... i don't know how to use "pad://" function ...

Something like "It's on prinet's scratchpad" (It's on [pad://PriNet]). Please see Markup in the Monastery (update: and What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information?) for more info.

I suppose i should have mentioned what it's doing yes, sorry, i was just looking for the error. This particular function generates an input field in the calling div so it can be handeled appropiately in the perl script; ie; i can disect the value and perform another function on my page, or, (primarily), right now i dump it into a json file for the irc connection script. all i was trying to do was generate an alert that i got all the data i needed, but i ran into this error. it does, however "alert" all the proper data if i place a seperate alert outside "this" alert function, so, it's there, i just could not figure out why the "posted" value displayed properly, and the "username" value errors out. entry values are: string for the div id, a number (time()) for the posted, and another string that contains the username.again, you were right anonymous, i should have explained more, i was just fustrated looking for that error.

I tried re-inventing the wheel again, but everytime I push it, it still falls flat on it's side...

Ok, make a closure, no string eval stuff

Var myckosure = function(){
    if (event.keyCode == 13) {
... UserName ...
  }
    Return;
};
CommandInput.setAttribute('ONKEYPRESS', myclosure );
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String eval is bad in javascript too