2009/10/29 Russell Keith <[email protected]>:
> Ok, maybe I’m just being dense, but I am reading the API for forms and I am
> getting nothing from it.
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>
> What is proper use of the $F utility and what can it do for me? I have read
> the Form.Element.getValue and it means nothing to me.
>
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> I have this form:
>
>
>
> <form name="createPDF" action="/pdf/pdf_process.php" method="POST">
>
> <input type="hidden" name="A_NAME" value="John" />
>
> <input type="hidden" name="APPLY_DATE" value="<?=date("m/d/Y")?>" />
>
> <input type="hidden" name="A_BIRTH_DATE" value="01/01/01" />
>
> <input type="hidden" name="L_NAME" value="Jane" />
>
> <input type="hidden" name="L_BIRTH_DATE" value="01/01/01" />
>
> <input type="hidden" name="A_ACCOUNT" value="111111111" />
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> </form>
>
>
>
> When I try to do alert($F(‘A_NAME’)); I get an ‘Object does not support this
> property or method’ error. I get the same error when I try to submit the
> form with ‘document.createPDF.submit();’ is there something wrong with my
> form?
>
> >
>
$F() returns the element. So,
alert($F('A_ACCOIUNT').value);
should be what you are looking for,
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