When I load the page "message" doesnt appear in webpage and i get error that says object is null or undefined. javascript internet-explorer share|improve this question asked Jan 16 '13 at 22:44 Chris Olszewski 12327 test is never even called anywhere... I guess you mean window.onload=test;. As for the error: No idea where that is coming from, maybe Complete. –Felix Kling Jan 16 '13 at 22:46 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote Your onload handler is wrong. It should be this: function test() { document.getElementById('inner').innerHTML="message"; } window.onload = test; You pass a javascript function reference to .onload, not a string. share|improve this answer answered Jan 16 '13 at 22:46 jfriend00 286k26288369 add a comment| Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Pass

here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Error message “.innerHTML is not a function” [duplicate] up vote 0 down vote favorite This question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14369287/document-getelementbyidinner-innerhtml-message-is-giving-me-an-error-with already has an answer here: javascript TypeError: document.getElementsByTagName(“p”)[0].innerHtml is not a function 2 answers I'm trying to fill the date automatically in a table header, but all I get is ".innerHTML is not a function" I've looked everywhere, and tried put my code at the top and bottom of the page, but nothing works. Help, please! window.onload = function() { var currentTime = new Date(); var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37951999/error-message-innerhtml-is-not-a-function var day = currentTime.getDate(); var year = currentTime.getFullYear(); document.getElementById("dated").innerHTML(month + "/" + day + "/" + year); }; javascript html share|improve this question edited Jun 21 at 18:35 Uwe Keim 22.6k25100159 asked Jun 21 at 18:30 Ender Che 31 marked as duplicate by squintjavascript Users with the javascript badge can single-handedly close javascript questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. Jun 21 at 18:36 This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question. 3 innerHTML is not a function; it's a string property that you can get/set. –Ates Goral Jun 21 at 18:32 2 What exactly do you mean when you say you've looked everywhere? I type "JavaScript" and the title of your question into Google, and the answer comes up immediately. –squint Jun 21 at 18:35 @AtesGoral is right. Try setting the innerHTML like so document.getElementById("dated").innerHTML = month + "/" + day + "/" + year; –Phonolog Jun 21 at 18:36 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote accepted Well, as the error says, innerHTML is not a function. You can assign a value to the property, though: document.getElementById("dated").innerHTML = month + "

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