"document.formname.submit()" doesn't work with Netscape

[Don]

I can successfully force submission of a <form> using "document.formn ame.submit()". But, the
submission doesn't appear to occur when used with Netscape. Anybody know why this is happening, and
what I can do to get around this?

Thanks,
Don


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[Martin Honnen]

Re: &quot;document. formname.submit ()&quot; doesn't work with Netscape



Don wrote:
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> I can successfully force submission of a <form> using "document.formn ame.submit()". But, the
> submission doesn't appear to occur when used with Netscape. Anybody know why this is happening, and
> what I can do to get around this?[/color]

If you have
<form name="formname" action="whateve r.php">
then using
document.forms. formname.submit ()
should do in browsers, whether it is Netscape or IE.
If you still have problems then provide more details, check the Netscape
JavaScript console first to check for error messages and provide them
including the relevant lines of script and HTML.

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Don]

Re: &quot;document. formname.submit ()&quot; doesn't work with Netscape

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:24 +0100, Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yaho o.de> wrote:
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>
>
>Don wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I can successfully force submission of a <form> using "document.formn ame.submit()". But, the
>> submission doesn't appear to occur when used with Netscape. Anybody know why this is happening, and
>> what I can do to get around this?[/color]
>
>If you have
> <form name="formname" action="whateve r.php">
>then using
> document.forms. formname.submit ()
>should do in browsers, whether it is Netscape or IE.
>If you still have problems then provide more details, check the Netscape
>JavaScript console first to check for error messages and provide them
>including the relevant lines of script and HTML.[/color]
Martin,

Thanks for your reply. Well, I've gotta hang my head down low...turns out I left out a </body> tag.
Goes to show you how sloppy IE is, as it didn't insist on correct format. I used to use Netscape in
my career and just loved it. But, now that I'm doing web site development, and over 80% of clients
are using IE, I feel obligated to make IE my primary browser, especially, in cases where I don't
have time to deal with compatibility of all browsers. Microsoft creates the buggiest software in
the world, and gets away with it. If I had my way, Gates would be behind bars. Oh well...such a
world.

Thanks again Martin for taking the time to reply, and have a very Happy Holiday Season.
Don


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[Grant Wagner]

Re: &quot;document. formname.submit ()&quot; doesn't work with Netscape

"Don" <no@adr.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:24 +0100, Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yaho o.de>[/color]
wrote:[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> >
> >
> >Don wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I can successfully force submission of a <form> using[/color][/color][/color]
"document.formn ame.submit()". But, the[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> submission doesn't appear to occur when used with Netscape.[/color][/color][/color]
Anybody know why this is happening, and[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> what I can do to get around this?[/color]
> >
> >If you have
> > <form name="formname" action="whateve r.php">
> >then using
> > document.forms. formname.submit ()
> >should do in browsers, whether it is Netscape or IE.
> >If you still have problems then provide more details, check the[/color][/color]
Netscape[color=blue][color=green]
> >JavaScript console first to check for error messages and provide them
> >including the relevant lines of script and HTML.[/color]
> Martin,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Well, I've gotta hang my head down low...turns[/color]
out I left out a </body> tag.[color=blue]
> Goes to show you how sloppy IE is, as it didn't insist on correct[/color]
format. I used to use Netscape in[color=blue]
> my career and just loved it. But, now that I'm doing web site[/color]
development, and over 80% of clients[color=blue]
> are using IE, I feel obligated to make IE my primary browser,[/color]
especially, in cases where I don't[color=blue]
> have time to deal with compatibility of all browsers. Microsoft[/color]
creates the buggiest software in[color=blue]
> the world, and gets away with it. If I had my way, Gates would be[/color]
behind bars. Oh well...such a[color=blue]
> world.[/color]

So it's perfectly acceptable for you to leave out a closing </body> tag
in your HTML document, but Bill Gates should be behind bars because
"Microsoft creates the buggiest software in the world"?

How much time should you spend in jail for leaving out the closing
</body> tag?

You blame IE for being "sloppy" but you can't be bothered to validate
your HTML before blaming the browser for a mistake YOU made.

Pot, meet kettle.

--
Grant Wagner <gwagner@agrico reunited.com>
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