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Introduction
Pre-requisites
Installation
Notes

ShareCheck

Introduction

Links

Thompp's Javascripts Index
Thompp nation Home Page

This Javascript lets you view shares at one of several stock exchanges. This is achieved by linking to MSN's moneycentral web site.

You click on the "Add" link to enter your company's name, and this will create a link on your web page to that company's share information until you remove that link.

If you are not sure of how to enter your company' s name, use the "Find" link.

Example of this script:

Sharecheck (UK Only)

Add | Find

Pre-requisites

none

Installation

Cut and paste the following code to your html page as indicated:

1/2. Add the following code to the <head> part of your html page: ================================================================= <! -- script for sharecheck -- !> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> 2/2. Add the following to the <body> part of your html page: =========================================================== <small><div align="left"><b>Sharecheck<small> (UK Only)</small></div><hr> <table width=100%> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </table> <br> <small><small><div align="right"> <a href="javascript:AddItem()">Add</a> | <a href="http://uk.moneycentral.msn.com/investor/common/find.asp?NextPage=/investor/quotes/quotes.asp">Find</a> </div></small></small> <br> </small>

Notes

this tutorial demonstrates:
- how to use cookies to store names
- how to display lists of items, and delete them
- how to create dynamic links
the code for maintaining cookies is taken from the original date last visited / number of visits javascript from the JavaScript Source - thanks
if you use this script, amend the variable names' prefix from pt_ to something meaningful to your site
some stock exchange codes are GB, US, FR, IT, JA, CA

Page last updated 15th November 2001