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lol, I think I figured it out. I am a JavaScript noob....<br />
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request is the name of a form on this page. &nbsp;I was thinking request was the request object, which I wasn't finding much info on...<br />
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I am going to give you the points Batalf because your idea to search the html page for request.start_date is what led me to find out that was the name of a form!<br />
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Thanks!
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lol, I think I figured it out. I am a JavaScript noob....

request is the name of a form on this page.  I was thinking request was the request object, which I wasn't finding much info on...

I am going to give you the points Batalf because your idea to search the html page for request.start_date is what led me to find out that was the name of a form!

Thanks!

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Thanks!<br />
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Glad it worked out for you!<br />
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Batalf
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Thanks!

Glad it worked out for you!

Batalf

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I am working on making some changes to an app that I did not write. I have encountered some code that I am unsure what it does...<br />
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When the link below is clicked, a little calendar page is loaded as a popup so user can selected a date. Here is the code in question:<br />
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&lt;img src=&quot;../shared/pics/calend<wbr />ar.gif&quot; border=0 width=16 height=16 alt=&quot;Calendar Selection Wizard&quot; onClick=&quot;window.dateField=<wbr />document.r<wbr />equest.sta<wbr />rt_date;wi<wbr />ndow.open(<wbr />'../shared<wbr />/asp/cal.a<wbr />sp','start<wbr />_date_cale<wbr />ndar','wid<wbr />th=255,hei<wbr />ght=255');<wbr />&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand&quot;&gt;<br />
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what I am particularly interested in is what is that code in the onClick event doing?<br />
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When I click on the link in my app I get an error stating that document.request.start_dat<wbr />e is either null or not an object.<br />
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Thanks!
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I am working on making some changes to an app that I did not write. I have encountered some code that I am unsure what it does...

When the link below is clicked, a little calendar page is loaded as a popup so user can selected a date. Here is the code in question:

<img src="../shared/pics/calendar.gif" border=0 width=16 height=16 alt="Calendar Selection Wizard" onClick="window.dateField=document.request.start_date;window.open('../shared/asp/cal.asp','start_date_calendar','width=255,height=255');" style="cursor: hand">

what I am particularly interested in is what is that code in the onClick event doing?

When I click on the link in my app I get an error stating that document.request.start_date is either null or not an object.

Thanks!

Javascript document.request - what does this do?

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.