[Javascript] submitting a form using anchor tags

[staeger]

ryan tornberg wrote:
> 
> I have multiple buttons on a form, so I declare them
> in HTML as type=button and name them as the form
> action.  I then send the button name and form name to
> a js function to submit the form.
> 
> in HTML
> 
> <input type=button name=myURL
> onClick=submitMe(this.name, this.form)>
> 
> in javascript
> 
> function submitMe(action, form)
> {
>   form.action=action;
>   form.submit();
> }
> 
> This works fine when it's attached to a button.  The
> action gets sent as a string and the form gets sent as
> an object.  The problem is that when I try to use this
> exact same idea in an anchor tag, the form is
> undefined.  Do you know how I can get around this?
> 
> The following will get to the function, but the form
> is undefined.
> <a
> href="javascript:onClick=addVoucher(Default.ASP?WCI=VoucherDisplay&WCE=Add,
> this.form)">Vouchers</a>
> 
> The following won't even get to the function because
> of a syntax error.  I'm trying to hard code the form
> by using the document object.
> <a
> href="javascript:onClick=addVoucher(Default.ASP?WCI=VoucherDisplay&WCE=Add,
> document.frmDisplay)">Vouchers</a>
> 
> Any ideas?


try to change your hrefTag:

<a href="#" onClick="addVoucher('newUrl',document.frmDisplay); return
false;">
  Vouchers
</a>

instead of document.frmDisplay you can also use
document.forms['frmDisplay']

greets ben./
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