Javascript in adobe air question...

Question

I have a VERY simple javascript password script that just
takes the password from a form and compares it... if password is
correct is redirects to correct html file. I know the script is
poorly written, but it does what I need for the time being.
if (form.pass.value=="password") {
window.location="page2.html"
} else {
alert("Invalid Password")
Although the script works, I can't seem to get it to redirect
to the page2.html when the correct password is entered. If I
replace the window.location with an alert it works so I know the
rest of the code is working fine.
Is there something I need to do in order to get
window.location to work in an adobe air app? or is there an
alternative that works? If there's an alternative, can you post
example code?
Thanks,
Shannon

Answer 1

I think you want window.location.href = "page2.html"
When testing your code in a browser to see if it works, use
WebKit or, if you're on a Mac,
Safari. These use the same engine as AIR. Testing on IE only tells
you that it's bug-compatible with IE, which isn't very helpful. You
can also try Google Chrome, which uses the same HTML rendering
engine as AIR, but not the same JS interpreter, so there can still
be differences in behavior.
I don't want to oversell this technique. AIR does have known
differences with respect to the WebKit engine as used in standalone
browsers, usually for security reasons. Still, if you find your
code doesn't work in AIR, does work in IE or Firefox, but fails in
WebKit or Safari, you know it's your code that's broken, not some
limitation in AIR.