I'm trying to write a javascript bookmark that, based on the current URL, navigates you to another page. Then after that navigation is done, it looks for a particular ID tag then navigates you again.
I have the first navigation done and working:
javascript:
(function() {
ADCURL = "PageA.aspx";
var temp = window.location.href;
var tarr = temp.split("/");
var serv = "https://" + tarr[2];
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].dir;
if (x) {
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("link");
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
var y = x[i].attributes[2].value;
var lookingfor = "_vti_bin";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(y)) {
var z = y.replace("_vti_bin/spsdisco.aspx", ADCURL);
var link = serv + z;
window.location.href = link;
}
}
} else {
DL5 = document.links;
for (lKi = 0; lKi < DL5.length; lKi++) {
map = DL5[lKi];
var lookingfor = "sites";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {
var lookingfor = "_layout";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {} else {
var lookingfor = "SharedDocuments";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {
var n = String(map).indexOf("SharedDocuments");
var x = String(map).slice(0, n);
var link = x + ADCURL;
window.location.href = link;
}
}
}
}
}
})();
however when I try to use a SetTimeout to delay the script so I can grab the ID i need from the page I navigated to, nothing happens (for now I just have a window alert in there as a placeholder until I get the SetTimeout to work):
javascript:
(function() {
ADCURL = "PageA.aspx";
var temp = window.location.href;
var tarr = temp.split("/");
var serv = "https://" + tarr[2];
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].dir;
if (x) {
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("link");
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
var y = x[i].attributes[2].value;
var lookingfor = "_vti_bin";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(y)) {
var z = y.replace("_vti_bin/spsdisco.aspx", ADCURL);
var link = serv + z;
window.location.href = link;
}
}
} else {
DL5 = document.links;
for (lKi = 0; lKi < DL5.length; lKi++) {
map = DL5[lKi];
var lookingfor = "sites";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {
var lookingfor = "_layout";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {} else {
var lookingfor = "SharedDocuments";
var lookingforRegExp = new RegExp(lookingfor);
if (lookingforRegExp.test(map)) {
var n = String(map).indexOf("SharedDocuments");
var x = String(map).slice(0, n);
var link = x + ADCURL;
window.location.href = link;
}
}
}
}
}
setTimeout(function(){window.alert("yes");}, 2000);
})();
Any ideas what's going on? When using javascript in bookmarks is it not possible to do what I'm trying to do?