[Javascript] firing submit event

[Peter Brunone]

Todd,

    I don't know much about the scanning equipment, but if the onKeyUp event
fires on each character in the bar code, why not trigger a function that
checks document.formName.fieldName.value.length and submits when the length
is long enough?
    If that doesn't work, we'll try something else...

Cheers,

Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Andrew Love" <todd at imedia-inc.com>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: [Javascript] firing submit event


| Hello all,
|     I'd like to ask the advice of this wonderful list. I am using a bar
code
| scanner and would like to automatically fire the form submit event when
the
| bar code is finished scanning. Anyone know of a way to do this? It can be
IE
| only.
|
| I've tried firing it on the "onkeyup" event, but it submits the form
| multiple times (one for each character in the bar code). It looks like it
is
| working, but it's actually submitting multiple times. I need 1 submit,
this
| is a must.
|
| I've tried "onChange", but you have to click outside of the field to fire
| it.
|
| Anyone know of an event to fire when the length of a field = a certain #
of
| characters?
|
| What I'm creating is an employee "timeclock" where they "sign" in and out.
| So, it checks against a db to make sure their last access was the opposite
| of what they're doing now (in vs. out etc).
|
| Any ideas would be appreciated.
|
| Thanks!
| Todd
|
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