Javascript if (typeof(window.event) != "undefined") { problem

benjamin.morgan

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Simple Event Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addEventHandler(oNode, sEvt, fFunc, bCaptures){
if (typeof(window.event) != "undefined") {
oNode.attachEvent("on" + sEvt, fFunc);
}else{
oNode.addEventListener(sEvt, fFunc, bCaptures);
}
}

function onLinkClicked(e) {
alert("You clicked the link");
}

function setUpClickHandler() {
addEventHandler(document.getElementById('clickLink'), "click", onLinkClicked, false);
}
addEventHandler(window,"load", setUpClickHandler, false);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" title="click me" id="clickLink">Click Me!</a>
</body>
</html>
I got this out of a tutorial.
This works fine in FIREFOX. In CHROME and INTERNET EXPLORER 9 this doesn't work.
Please help me find the fix.
 
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