form.submit() not working sometimes in IE

[Ryan Cox]

I'm submitting a form using the following code and sometimes, it
doesn't get submitted. I have Tomcat 4.1.24 on the backend and I am
trying to grab some extra information from the server for my current
page. I do this by submitting a form and setting the target as an
iFrame on my page. It works like 85% of the time. The other 15% of the
time, IE just sits there and times out. When a place a sniffer on the
port, the Post is never going through. I can't hit anything on the
current session anymore either. Is this a known issue with IE? Does
anyone know of a workaround?

Code....
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
try {
document.body.s tyle.cursor = "wait";
var oForm = document.getEle mentById("GetEn titlementsForm" );
oForm.target = "DataExchangeFr ame1";
oForm['GetEntitlement sForm_DriverVal ue'].value = DriverValue;
oForm['GetEntitlement sForm_WhatToDo'].value =
"GetEntitlement List";
oForm.submit();
} catch(ex) {
alert("There was an error!");
alert(ex);
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Thanks in advance.

[Peter]

Re: form.submit() not working sometimes in IE

I wouldn't personally use the method to refer to the form ie getElementById.

Just use a with statement to cut down the code.

with (document.GetEn titlementsForm) {
target = "_self";
Driver.value = "someValue" ;
WhatToDo.value = "someValue" ;
submit();
}

This way makes it more readable and easy to edit. Is the try/catch clause
implemented yet? I wasn't aware that you could use this yet in JavaScript
although the words are reserved.

Peter.

"Ryan Cox" <RyanLCox@yahoo .com> wrote in message
news:8b197e07.0 307151215.4a833 a99@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I'm submitting a form using the following code and sometimes, it
> doesn't get submitted. I have Tomcat 4.1.24 on the backend and I am
> trying to grab some extra information from the server for my current
> page. I do this by submitting a form and setting the target as an
> iFrame on my page. It works like 85% of the time. The other 15% of the
> time, IE just sits there and times out. When a place a sniffer on the
> port, the Post is never going through. I can't hit anything on the
> current session anymore either. Is this a known issue with IE? Does
> anyone know of a workaround?
>
> Code....
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> try {
> document.body.s tyle.cursor = "wait";
> var oForm = document.getEle mentById("GetEn titlementsForm" );
> oForm.target = "DataExchangeFr ame1";
> oForm['GetEntitlement sForm_DriverVal ue'].value = DriverValue;
> oForm['GetEntitlement sForm_WhatToDo'].value =
> "GetEntitlement List";
> oForm.submit();
> } catch(ex) {
> alert("There was an error!");
> alert(ex);
> }
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> Thanks in advance.[/color]