Hi Laurie, Laurie Harper wrote: > > Thanks for the response, but that's not what I'm trying to do. I don't > need to locate and invoke an existing command link; I don't have a > command link to invoke. I need to achieve the same effect as clicking a > command link would give. > > In other words, I need to write a Javascript function which, when > invoked, does the same thing the onClick handler a commandLink generates > would do. > > The best I can come up with so far is to create a custom component which > extends HtmlCommandLink and overrides the encode/decode methods, but > creating a whole new component just to be able to create Javascript > onClick handlers seems rather excessive.
To invoke a action on the server you need to have a component, because the event is created inside the decode of the component. On the client side you need the cliendId of this Component to do the same thing as a onClick handler of a commandLink would do. Regards, Volker > > L. > -- Don't answer to From: address! Mail to this account are droped if not recieved via mailinglist. To contact me direct create the mail address by concatenating my forename to my senders domain.