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devnull69 · 11-16-2012, 07:07 AM

One of the problems is this (not the full solution!)

Code:

setTimeout(showWindow("text1"), 2000);

This will not do what you expect. It will call showWindow() immediately because you append parentheses () to the function name. After 2 seconds it would run a callback if and only if you would return a function object from showWindow(), which you don't.

Try this

Code:

setTimeout(function() {showWindow("text1")}, 2000);

11-16-2012, 07:07 AM	PM User \| #2
devnull69 Senior Coder Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,245 Thanks: 10 Thanked 531 Times in 525 Posts	One of the problems is this (not the full solution!) Code: setTimeout(showWindow("text1"), 2000); This will not do what you expect. It will call showWindow() immediately because you append parentheses () to the function name. After 2 seconds it would run a callback if and only if you would return a function object from showWindow(), which you don't. Try this Code: setTimeout(function() {showWindow("text1")}, 2000);