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How can I get error messages from JavaScript pages to display?

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This page: http://home.comcast.net/~wporter211/realsite/chess_etc/rrpair.htm is supposed to fill in a choice for the radio button sets at start up, but nothing happens. I am trying to track this problem down.

This page: http://home.comcast.net/~wporter211/realsite/chess_etc/rrpair.htm is supposed to fill in a choice for the radio button sets at start up, but nothing happens. I am trying to track this problem down.

Chosen solution

You select the Web Console by following these steps:

  1. Open the Firefox menu
  2. Under the Web Developer menu select the Web Console

Please report back soon.

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Chosen Solution

You select the Web Console by following these steps:

  1. Open the Firefox menu
  2. Under the Web Developer menu select the Web Console

Please report back soon.

Do you mean this code?

function StartUp() {
  document.tform.wbpcren[0].checked = true; // Default is Porter-Berger
  document.tform.select1[1].checked = true; // Sequential players is default
  document.tform.flipit[0].checked = true;  // Will reverse all colors if checked
  document.tform.newtab[1].checked = true;  // Default is to create new screen
  document.tform.bprint.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  document.tform.NoPlayers.focus();
}

Seems to be working for me.


Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)

I took out a page counter at the bottom and the

onload="StartUp()"

code performed as advertised, but I still need to know that for the future. After messing up working code I saw something pop up on the developer toolbar that took me to the Web Console and the error messages I was expecting.

Thanks for looking at it.

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