ontimeout event (Internet Explorer)

ontimeout event

ontimeout event

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Raised when there is an error that prevents the completion of the request.

HTML Attribute	<element ontimeout = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.ontimeout = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("ontimeout", handler)

There are no standards that apply here.

This method has no parameters.

The ontimeout event occurs if the timeout period elapses before the onload event occurs.

When the ontimeout event occurs, the responseText property is unavailable and attempts to access it will raise an error.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Setting the ontimeout property.

<script type="text/javascript">
function timeo()
{
    alert("XDR ontimeout");
}
...
xdr.ontimeout = timeo;