Thanks for your help. Using var obj = this works for me.
-Hector
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:54 AM, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Nov 11, 5:13 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > To elaborate a bit, "this" is special, but it's not magic.
> >
> > Whenever you call a function in JavaScript, it's always called as a
> method
> > of some object,
>
> No, it's not. What object is the following functions called as
> methods of:
>
> (function(){})();
>
> function foo() {};
> foo.call({});
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>
> > and this is a reference to that object.
>
> If an object can't be determined, the global object is used, hence:
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> var global = (function(){return this;})();
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> > When you call foo.bar(), you are calling a function as a method of the
> foo
> > object, so this == foo.
> >
> > JavaScript also has a global object. When you call a function bar()
> without
> > any explicit object reference, you are actually calling it as a method of
> > the global object.
>
> No, they aren't. Properties resolved on the scope chain don't behave
> like that, otherwise this used within methods found on prototype
> objects would refer to the prototype object rather than the instance.
> The global object is used when no other reference can be resolved or
> the call sets it to the this keyword.
>
>
> --
> Rob
