Help with document.writeIn (drop-down box/calculating distance)

[bjorkfan19]

I'm working on calculating the distance between two points. I'm still very much in the learning phase of Javascript, but I have almost everything I need. I have the database for the points, and the basic structure of the script. I just can't get the points to show up for the user to choose the two and thus calculate the distance. So basically, I have no idea if the script is functional at all.

Here's the gist of it:

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="Javascript"><!--

var cities = getPoints();

document.writeIn("<SELECT>");
for( var c = 0; c < points.length; c++ ) {
document.writeIn("<OPTION>");
document.writeIn(c+1);
document.write("</SELECT>"); }

function makeLocation(){
with(document.pointsmenu){
var frompoint, topoint;

frompoint=point1.selectedIndex;
topoint=point2.selectedIndex;
}
}

function distance(){
with(document.pointsmenu)
document.pointsmenu.reply.value=document.pointsmenu.point1.value+"<BR>"+point2.value+"<BR>"+"Distance between the points"+distance;
}


//--></SCRIPT>

That looks to be a correct way of implementing a drop-down box. But nothing shows up on the page. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? I've looked high and low and am at a loss.

[chrismiceli]

i thought it was document.writeln() //as in lucky nicknack, not Idiotic nicknack