Except of course in Taco's example the I think form will be submitted even if any
verification you do in test_alert() fails (so even if you're returning false I think
it will still submit?)
I generally do what Taco said except:
onClick="if(test_alert()) document.siDetailsAdd.submit();"
OR BETTER STILL:
onClick="test_alert();"
and in test_alert(); do your verification then call document.formname.submit();
- James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taco Fleur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:06 PM
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> Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Javascript problem
>
>
> Brian,
>
> This document.siDetailsAdd.submit() will submit the form, but
> it will not call the onSubmit event in the form tag.
> As far as I am aware an event trigger does not trigger
> another event in JavaScript, i.e. the submit is triggered by
> the onClick event, thus not triggering the onSubmit event.
>
> So you need to call the function in the onSubmit event manually
>
> <a href="#" id="test" onClick="test_alert();
> document.siDetailsAdd.submit()" class="link">Add</a>
>
> I know you can trigger events through code, for example if
> you wanted to trigger the onClick event of the above link
> through code, you could do that like so;
>
> document.getElementById('test').onclick()
>
> Taco Fleur
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: KNOTT, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 2:02 PM
> To: CFAussie Mailing List
> Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Javascript problem
>
>
> It submits the correct form, as it goes to the correct page,
> it just ignores
> the onsubmit attribute in the form tag. In the below code
> clicking on the
> add will direct the browser to addsi.cfm. It does not do the
> onsubit="test_alert", which pops an alert box that says test.
> If I replace
> the add link with a normal input type="submit" then it all works.
>
> Brian
>
> <form action="addsi.cfm" method="post" name="siDetailsAdd"
> onSubmit="test_alert()">
>
> <a href="#" onClick="document.siDetailsAdd.submit()"
> class="link">Add</a>
>
> </form>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Baty [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:56
> > To: CFAussie Mailing List
> > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Javascript problem
> >
> > Brian,
> >
> > You may need to specify the form to submit, either by
> > onclick(this.submit()), or onclick(document.formname.submit());
> >
> > Not sure that will help, but worth a shot...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of KNOTT,
> > Brian
> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 2:53 PM
> > To: CFAussie Mailing List
> > Subject: [cfaussie] Javascript problem
> >
> > Not sure how many people are out there with MXDU on but I have a
> > javascript
> > problem.
> >
> > I have a onsubmit attribute in my form tag but If I use a
> link and do a
> > onclick(submit()) it ignores the onsubmit in the form tag.
> >
> > There are 3 forms on the page but they all have separate
> form tags, not
> > sure
> > if these are causing the problem.
> >
> > Brian Knott
> >
> >
> >
> >
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