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a JavaScript file</h1><div><p>It is recommended that you create a separate JavaScript (<code>js</code>)
file for implementing the widget UI interaction and other operations. This
increases clarity of the code and enables reuse of the code in other widgets.
A widget can have as many JavaScript files as needed.</p><p>There are two ways to use an external JavaScript file through the widget's <a href="GUID-C294F32D-CAC7-499C-AD4B-701B9AB57ACA.html#GUID-C294F32D-CAC7-499C-AD4B-701B9AB57ACA">main
HTML file</a>:</p><ul><li><p>Specifying a JavaScript file that is included in the widget
package</p><p>Use the <code><script></code> tag as follows:</p><pre class="codeblock" id="GUID-B2567257-5A27-4E22-A634-A4E85CCF2710"><script type='text/JavaScript' src='JavaScript.js'></script></pre></li><li><p>Specifying a JavaScript file that is stored in a remote location</p><p>In this case, the JavaScript file is not included in the widget package.
Specify the full URL of the JavaScript source in the <code>src</code> attribute
of the <code>script</code> tag as follows:</p><pre class="codeblock" id="GUID-0966583C-A0E5-4BF1-8B64-0165526368B2"><script type='text/JavaScript' src='http://www.widget.server/JavaScript.js'></script></pre></li></ul><div class="note"><p><strong class="note_title">Note: </strong>When linking to external JavaScript files in a remote location, specify
the <code>AllowNetworkAccess</code> key in the <a href="GUID-BBA0299B-81B6-4508-8D5B-5627206CBF7B.html#GUID-BBA0299B-81B6-4508-8D5B-5627206CBF7B"><code>info.plist</code></a> file as <code>true</code> to allow the widget to connect to the network.</p></div><p>For more information on JavaScript, see the <a href="GUID-7C69DDA4-16F1-4A8F-BDB2-4CB0015B4E81.html#GUID-7C69DDA4-16F1-4A8F-BDB2-4CB0015B4E81">Web
Runtime API reference</a> and the <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp" target="_blank">JavaScript
Tutorial</a> published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).</p></div></div></div><div class="footer"><hr/><div class="copy">© Nokia 2009.</div></div></body></html>