[DHTML] ActiveX Simplified

[magicgavin]

I intended this.x and this.y ect so that you could do the following

var conversion1=new $ToAscii('00000000'); - returns \n
var conversion2=new $ToAscii('01010000'); - returns P

then later if you needed the result back without reconverting you could do

conversion1.tobin - would equal \n
conversion2.tobin - would equal P

Now that I look at it though it was stupid in this case seeing how the function returns the result to a variable anyways.

I also wanted to prevent variable conflicts.


Also to trinithis
I would like to ask premission to use your conversion functions to replace my own. Yours are much more efficient.

[Twey]

Mine are more efficient still. Have a look at the code at the bottom of my last post.

My comment on using $ in identifiers stands, by the way. ECMA-262, section 7.6, second paragraph, states:

The dollar sign is intended for use only in mechanically generated code.

[magicgavin]

I used the dollar sign to prevent duplicate functions. I intended people to link the script and start using it. I wanted to make sure my functions and there functions were unique and short so I added the $. If you know of another valid symbol let me know.

[Twey]

The best way of doing it is to use a namespacing object:

var ActiveXFunctions = {
  frontPad : function(s, len, chr) {
    for(var r = s.toString(); r.length < len; r = (chr || "0") + r);
    return r;
  },

  group : function(arr, len) {
    for(var i = 0, r = [], n = arr.length; i < n; ++i) {
      if(i &#37; len === 0)
        r.push([]);
      r[r.length - 1].push(arr[i]);
    }
    return r;
  },

  strToBin : function(str, charsiz) {
    for(var i = 0, r = "", n = str.length; i < n; r += this.frontPad(str.charCodeAt(i++).toString(2), charsiz || 8));
    return r;
  },

  binToStr : function(bin, charsiz) {
    for(var i = 0, cs = this.group(bin.split(""), charsiz || 8), n = cs.length; i < n; cs[i] = String.fromCharCode(parseInt(cs[i++].join(""), 2)));
    return cs.join("");
  }
};

Then call them:

var bin = ActiveXFunctions.strToBin("Hello");
var str = ActiveXFunctions.binToStr(bin);

[magicgavin]

I'm unfamiliar with your code so could you create the namespace using my code as an example without the $ signs

[Trinithis]

Feel free to use it if you want, but Twey's is indeed better.

[Twey]

I'm unfamiliar with your code

It's just object literal syntax.

[magicgavin]

Thanks I'll start using that in my scripts instead of the this.variable.

[Twey]

They both have their places. this.varname is used when you want to create a constructor function. Object literal notation only creates a single object: perfect for namespaces.

[magicgavin]

No longer contains $ in function names.
New Binary and Ascii Conversion by Twey. - Credited in file too

Added Custom Error handler
Added Window Resizing

Although some of the functions do not relate to the ActiveX Objects they are useful when creating a .hta