Problem running "Practical Prototype ..." example

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I tried running the example in the text around Figures 4.1 , 4.2. I'm running WinXP-Pro/SP3, Firefox 3.6.2, Firebug 1.5.3. All the details are in the following Command Window results. It's pretty obvious that "new" is not a regularly recognized Windows command, but I don't know whether the author was running Unix, Linux, Mac OS or something else. BTW, I think this book is a great tutorial.

Thanks in Advance, Richard

K:\>cd K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples

K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>JS_01.html [The Figure 4.1 window came up in Firefox 3.6.2, including the Firebug pane]

K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>new ajax.request('ajax.js', {method: 'get'}) 'new' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>type JS_01.html <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd&quot;&gt;

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head>   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />   <script type="text/JavaScript" src="prototype.js"></script>   <title>JS_01</title> </head>

<body>     <h1>Blank Page</h1>

</body> </html>

K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>type ajax.js alert("Hello from Ajax.js");

K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>

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Problem solved somewhat: I was supposed to paste the "new ..." code in Firebug:Console, not a Command Window. I've still got a problem, but I'll post it on a new thread.