Re: submit a form using javascript in netscape

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I found out why it didn't work in netscape if anybody is interested. > >Apparently you need to tell the caller of the function not to expect a >return. > >eg > >onClick=submittheform();return false > >kinda stupid if you ask me... > >regards, > >andrew simpson on 2/8/01 4:57 AM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Andrew Simpson wrote: >> >> Why will this work in IE and not in Netscape??? >> >> document.forms[1].submit(); > > Maybe because the document.forms[1] set is 0-based? Did you try > > document.forms[0].submit() > > if you have only the one form on the page? > >> >> in ie you can almost get away with >> >> um.yeah.can.you.send.that.form.there.to.my.server-thanks. >> >> Does anybody know how to submit a form in netscape??? > > Try Netscape's site: > > http://developer.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/form.htm#1194123 > > All of the examples you gave should work, unless there is something > else subtly wrong with your page. As you noted, IE is very lazy and > will take almost anything; Netscape tries to be consistent and usually > requires everything to set up correctly before it will work. > > If you have a problem with your javascript in Netscape, you can usually > discover what is going on by type javascript: into the location field. > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4720 Boston Way > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: submit a form using javascript in netscape (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  2. Re: submit a form using javascript in netscape (Celeste Paul 2001)
  3. Re: submit a form using javascript in netscape (John Peacock 2001)
  4. submit a form using javascript in netscape (Andrew Simpson 2001)
I found out why it didn't work in netscape if anybody is interested. > >Apparently you need to tell the caller of the function not to expect a >return. > >eg > >onClick=submittheform();return false > >kinda stupid if you ask me... > >regards, > >andrew simpson on 2/8/01 4:57 AM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Andrew Simpson wrote: >> >> Why will this work in IE and not in Netscape??? >> >> document.forms[1].submit(); > > Maybe because the document.forms[1] set is 0-based? Did you try > > document.forms[0].submit() > > if you have only the one form on the page? > >> >> in ie you can almost get away with >> >> um.yeah.can.you.send.that.form.there.to.my.server-thanks. >> >> Does anybody know how to submit a form in netscape??? > > Try Netscape's site: > > http://developer.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/form.htm#1194123 > > All of the examples you gave should work, unless there is something > else subtly wrong with your page. As you noted, IE is very lazy and > will take almost anything; Netscape tries to be consistent and usually > requires everything to set up correctly before it will work. > > If you have a problem with your javascript in Netscape, you can usually > discover what is going on by type javascript: into the location field. > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4720 Boston Way > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5747 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Andrew Simpson

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