Thanks ! it works like a charm ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olga Agady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:47 AM Subject: Re: form submit() method is not recognized.
> Hi, Ganesh > > I have good news: I found a solution to this problem > in struts-user archive. The following is a snippet > from an old message: > __________________________ > > I spent a good hour hunting down the source of my > problem with trying to programmatically submit a form > and thought I'd share the solution for others who are > using struts. I wanted to have a select list > automatically cause its containing form to submit when > the value of the select list changed. This is useful > for simple sorts or subsearches in a search result > list. > > In my JSP page, I had the following code: > > <html:select property="mySelectName" > onchange="this.form.submit()"> > <html:options name="mySelectOptionCollection"> > </html:select> > > I kept getting "Object doesn't support this property > or method" from my browser. Finally I figured out that > by default, struts gives <html:submit/> tags a name of > "submit". Thus there was a namespace collision in the > form object, with the submit button overriding the > form's submit method. I fixed the problem by changing > the name of the submit button. Something like this > works great: > > <html:submit property="submitProperty" value="The > Label I Want"/> > > Perhaps the default name for submit buttons could be > changed in struts in the future to avoid such > namespace collisions, especially with very standard > methods and properties like form.submit? > > ________________________ > > Regards > Olga > > > --- Ganesh Puri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Olga, > > > > Try in netscape ... and on getting the error type > > javascript: in the > > location window > > I get something like this ... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Olga Agady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:03 PM > > Subject: RE: form submit() method is not recognized. > > > > > > > Hi, Oz > > > > > > I am actually not sure that this is not a struts > > > problem. Looks like it is. I replaced my jsp page > > with > > > the HTML page which has exactly the same fields > > and > > > scripts, but doesn't use struts, just HTML tags > > > <FORM>, <INPUT> and <SELECT>. On this HTMl page > > this > > > script works. It doesn't find the the action, > > because > > > the action is not mapped to this page, but it > > submits > > > the form from the script > > "document.forms[0].submit()" > > > and doesn't show me that strange error which I get > > > when using struts. > > > > > > Olga > > > > > > > > > --- Oguz Kologlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > It's not actually a problem with struts - you > > can't > > > > submit > > > > from a select. > > > > > > > > Oz > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jacob Hookom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2002 8:52 AM > > > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > > > Subject: RE: form submit() method is not > > recognized. > > > > > > > > > > > > Try doing something small first, like doing > > > > alert(document.forms[0].country.value) and see > > if > > > > you even get that, > > > > then you can start to determine your error. > > > > > > > > | -----Original Message----- > > > > | From: Olga Agady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > | Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:57 PM > > > > | To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > > | Subject: form submit() method is not > > recognized. > > > > | > > > > | Hello, > > > > | > > > > | I am using struts 1.0.2. I experience a wierd > > > > problem: > > > > | When I submit the form after a user selects an > > > > item > > > > | from a drop-down select box: > > > > | > > > > | <html:select property="country" > > > > | onchange="document.forms[0].submit()">, > > > > | > > > > | I get run-time error that "Object doesn't > > support > > > > a > > > > | property or a method". I tried to re-write the > > > > code > > > > | with different variations like: > > > > | > > > > | <html:select property="country" > > > > | onchange="submitForm()">, > > > > | > > > > | <SCRIPT> > > > > | function submitForm(){ > > > > | document.forms[0].submit(); > > > > | } > > > > | </SCRIPT> > > > > | > > > > | Whatever I do, when the script starts running > > the > > > > line > > > > | document.forms[0].submit(), I get the same > > error. > > > > | Looks like submit() method is not recognized. > > Did > > > > | someone have a similar problem? > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | Thanks, > > > > | Olga > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > > __________________________________________________ > > > > | Do You Yahoo!? > > > > | HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > > > | http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > | > > > > | -- > > > > | To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user- > > > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > | For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:struts-user- > > > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > | > > > > | --- > > > > | Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > | Checked by AVG anti-virus system > > > > (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > | Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - > > Release > > > > Date: 8/2/2002 > > > > | > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > > > > (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release > > > > Date: 8/2/2002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
