Here's a quick little script that makes it easy to follow various values around complex JavaScript. You can quickly enable and disable the debugging process during the development process. Now you can avoid using those annoying alert() functions while debugging your code. After the page has completely finished loading and debugging is enabled, a nice javascript popup will appear with a line by line view of the values. The first JavaScript block can be placed in another file such as debug.js and included in all of your pages for ease of use. Please take a moment to rate this Tip (opens in new window): http://www.turnkeytools.com/polls/default.asp?POLLID=10000062&DOMAINID=4610 <HTML> <HEAD> <script language="JavaScript"> // Global variable for Debugger Content Array var DebugWindowContents; // true=run debugger; false=ignore debugger calls; var DebugOn=true; // will equal true once the DebugInit has run and DebugOn = true var DebugStarted=false; function DebugShowResults() { if ((DebugOn!=true) || (DebugStarted==false)) { return; } var sOption="toolbar=yes,location=no,directories=yes,menubar=yes,"; sOption+="scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=300,left=100,top=25"; var winprint=window.open("","",sOption); winprint.document.open(); winprint.document.write('<html><body>'); winprint.document.write(DebugWindowContents.join(' ')); winprint.document.write('</body></html>'); winprint.document.close(); winprint.focus(); } function DebugInit() { DebugWindowContents=new Array(); DebugStarted=true; } function DebugWrite(sVal) { if (DebugOn!=true) { return; } if (DebugStarted==false) { DebugInit(); } DebugWindowContents.push(sVal + "<br>"); } </script> <script language="JavaScript"> function MainTest() { Test1("this is my test 1 value"); Test2("this is my test 2 value"); DebugShowResults(); } function Test1(sVal) { DebugWrite(sVal + " test1 addition"); } function Test2(sVal) { DebugWrite(sVal + " test2 addition"); } </script> </HEAD> <body onload=MainTest();> Test Page </body> </HTML> Submission Date: 9/23/2005 3:00:36 PM Submitted By: Robbe Morris My Home Page: http://www.robbemorris.com