[Javascript] Form has no properties....

John B. Moore jbm at microps.com
Sat May 7 12:12:58 CDT 2005


Thanks for the guess...<G>

     I don't think that is it...  I was thinking about this more last 
night.. (don't all programmers lay in bed and think about these sort of 
things...<G>)   and I'm guessing now that I am somehow "nesting" my 
framesets...  I need to research this idea next...

     John...

Roger Roelofs wrote:

> John,
>
> On May 6, 2005, at 8:19 PM, John B. Moore wrote:
>
>> Under a specific sequence of actions that seem to involve the 
>> "submit()" method, the browser  seems to "get lost" with respect to 
>> the form objects, such that the following simple code fails..
>>
>> top.InvoiceFrame.document.theForm.COMMON_NAME.value = "IT WORKED...."
>>
>> with the error..
>>
>> "top.InvoiceFrame.document.theForm has no properties.."
>>
>> ..to all appearances (view source..etc..) all of the objects are 
>> there, but the browser appears to nolonger able to reference these 
>> objects..
>
> <snip>
>
>> Thanks for any suggestions or WAGs (Wild Ass Guesses)
>
>
> Here's a WAG for you.  Could the name of the frame or the form be 
> changed in the javascript.  Even something as inadvertent as
>
> if (theForm.name = "Invoiceform") ?
>
>
> Roger,
>
> Roger Roelofs
> Know what you value.
>
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