In fact I find the 'action' stuff you are trying working fine for me in ND4.
No idea why it doesn't for you.
The Hidden field idea is useful only for a default Submit button. If you
need more than one such thing, it won't work.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mathew, Aby [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 4:35 PM
> To: 'Lakshmanamurthy, Rajesh';
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ND] Invisible buttons and Javascript submits in ND4
>
> Hi Rajesh,
>
> Didn't see you for while!
>
> I don't know how to straighen out the 'action' part of it.
>
> But without it, if you add a hidden field to the form identical to the
> button:
>
> <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="btnRefresh_onWebEvent(btnRefresh)"
> VALUE="Refresh" >
>
> a simple submit() will take you there.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Aby
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lakshmanamurthy, Rajesh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:21 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [ND] Invisible buttons and Javascript submits in ND4
> >
> > Hello NetDs,
> >
> > The following is what Janet has achieved for ND 3. (Pls. see code at the
> > end)
> >
> > I am now trying to do the same in ND4. There seem to
> > a problem especially on:
> >
> > document.pgXXX.action =
> > "../PrXYZ/pgXXX.onLoadTasksWebEvent(LoadTasks)";
> >
> > part of this solution.
> >
> >
> > here is what i am doing in JS:
> >
> > document.pagAccts.action =
> > "../NewsWeb/pagAccts.btnRefresh_onWebEvent(btnRefresh)";
> > document.pagAccts.submit();
> >
> > ........
> > .......
> > & here is the commented button within the page's HTML:
> >
> > <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="btnRefresh_onWebEvent(btnRefresh)"
> > VALUE="Refresh" >
> >
> > The page goes thru a normal reload rather than, the web event of
> > invisible button. The action value set is not recognised by ND.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > regards,
> > Raj
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Javascript: trigger event for invisible button -
> > SOLUTION (in ND3)
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Date:
> > Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:25:21 -0500
> > From:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the replies Sridhar, Grace and Brendan.
> >
> > Here's some details on how we solved it.
> > NOTE: This is an ND3 app.
> >
> > 1. comment out the button to hide it:
> > <!-- **btnLoadTasks** This is commented because it is
> > called via
> > Javascript: chgProjWP() -->
> >
> > 2. alter the default HTML for the comboBox to also
> > contain:
> > OnChange=chgProjWP()
> >
> > 3. in the Javascript function being called by the
> > onChange
> > event, instead
> > of just doing this:
> > function chgProjWP()
> > {
> > ...
> >
> > document.pgXXX.elements["onLoadTasksWebEvent(LoadTasks)"].click();
> > }
> >
> > we replaced that line with Brendan's tip about setting
> > "action" for the
> > form and then calling submit on the form:
> >
> > function chgProjWP()
> > {
> > ....
> > document.pgXXX.action =
> > "../PrXYZ/pgXXX.onLoadTasksWebEvent(LoadTasks)";
> > document.pgXXX.submit();
> > }
> >
> > It works and we're happy and grateful! If anyone sees
> > something we could
> > have done better, let me know.
> >
> > Janet
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (Embedded
> >
> > image moved "Johnston, Brendan " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > to file: 03/24/99 01:00 PM
> >
> > pic09839.pcx)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: RE: [ND] Javascript: trigger event for
> > invisible
> > button
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Janet,
> >
> > I would like invisible the image button approach if
> > JavaScript worked with
> > images.
> >
> > Given that it does not, my favorite option is to
> comment
> > out the button
> > **btName** tag in the HTML file and add the
> explanation
> > that the event is
> > triggered with JavaScript. This is the same as set
> > visible(false).
> >
> > In the JavaScript on change handler for the drop down
> > you
> > will need add the
> > buttons name value pair to the action field of the
> form
> > tag then call
> > submit
> > on the form object.
> >
> > Brendan Johnston
> > TeamND
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Grace Frederick
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 4:11 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [ND] Javascript: trigger event for
> > invisible
> > button
> >
> > Two possiblities:
> > 1. Create a 1px x 1 px image button where the
> image
> > is transparent.
> >
> > 2. Rather than calling
> > ../projName/pgName.btn_onWebEvent, call
> > ../projName/pgName
> > This will cause the page to be loaded (as it
> would
> > if
> > you just
> > requested the
> > page directly). I'm not sure if that will work,
> > but
> > it's worth a
> > shot.
> >
> > == Grace
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 3:45 AM
> > Subject: [ND] Javascript: trigger event for
> > invisible
> > button
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In the onChange event of a drop-down we want to
> > make a call to our
> > database
> > > to populate another drop-down on the same page.
> > Since we need to
> > submit
> > the
> > > form to do this database stuff, we added a
> > "dummy"
> > button with no
> > display
> > > label (i.e. its HTML attribute TEXT ="") to the
> > page. And then in
> > the
> > > onChange event, we just call click() on this
> > button. It works, but
> > our
> > > dummy button looks silly because it is a very
> > narrow button (not
> > invisible
> > > like we wanted).
> > >
> > >
> > > What would be the best way to handle this?
> Should
> > we just do a
> > setVisible
> > > (false); in the button's onBeforeDisplayEvent
> to
> > hide it?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > janet
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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