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OldWilly

OldWilly

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Mar 1, 2002
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I'm trying to submit a form w/o using a submit button.
But I'm getting "object expected". Code following.

<body onload=&quot;SubmitForm()&quot;>
<form method=&quot;POST&quot;
action=&quot;<!-- The following fields are required: -->
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;LOGIN&quot; value=&quot;tmhracing2&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;PARTNER&quot; value=&quot;verisign&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;AMOUNT&quot; value=&quot;10.95&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;TYPE&quot; value=&quot;A&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;DESCRIPTION&quot; value=&quot;Your TMH Racing Order&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;NAME&quot; value=&quot;William Pontius&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;ADDRESS&quot; value=&quot;124 E. Pine St.&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;CITY&quot; value=&quot;Johnsonville&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;STATE&quot; value=&quot;SC&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;ZIP&quot; value=&quot;29555&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;COUNTRY&quot; value=&quot;USA&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;EMAIL&quot; value=&quot;bill@e-databasedesign.com&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;PHONE&quot; value=&quot;8433863631&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;NAMETOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;William Pontius&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;ADDRESSTOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;124 E. Pine St.&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;CITYTOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;Johnsonville&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;STATETOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;SC&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;ZIPTOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;29555&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;COUNTRYTOSHIP&quot; value=&quot;USA&quot;>
<input type=&quot;Submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;>
</form></body>

Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
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can we see your SubmitForm() function?????
 
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oh jeez! no wonder it didn't work! I don't have the function. Do you have a quick and dirty one I can use?
(I'm a CF programmer and am pretty weak with JavaScript).
 
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you have to define your function inside of the <head> tags. Copy this code and paste it between the <head> and </head>.

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
<!--
function SubmitForm(){
window.location=&quot;}
//-->
</script>

this is as you said a quick and dirty of doing it though!!!!
 
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sorry, I thought I was making a typo mistake but it is how its displayed on the site. for the window.location value, there shouldn't be two semicolons at the end. The first one should be a quote (&quot;) to close your string value.

eg. window.location=&quot;cgi&quot;;
 
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I also got another answer that does not require a function ...

<body onload=&quot;document.test.submit();&quot;> where &quot;test&quot; is the name of the form

thx for your help
 
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Unless you put a timer on your function, the form won't submit because you're trying to submit the form before the form exists.

The <body onload=&quot;SubmitForm()&quot;> tag and function call will try to submit the form before the page is rendered and will continue to give you errors.



There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!
 
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Unless I'm very much mistaken, tviman, onload triggers once the page is loaded.
 
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