Create an ok/cancel confirmation notice message box

This JavaScript code displays a simple message box to a user with options ok/cancel. The user can click ok to acknowledge the confirmation and continue to open the form, or cancel to not accept and go back to the previous location.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" > <!-- Begin var notice = "User Notice! n" +"n" +"Are you sure that you want to open this form? n" + "n" + "n" + "Click OK to confirm, or click CANCEL..."

var agree=confirm(notice); if (agree) document.write(""); else history.go(-1); // End --> </SCRIPT >

This was first published in May 2001

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