xp sp2 and clicking a button through js

[smsinger3]

Hello, I'm having a big problem trying to get a javascript function to click a button to submit a page in IE. I *think* it may be related to Windows XP SP2, but I'm not sure. Here's what doesn't work. If I try to click the link, the page submits to the root of the website. Not to the page specified in the <form> tag. Here's an example:

<input type="submit" name="btnSubmitMe" value="Click Me" id="btnSubmitMe" />
<br>
<a href="" onclick="javascript:ClickButton()">Click me to submit the page through clicking the button</a>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
   function ClickButton() {
      document.Form1.btnSubmitMe.click()
	}	
</script>

However, I can get this to work if I don't call the ClickButton() function through an anchor tag. For instance, this always works:

<input type="submit" name="btnSubmitMe" value="Click Me" id="btnSubmitMe" />
<br>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

   ClickButton()

   function ClickButton() {
      document.Form1.btnSubmitMe.click()
	}	
</script>

Can anyone tell me how to fix the first set of code?

Thank you VERY MUCH for your help!

Steve

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Don't try and emulate a click on the submit button - just call the form's submit method instead. Change this:

document.Form1.btnSubmitMe.click()

to this:

document.Form1.submit();

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[smsinger3]

Dan, thanks for the quick response. That doesn't work either. I get the same thing as before. Any other ideas?

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
What is the action= set to in the form?





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[smsinger3]

The form tag looks like this:

<form name="Form1" method="post" action="WebForm1.aspx" id="Form1">

** Note: the page should post to a Asp.Net page **

 

[smsinger3]

I finally figured out the problem!!! The href attribute MUST have something in there, even if it's dummy data.

This:

<a href="" onclick="javascript:ClickButton()">Click me to submit the page through clicking the button</a>

should be:

<a href="#DUMMY" onclick="javascript:ClickButton()">Click me to submit the page through clicking the button</a>

Thanks to all who helped.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You should still use "document.Form1.submit();", however, as I'm very sure the "click()" method is not cross-browser.

Dan


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