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Submit form

Poster: php __at__ madmonkey.co.za
Dated: Friday July 16 2004 - 0:17:22 BST

Why is the form.submit('this') not working from the menu_data.js?

Poster: Maz
Dated: Friday July 16 2004 - 2:53:16 BST

Can you show the whole line?

maz

Poster: php __at__ madmonkey.co.za
Dated: Friday July 16 2004 - 7:21:15 BST

This is not working

aI("text=Search;url=javascript:form.submit('this');");

Poster: Maz
Dated: Friday July 16 2004 - 17:02:30 BST

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do with this.

If you are trying to add a search box then that is incorrect.
But I can tell you how to do that, in
text=<form></form>;type=form;

There is a search form in the beginners section of the forum.

Either way you can let us know if you still have a problem.

maz

Re: Submit form

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Friday July 16 2004 - 20:01:46 BST

Hi,

php __at__ madmonkey.co.za wrote:

This is not working
aI("text=Search;url=javascript:form.submit('this');");

Just some syntax problems in the javascript; the submit() method doesn't take a parameter, and in this context 'this' is an object rather than a literal string as you have it. You probably mean

Code:

this.form.submit()

Of course, that'll only work if the menu is defined inside of the form you want to submit. If that's the case, this.form should be implied and you'll probably find that a simple

Code:

submit()

works just as well.

Hope that helps,

Kevin

Poster: php __at__ madmonkey.co.za
Dated: Monday July 19 2004 - 20:45:00 BST

In my search_data.js

Code:

with(milonic=new menuname("Main Menu")){
style=XPMainStyle;
menuwidth="100%";
menualign="left";
alwaysvisible=1;
orientation="horizontal";
margin=4;
aI("text=Back;url=back.php;");
aI("text=Search;submit();"); 
aI("text=Cancel;url=list.php");
}

In my searchit.php

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Search</title>
<style>BODY{background-color:#EFEDDE;}</style>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="searchit.php">
  <p>VMS #:
    <input type="text" name="stVMS" size="20" class=edit>
  <p>
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>   
  <script   language=JavaScript>
  if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");      
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
  </script>
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="search_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>   
</form>
</body>
</html>

When you click on the menu button you will get a "Object excpected".

Thank You

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Monday July 19 2004 - 21:54:29 BST

I don't know doing forms, but I copied and pasted your code and what I get when I look at the menu on the page is

Code:

Back | Search;submit() | Cancel

so what you put there is rendering as text. Is it supposed to be

Code:

aI("text=Search;url=submit();");

Ruth

Poster: Maz
Dated: Monday July 19 2004 - 23:45:29 BST

I don't understand, if you want to go to the search page then the url is search.php maybe I don't understand the js not telling where to search.

I don't think you can put the menu inside a search form, that just looks wrong to me.

You can put the search inside text= and maybe even use javascript= then type=form

Once we figure out exactly what you are trying to do maybe someone can figure out the js.

maz

Poster: php __at__ madmonkey.co.za
Dated: Tuesday July 20 2004 - 11:01:49 BST

Menu item should look like

Code:

aI("text=Search;url=javascript:submit();");

What I want to do is when you click on the search button it will submit the form

Poster: John
Dated: Tuesday July 20 2004 - 15:26:38 BST

I agree with Maz. I don't understand why the JS calls to the menu are inside the form.

Poster: php __at__ madmonkey.co.za
Dated: Thursday July 22 2004 - 10:01:16 BST

The js calls is not in the form.

My menu_data.js file:

Code:

_menuCloseDelay=500           // The time delay for menus to remain visible on mouse out
_menuOpenDelay=150            // The time delay before menus open on mouse over
_subOffsetTop=2               // Sub menu top offset
_subOffsetLeft=-10            // Sub menu left offset



with(XPMainStyle=new mm_style()){
onbgcolor="#C1D2EE";
oncolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="#EFEDDE";
offcolor="#000000";
bordercolor="#8A867A";
borderstyle="solid";
borderwidth=0;
separatorcolor="#EFEDDE";
separatorsize="15";
padding=3;
fontsize="75%";
fontstyle="normal";
fontweight="normal";
fontfamily="Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana";
subimagepadding="2";
onborder="1px solid #316AC5";
offborder="1px solid #cccccc";
}


with(XPMenuStyle=new mm_style()){
onbgcolor="#C1D2EE";
oncolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="transparent";
offcolor="#000000";
bordercolor="#8A867A";
borderstyle="solid";
borderwidth=1;
separatorcolor="#8A867A";
separatorpadding="2";
separatoralign="right";
separatorwidth="100%";
padding=3;
fontsize="75%";
fontstyle="normal";
fontweight="normal";
fontfamily="Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana";
image="xpblank.gif";
subimage="arrow.gif";
onborder="1px solid #316AC5";
overfilter="Fade(duration=0.3);Alpha(opacity=90);Shadow(color='#777777', Direction=135, Strength=5)";
outfilter="randomdissolve(duration=0.5)";
menubgimage="winxp.gif";
}


with(milonic=new menuname("Main Menu")){
style=XPMainStyle;
menuwidth="100%";
menualign="left";
alwaysvisible=1;
orientation="horizontal";
margin=4;
aI("text=Back;url=back.php;");
aI("text=Search;url=javascript:submit();"); 
aI("text=Cancel;url=list.php");
}

drawMenus();
 

My search.php file

Code:

<html> 
<head> 
<title>Search</title> 
<style>BODY{background-color:#EFEDDE;}</style> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form method="POST" action="searchit.php"> 
  <p>VMS #: 
    <input type="text" name="stVMS" size="20"> 
  <p> 
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>    
  <script   language=JavaScript> 
  if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");       
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
  </script> 
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="menu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>    
</form> 
</body> 
</html>  

I found another way to get the result I wanted
My mybutton.htm file.

Code:

<html>

<head>
<style>
BODY{
  background: #EFEDDE; 

}
a.button{ 
   color: #000000; 
   background: #EFEDDE; 
   border: 2px outset; 
   text-align : center;
   font-family: Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana; 
   font-style : normal ;
   font-size : 8pt;
   font-weight :normal;
   color :#000000;
   padding: 3px 4px; 
   text-align: center; 
   text-decoration: none; 
} 

a.button:hover{
  background-color: #C1D2EE;
  border-style: outset;
  border-color: #316AC5;
  border-width: 2px;
  color :#000000;
  
} 
</style>

<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>

<body>
<form method="POST" action="mybutton.htm">
  <a class="button" href="#" onClick="submit();">My button</a>
</form>
</body>

</html>

Poster: John
Dated: Thursday July 22 2004 - 15:14:17 BST

php __at__ madmonkey.co.za wrote:

The js calls is not in the form.

Then this has me confused (which is sometimes easy to do)...

php __at__ madmonkey.co.za wrote:

My search.php file

Code:

<html> 
<head> 
<title>Search</title> 
<style>BODY{background-color:#EFEDDE;}</style> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form method="POST" action="searchit.php"> 
  <p>VMS #: 
    <input type="text" name="stVMS" size="20"> 
  <p> 
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>    
  <script   language=JavaScript> 
  if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");       
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
  </script> 
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="menu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>    
</form> 
</body> 
</html>  

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