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Error: Microsoft JScript runtime error: Object expected

I am attempting to learn C# by using an example shown in "Beggining Visual Web rogramming in C#" by Daniel Calzzulino etc. The example displays the time based on the Web server. When a button is clicked, the Client time is displayed.

This all works well until I click the button that is designed to display the Client time. I get the
Microsoft JScript runtime error: Object expected error on the folllowing line:
<input onclick ="Alert('Web Client time is now ' + new Date());"
type=button value="Client Time" />
What did I do wrong?

Here is the code:

Webform1.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs"
AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="ClockExample.WebForm1" %>

<!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 runat="server">
<title>What Time is it</title>
<meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content = "C#" />
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content = "JavaScript" />
<meta name="vs_targetSchema" content = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisence/ie5" />
</head>
<body MS_Positioning="GridLayout>
<form id="form1" method=post runat="server">
<p> The time (According to the Web Server) is:
<%=System.DateTime.Now %>
</p>
<p> What is the time on the Web Client?
<input onclick ="Alert('Web Client time is now ' + new Date());"
type=button value="Client Time" />
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Webform1.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace ClockExample
{
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}
}
}

Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="ClockExample._Default" %>

<!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 runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>

</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Thanks,

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Dovberman

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