html onload not running javascript

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I'm writing a game in javascript, and I had the world generator running fine, but when I created a startup function to run multiple things at once, my code doesn't run at all anymore. Can anyone see my problem?

<head>
<title>Project Rust</title>
<!-- <link href="/YOUR_PATH/favicon.ico" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" /> -->
<script src="Scripts/startup.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/drawmap.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/maps.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/mapread.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/mainchar.js"></script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#BFE3FF" onload="startup()">
</body>

startup.js: startup(){ alert("start"); drawmap(Screen[0]); mainchar(); }

Hi Aidan, I think you should write function startup() {alert('start');} — Dhruvenkumar Shah
– Dhruvenkumar Shah, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 15:15
Are you sure the startup.js is being loaded? Which browser are you using? — craig1231
– craig1231, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 15:16
you need to add the word function = function startup(){alert("start"); drawmap(Screen[0]); mainchar();} — KoU_warch
– KoU_warch, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 15:16
@Jeroen This wasn't written in JSfiddle, I'm doing it in notepad++. — Aido
– Aido, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 15:17
@Aidan You can upload what you have written to jsfiddle, that way we can run it an see what's wrong — Asciiom
– Asciiom, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 15:18

Danilo Valente · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 15:18:04Z

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Try this:

function startup(){
    alert("start"); drawmap(Screen[0]); mainchar();
}

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 15:18

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alf · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 15:18:58Z

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You should set the type to the script tags:

<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/startup.js"></script>

Also, you need to use the function keyword to define a function in javascript:

function startup(){
  alert("start");
  drawmap(Screen[0]);
  mainchar();
}

If it's still now working, open your browser's javascript console and you should see the error.

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 15:18

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Quentin Over a year ago

HTML 5 makes the type attribute optional.

Hazem Salama · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 15:21:14Z

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You are missing the function declaration in your startup.js

You need function startup(){ /*your code*/ }

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 15:21

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