cross-frame submit works, but not reset

[Colin McKinnon]

Hi all,

I've got two frames, one with a form ('main') and one with some clickable
images ('tp'). The clickable images call a function in 'main' (code below)
which in turn calls the .submit() or .reset() methods of the form.

The submit call does what is expected. But the reset call throws an error in
Mozilla (1.2.1) 'widget.reset is not a function'. It doesn't work in
Konqueror (3.1.1) either (don't have an error message - it just don't
work). Clicking on a reset button within the form has the expected result.

Am I doing something stoopid?

TIA,

Colin


function tp_action(targetform,action,param)
{
switch(action) {
case '':
break;
case 'submit':
widget=document.getElementById(targetform);
if (widget.onsubmit()) {
widget.submit(); // this works !!!
}
break;
case 'reset':
widget=document.getElementById(targetform);
widget.reset(); // this doesn't !!!!!
// document.forms[targetform].reset(); // nor does this !!
// document.myform.reset(); // nor does this (myform is name/id of form)

break;
default:
alert('unknown action request ' + action);
break;
}
}
<snip>
<form name='myform' id='myform' enctype='multipart/form-data' method='POST'
onsubmit='return(true);'>

 

[Vincent van Beveren]

This script, in which frame is it called?

document.getElementByID will only return elements in the current frame.

Maybe you need to do something like:
parent.otherframe.document.getElementById(targetform);

But then again if that is the case then its weird that it works at all

You can also call the function from another frame so,

onClick='parent.otherframe.tp_action(...)';

good luck,
Vincent

 

[Richard Cornford]

Colin McKinnon wrote:

... 'widget.reset is not a function'. ...

<snip>

<URL: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/form_access.html#faComMis >

Richard.