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function addContent(divName, content) {
document.getElementById(divName).innerHTML = content;
}
function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays) {
var exdate=new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
document.cookie=c_name+ “=” +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? “” : “;expires=”+exdate.toGMTString());
}
function getCookie(c_name) {
if (document.cookie.length>0) {
c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + “=”);
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There is a rare need for this type of functionality but I have found myself in a couple of situations where I needed it. Here is a quick demo of a button click that is simulated from another event handler. In this case, the button click is invoked by checking a checkbox.

Demo
Check the [...]

function selectToggle(toggle, form) {
var myForm = document.forms[form];
for( var i=0; i < myForm.length; i++ ) {
if(toggle) {
myForm.elements[i].checked = “checked”;
[...]

function verifyForm(form) {
var userName = form.name.value;
var userEmail = form.email.value;
var success = 1;
if (!userName) {
document.getElementById(“usernameMsg”).style.display = “”;
form.name.style.backgroundColor = “yellow”;
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Not all forms are meant to be static. Sometimes, you want to allow the users to add certain parts of the form as they need them. Here is a nice example of dynamically adding inputs to your form as users need them. In addition, an input limit has been implemented in the [...]

I have found myself in a couple of situations where I needed a simple dynamic javascript menu where the user would make a selection from one select list and depending on what the user selected from the first select list a second list would offer further options. Here is a perfect example:

Demo
Country:

Select country… [...]