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JavaScript Examples Bible: The Essential Companion to JavaScript Bible
files, which you can view in your browser or text editor). A directory called Listings
contains the example files, with nested folders named for each chapter of the
JavaScript Bible. Each HTML file’s name is keyed to the Listing number in the book.
For example, the file for Listing 15-1 is named lst15-01.htm. Note that the first
part of each listing number is keyed to a JavaScript Bible chapter number. Thus,
Listing 15-1 demonstrates a term discussed in Chapter 15 of the JavaScript Bible
(both editions), although the printed listing and discussion about the listing
appears in Chapter 1 of this book because Chapter 1 contains examples for
JavaScript Bible Chapter 15.
For your convenience, an index.html file in the Listings folder provides a frontend
table of contents to the HTML files for the book’s program listings. Open that
file from your browser whenever you want to access the program listing files. If you
intend to access that index page frequently, you can bookmark it in your
browser(s). Using the index file to access the listing files can be very important in
some cases, because several individual files must be opened within their associated
framesets to work properly. Accessing the files through the index.html file assures
that you open the frameset. The index.html file also shows browser compatibility
ratings for all the listings. This saves you time from opening listings that are not
intended to run on your browser. To examine and modify the HTML source files,
open them from your favorite text editor program (for Windows editors, be sure to
specify the .htm file extension in the Open File dialog box).
You can open all example files directly from the CD-ROM, but if you copy them to
your hard drive, access is faster and you will be able to experiment with modifying
the files more readily. Copy the folder named Listings from the CD-ROM to any location
on your hard drive.
Electronic versions of the books
These are complete, searchable versions of both this book and the JavaScript
Bible, Gold Edition, provided in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. The Acrobat text for
this book is in the folder named JSExamples PDF, while the JavaScript Bible text is in
the JSBGold PDF folder.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is a helpful program that enables you to view the entire
contents of both this book and the JavaScript Bible, Gold Edition, which are in .pdf format
on the CD-ROM. To install and run Adobe Acrobat Reader, follow these steps:
For Windows
1. Start Windows Explorer or Windows NT Explorer and then open the Acrobat
folder on the CD-ROM.
2. In the Acrobat folder, double-click the rs405eng.exe icon and follow the
instructions presented on-screen for installing Adobe Acrobat Reader.
For Macintosh
1. Open the Acrobat folder on the CD-ROM.
2. In the Acrobat folder, double-click the Adobe Acrobat Installer icon and follow
the instructions presented on-screen for installing Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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