ssi preventing JScript 1

onressy · Apr 18, 2006

Hows it going? the Else statment doesn't work, any ideas? all other ElseIfs validate, and the last Elses has a Javascript call in it to submit the form, the JS don't initiate, it would if i put the page.asp url into the bowser and press enter, then the js script posts the form, but as a ssi or directly placed into the asp page it doesn't work? any ideas why?

Code:

<%	
If gstrProfessionId = "4" Then 
%>
<!--#include file="registrationContinued2.asp"-->
<% 
ElseIf gstrProfessionId = "11" Then  
%>
<!--#include file="registrationindustry2.asp"-->
<% 
ElseIf gstrProfessionId = "1" Then  
%>
<!--#include file="registrationnurse2.asp"-->
<%
ElseIf gstrProfessionId = "3" Then  
%>
<!--#include file="registrationpharamist2.asp"-->
<% 
Else
'   also tried code below as an include like above without any luck
%>

<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function setFocus(){
document.registrationFrm.submit();
}
window.onload = setFocus;
</script>
</head><body>
<form action="validate.asp" method="POST" name="registrationFrm">
<% 
For Each thing In Request.Form 
Response.Write "<input type=""hidden"" name=""" & thing & """ value=""" & Request.Form(thing) & """>" & vbCrLf 
Next 
%>
<p align="center">&nbsp;<p align="center">
Your information has been validated, please click the button below to begin the survey.<p align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

</form>
</body>
</html>


<%
End If
%>

Tarwn · Apr 19, 2006

Do you mean that the javascript still outputs but just doesn't fire when you include it in the ASP page, or that none of that HTML shows up at all?

-T

Sheco · Apr 19, 2006

What do you see if you view source?

trollacious · Apr 19, 2006

The #includes are processed before the ASP is, you know.

Lee

onressy · Apr 19, 2006

Tarwn, that exactly correct, like there is an asp versus JS timming issue

Sheco,

this is the view source:

Code:

<html><head>
<script>
document.forms['registrationFrm'].submit();
</script>
</head><body>
<form action="validate.asp" name="registrationFrm" method='POST'>

<input type="hidden" name="gstrSurveyId" value="374">
<input type="hidden" name="frmFirstName" value="asdfasdf">
<input type="hidden" name="frmCity" value="asdfasdf">
<input type="hidden" name="frmPostalCode" value="R4R4R4">
<input type="hidden" name="frmEmail" value="asdfasdf@f6666666f4.cv">
<input type="hidden" name="frmLastName" value="asdfasdf">
<input type="hidden" name="frmProvince" value="9">
<input type="hidden" name="frmPhone" value="222-555-8888">
<input type="hidden" name="frmOptContestRules" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="surveyid" value="374">
<input type="hidden" name="frmCountry" value="CANADA">
<input type="hidden" name="frmProfession" value="21">
<input type="hidden" name="frmOptJoinProgram" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="frmFax" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="frmAddress1" value="asdfasdf">
<input type="hidden" name="frmGender" value="Male">
<input type="hidden" name="frmPassword" value="66666">
<input type="hidden" name="frmPasswordConfirm" value="66666">
<input type="hidden" name="frmLanguage" value="english">
<input type="hidden" name="frmCommunication" value="email">

<p align="center"><p align="center">

Your information has been validated, please click the button below to begin the survey.<p align="center">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />

</form>
</body></html>

Sheco · Apr 19, 2006

... maybe call the form submit from the body's onLoad() event

Is this the same problem discussed on the JavaScript forum here: thread216-1219464

trollacious · Apr 19, 2006

This

Code:

<script>
document.forms['registrationFrm'].submit();
</script>

needs to be AFTER the </form> tag. If you need a short delay, you could use setTimeout. Set it for half a second to one second, and see if that takes care of things.

The Javascript is executed on the client side, so all the server-side code has been processed by the time the client's browser encounters the JS (barring any Response.Flush statements).

