Hyperlink is not opening the web page, giving error âbrowser canât find the file:â

arbab · February 17th, 2011, 01:31 AM

Hyperlink is not opening the web page, giving error âbrowser canât find the file:â below is the code:
<html>
<head>
<title> Javascript </title>
<script language ="Javascript"><!-linkTo="www.msn.com"->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="&(linkTo);" >Click Here</a>
</body>
</html>
I have the internet connection but browser canât find the file error is showing on the browser, please do check the attachments.
URL of the page: file:///C:/Users/Arbab/Desktop/Desk.html
URL of the page after the hyperlink has been clicked: file:///C:/Users/Arbab/Desktop/&%28linkTo%29;
Thanks in advance.

melvik · February 17th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Dear Arbab I guess u did a simple mistake by addressing ur file or source to C:/Users/Arbab/Desktop/Desk.html since u r going to view it from NET so C:\... is useless & sure u'll get that error

correct me if Im wrong

arbab · February 17th, 2011, 07:26 AM

I m going to view it from the internet, then what should be the changings in the code? or how should I save the program, i mean when i 'click' www.msn.com page from internet should get opened.

joefawcett · February 17th, 2011, 12:07 PM

JavaScript doesn't have a data binding facility so refering to

Code:

&amp;(linkTo);

isn't going to replace the linkTo part with the linkTo variable.
You can bind yourself, easier if you give the a element an id such as 'myLink':

Code:

var link = document.getElementById("myLink");
link.href = linkTo;

and call this code in the document's onload handler.
If you find yourself writing a lot of this sort of code you may want to start using jQuery templates or the knockout.js library.

arbab · March 15th, 2011, 02:45 AM

Through your guidance I was able to make following program & it worked fine for me:

<html>

<head>

<title> Javascript 'Hyperlink' of page 43 of Javascript by James Jaworski </title>

<script language ="javascript">

</script>

</head>

<body>

<a href="http://www.google.com">Click Hyperlink to open website</a>

<a href ="&(linkTo);" ></a>

</body>

</html>

but one think I did not understand as it is not described in the book and I did not able to find it on internet that "what &(linkTo); represent in Javascript", could u break this and tell me.

Thanks in advance.