countdown function problems in mozilla

[ballhogjoni]

I decided to post one error at a time. I can probably explain it better. This is my code for a countdown function. My problem is that it works for IE but not mozilla. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

 

var sec = 01;   // set the seconds
var min = 15;   // set the minutes

function countDown() {
  sec--;
  if (sec == -01) {
    sec = 59;
    min = min - 1;
  } else {
   min = min;
  }
if (sec<=9) { sec = "0" + sec; }
  time = (min<=9 ? "0" + min : min) + ":" + sec;
if (document.getElementById) { theTime.innerHTML = time; }
  SD=window.setTimeout("countDown();", 1000);
if (min == '00' && sec == '00') { sec = "00"; window.clearTimeout(SD); alert("Your Time Has Expired, Order Now or Forever Wonder If You Could be eBay's next Millionaire!."); }
}

function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      if (oldonload) {
        oldonload();
      }
      func();
    }
  }
}

addLoadEvent(function() {
  countDown();
});

[jacksonmj]

Have you remembered to set the variable theTime? e.g.

 

<div id="timeElem"></div>

<script type="text/javascript"> 
var theTime = document.getElementById("timeElem");
var sec = 01;   // set the seconds
var min = 15;   // set the minutes
.
.
.

 

 

NB: You're probably better off using setInterval(), and then clearInterval() when the countdown has finished, if you're calling a function repeatedly at uniform intervals.