JavaScript submit() method

[Christopher Elkins]

I've got a web page with three images on it. All three images call the form.submit() javascript method in the onClick event. They all submit the same form. Here's the problem; none of them work. If I replace them all with input submit button objects everything works fine. Is there some sort of conflict that I'm missing here. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Bear Bibeault]

Sounds like a syntax issue to me.

Code?

[Eric Pascarello]

make sure nothing is named submit.

You should call it by

document.FormName.submit();

or

document.forms[0].submit();

Eric

[Christopher Elkins]

Sorry for the delay in my response. Thank you both.

Eric, I tried what you said and it seems to be working now. There are three images that are used to submit the form and one of them was named 'submit'. Upon changing the name of this image everything works fine again.

Now let me see if I am correct in my thinking. The javascript submit() method looked for a submit element in the form. It found the image named submit and tried to treat it like a submit button; however, since it was just an image with the exact same javascript behind it the call failed stating that the object didn't support that method. So the only element that should be named submit in a form is the submit button itself?

[Eric Pascarello]

Easy way of looking at it: when you name a form element submit, it overwrites the submit() method.

Eric

[Christopher Elkins]

Works for me. Thanks again. It's always good to get your advise from an author. ha ha