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RE: Referencing page 539.

I'm having difficulty seeing the focus( ) method return the cursor to the txt.UserName form element when the associated conditional test fails. I'm viewing the output in a current version of Firefox 14.0.1.

Is there an error in the code?

Thanks!
Spledge

Did you check the download code or just go by the book text? There are often differences between the code in the download and the code in the text. I just spent all afternoon on trying to duplicate the code for Ch10_eg19. I literally retyped all the code in my XHTML and CSS docs three times trying to correct paragraph break until I changed the doctype to transitionalt. That miniscule change made all the difference.

There is an error in the code. If you compare the code at the bottom of the page to the download code and the code for this section as written on page 540 you'll find that the DL code and page 540 use .

You'll find that the first approach simply doesn't work, probably because it doesn't use valid variable names, but the second does.

BTW, have you noticed that the download code for ch12_eg02 doesn't work as far as comparing the passwords? In other words, you can enter any letters you want in "password" and "confirm password" and it will submit as long as they're longer than six characters.