Lee

onressy · Apr 19, 2006

Sheco, i've tried that already without any luck

trollacious, i have also tried that already what happens is that there is no JS error until the function instantiates

Code:

</form>

<script>
window.onload = function(){
setTimeout("damnDelay()", 2000); //2 secs
}

function damnDelay() {
document.forms['registrationFrm22'].submit();
}
</script>

in the above case the IE error says:
object does not support the property or method and points to this line:
document.forms['registrationFrm22'].submit();

/////////// any suggestions......

onressy · Apr 19, 2006

//could this be happening because the page is under a SSL ?

onressy · Apr 19, 2006

i have even taken the delay a step further and did this:

Code:

</head><body onload="delayTim()">
<form action="b4validate.asp" name="registrationFrm22" method="GET">
<% 
For Each thing In Request.Form 
Response.Write "<input type=""hidden"" name=""" & thing & """ value=""" & Request.Form(thing) & """>" & vbCrLf 
Next 
%>
<p align="center"><p align="center">

Your information has been validated, please click the button below to begin the survey.<p align="center">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" id="submit" />

</form>
<script>
function delayTim(){
setTimeout("damnDelay()", 3000); //2 secs
}

function damnDelay() {
document.forms['registrationFrm'].submit();
}
</script>

Tarwn · Apr 20, 2006

The core problm to begin with is that when you leave your javascript loose in the code (not inside a function, etc) it executes as soon as the browser gets to it. The reason this is an issue is if your referencing objects (in this casea form) that have not been rendered yet, than the browser canot reference them.

If you call the submission from the onLoad then there is no need to add a timeout as well. The onLoad doesn't fire until everything on the page has been rendered. This ought to work just fine:

Code:

<script>
window.onload = damndelay

function damnDelay() {
   document.forms[0].submit();
}
</script>

-T

onressy · Apr 20, 2006

do you have access to a server with asp enabled?

try this out for yourself, it does not work no matter how the JS is writtenj and where it lies i the html:

page1.asp

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="page2.asp">

  <select name="frmProfession">
    <option value="1">1</option>
	    <option value="2">2</option>
		    <option value="3">3</option>
			    <option value="4">4</option>
  </select>
  
  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">

</form>
</body>
</html>

page2.asp

Code:

<%
gstrProfessionId = Request.Form("frmProfession")

select case gstrProfessionId
case "1"

response.write "do nothing"

case "2"

response.write "do nothing"

case "3"

response.write "do nothing"

case Else
%>

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>

<form action="validate.asp" name="registrationFrm" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="asdf" value="ewrty">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript"> 
document.registrationFrm.submit(); 
</script> 
</body>
</html>

<% 
end select
 %>

trollacious · Apr 20, 2006

Try changing the name attribute of your submit button to something else, like submitbutton. Naming elements the same thing as a form method can cause problems. You have 2 objects called submit, one is a built-in method and then you declare an element name with the same value. The one being referenced is the element name submit, not the method submit().

Lee

trollacious · Apr 20, 2006

Your first example doesn't have the submit button named submit, but both your subsequent ones do have that. I missed it when looking over your code earlier.

Lee

onressy · Apr 21, 2006

Try changing the name attribute of your submit button to something else, like submitbutton. Naming elements the same thing as a form method can cause problems. You have 2 objects called submit, one is a built-in method and then you declare an element name with the same value. The one being referenced is the element name submit, not the method submit().

changing the name worked like a charm, guess submit is a reserved word in JS, Thanks trollacious, you made all the difference! cheers

trollacious · Apr 21, 2006

No, submit isn't a reserved word in Javascript. You had a form method/function named submit and a form property/element named submit. If you have 2 objects named the same thing at the same level, whether property, method/function, or whatever, you can end up with problems. I'd guess that the form element named submit received precedence because it was created last and the reference to that overwrote the reference to the method you were trying to call.

Lee

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