();",1000);
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=aqua>
<FONT FACE=ARIAL COLOR=navy><CENTER><H1>JavaScript Timer</H1></CENTER>
JavaScript can measure time.<P>
The text value below and the status line are being updated every second.<BR>
Press the RESET button to restart the count, or the STOP button to stop it.
<HR></FONT>
<CENTER>
<FORM NAME="form1">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="input1" SIZE="40" Value="Welcome!"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="RESET" onClick="counter = 0;">*
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="STOP" onClick="window.clearTimeout(ID);">
</CENTER>
<HR>
<CENTER>
<FONT FACE=ARIAL COLOR=navy SIZE=4>
<A HREF="home.htm">Return to JavaScript Page</A>
<H5>John Oyston, (oyston@oyston.com), April 1997</H5></FONT></CENTER>
</BODY></HTML>
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