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Submit form and Set Values with JavaScript

I am submitting a java form with links and javascript and setting the values at the same time.

When I do this I get an error from FireFox that says, "document.LinkElementEdit is undefined".
And another that says, "all is not defined".

Here is my code below. On the links you only really need pay attention to the href and onclick events, the others do unrelated functions.

<form name="LinkElementEdit" target="link_nav3" method="post" action="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet") %>">
 
<%@ include file="/includes/error_message.jsp" %>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="success" value="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicPagesEditServlet?action=&success=m1_dynamic_link_3rd.jsp&element_ID=22&error="+ request.getServletPath()+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicPagesEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_PAGE_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(0)+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLayoutsEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_LAYOUT_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0) ) %>">
<input type="hidden" name="error" value="<%= request.getServletPath() %>">
 
<input id="placementLocal" style="visibility:hidden;" type="hidden" name="<%= com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_DYNAMIC_LINK_ELEMENT_PLACEMENT %>" value="" />
<input id="placementPage" style="visibility:hidden;" type="hidden" name="<%= com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_DYNAMIC_LINK_ELEMENT_PLACEMENT_PAGE %>" value="" />
 
<a id="link_to_map" onClick="document.getElementById('placementLocal').value=top; document.getElementById('placementPage').value=all;" href="javascript:document.LinkElementEdit.submit();" target="link_nav3" onMouseOver="extAreaOver('site_template','top'); document.getElementById('topBullet').style.color='red';" onMouseOut="extAreaOut('site_template','top'); document.getElementById('topBullet').style.color='transparent';">Top</a><span id="topBullet" class="bulletOn">&larr;</span><br>
<a id="link_to_map" onClick="document.getElementById('placementLocal').value=header; document.getElementById('placementPage').value=page;" href="javascript:document.LinkElementEdit.submit();" target="link_nav3" onMouseOver="extAreaOver('site_template','header'); document.getElementById('headerBullet').style.color='red';" onMouseOut="extAreaOut('site_template','header'); document.getElementById('headerBullet').style.color='transparent';">Header</a><span id="headerBullet" class="bulletOn">&larr;</span><br>
 
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HonorGod

document.all is an IE thing.

You probably want to use something like:

var field = document.getElementById( 'LinkElementEdit' )
if ( field ) {
 ...
} else {
  alert( 'Field not found: id="LinkElementEdit"' )
}

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Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Thank you for your help

I don't have a document.all? I have .value=all.

I tried getting the name of the form and it found it just fine...

sunithnair

Try this

<form name="LinkElementEdit" target="link_nav3" method="post" action="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet") %>">
 
<%@ include file="/includes/error_message.jsp" %>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="success" value="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicPagesEditServlet?action=&success=m1_dynamic_link_3rd.jsp&element_ID=22&error="+ request.getServletPath()+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicPagesEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_PAGE_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(0)+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLayoutsEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_LAYOUT_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0) ) %>">
<input type="hidden" name="error" value="<%= request.getServletPath() %>">
 
<input id="placementLocal" style="visibility:hidden;" type="hidden" name="<%= com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_DYNAMIC_LINK_ELEMENT_PLACEMENT %>" value="" />
<input id="placementPage" style="visibility:hidden;" type="hidden" name="<%= com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLinkElementAddExecuteServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_DYNAMIC_LINK_ELEMENT_PLACEMENT_PAGE %>" value="" />
 
<a id="link_to_map" onClick="document.getElementById('placementLocal').value='top'; document.getElementById('placementPage').value='all';" href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit();" target="link_nav3" onMouseOver="extAreaOver('site_template','top'); document.getElementById('topBullet').style.color='red';" onMouseOut="extAreaOut('site_template','top'); document.getElementById('topBullet').style.color='transparent';">Top</a><span id="topBullet" class="bulletOn">&larr;</span><br>
<a id="link_to_map" onClick="document.getElementById('placementLocal').value='header'; document.getElementById('placementPage').value='page';" href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit();" target="link_nav3" onMouseOver="extAreaOver('site_template','header'); document.getElementById('headerBullet').style.color='red';" onMouseOut="extAreaOut('site_template','header'); document.getElementById('headerBullet').style.color='transparent';">Header</a><span id="headerBullet" class="bulletOn">&larr;</span><br>
 
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Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Thanks.

Now the error says,
"document.forms[0] is undefined"

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

I changed my link to the example below, added an id to the form, and now I only get the error that says,

"all is undefined"

href="javascript:" onClick="document.getElementById('placementLocal').value=top; document.getElementById('placementPage').value=all; document.forms['LinkElementEdit'].submit();"

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sunithnair

Try

document.forms["LinkElementEdit"]

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Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Genius! Thanks a ton!