pls what is this error..

[Frances Del Rio]

for screen shot pls see

http://www.francesdelrio.com/error.gif

when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phras e has no
properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phras e' refers to the
following:

<form name="form">
<input type=text name="phrase">


var form = document.form

function ff() {
form.phrase.foc us() }

function ff() is called in onLoad event handler in body tag..

why does it say that document.phrase 'has no properties'? and why that
error in IE? I have gotten this same error before but it displays error
in usu. way, I had never seen it like this.. thank you.. Frances

[mscir]

Re: pls what is this error..

Frances Del Rio wrote:[color=blue]
>
> when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phras e has no
> properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phras e' refers to the
> following:
><snip>[/color]

I'm not sure why that doesn't work, this works in my IE6, Netscape 7.2,
Firefox 1:

<script type="text/javascript">
function ff() {
document.forms['form1'].elements['phrase'].focus();
}
window.onload = ff;
</script>

[Randy Webb]

Re: pls what is this error..

Frances Del Rio wrote:
[color=blue]
> for screen shot pls see
> http://www.francesdelrio.com/error.gif
>
> when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phras e has no
> properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phras e' refers to the
> following:[/color]


[color=blue]
> <form name="form">[/color]

form is not a good name for form.
[color=blue]
> <input type=text name="phrase">
>
>
> var form = document.form
> function ff() {
> form.phrase.foc us() }
>
> function ff() is called in onLoad event handler in body tag..
>
> why does it say that document.phrase 'has no properties'? and why that
> error in IE? I have gotten this same error before but it displays error
> in usu. way, I had never seen it like this.. thank you.. Frances[/color]

Because you are using shortcut syntax to attempt to access a form
control. Read the Group FAQ, via signature below, with regards to a
proper way to access forms and the elements within.


--
Randy
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Answer: Top-Posting.
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[Frances Del Rio]

Re: pls what is this error..



mscir wrote:[color=blue]
> Frances Del Rio wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phras e has no
>> properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phras e' refers to the
>> following:[/color]
>[color=green]
> ><snip>[/color]
>
> I'm not sure why that doesn't work, this works in my IE6, Netscape 7.2,
> Firefox 1:
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> function ff() {
> document.forms['form1'].elements['phrase'].focus();
> }
> window.onload = ff;
> </script>[/color]

indeed it does...... thank you very much... one truly wonders why the
other way it wouldn't work, it's standard dot-syntax... but.. what
works works... ;) thanks again.. Frances