Re: submit a form using javascript in netscape
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numero = 37556
interpreted = N
texte = 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#1194123All 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.HTHJohn-- 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
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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#1194123All 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.HTHJohn-- 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/
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