[Javascript] firing submit event

[Todd Andrew Love]

Ben, thanks again for the code, one problem that maybe you can help with. I
got the =length code working fine, but I'd like to get the TimeOut code
working, problem is I keep getting:

Object Expected

Here's my line of code:
onkeyup="setTimeOut('if (\''+this.value+'\' ==
document.basform.employee.value) document.basform.submit();',250);"

The form name is basform
The element name is employee

I tried breaking it down to the simplest of TimeOut code and get the same
error.

I'm using IE 5.5 on Win2k as my test platform.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Curtis" <Quixote at LaMancha.org>
To: <javascript at latech.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] firing submit event


>
> > 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 think you're on the right track.
>
> Make a delay that is triggered onkeyup, and it fires the submit if the
value
> in the field is the same as when triggered.
>
> onkeyup="setTimeOut('if (\''+this.value+'\' ==
> document.formname.elementname.value) document.formname.submit();', 500);"
>
> This will be triggered for every "keystroke" but will only submit if no
> additional keystrokes happen for half a second (500 milliseconds). You may
> need to adjust this delay, based on your bar readers.
>
> If the barcode is always the same number of digits, say 23, then you can
do
> this instead:
>
> onkeyup="if (this.value.length == 23) document.formname.submit();"
>
> --
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>
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