fireEvent does not fire default handler?

[Brian Genisio]

Hi all,

Quick question... In IE, I noticed that if I call the fireEvent method
on an object, the default action does not get called.

For instance,

<a href="http://www.somewhere.com" id=myA><img src="someImg.jpg"
id=myImg></a>

if I call the following javascript:
document.getElementById("myImg").fireEvent("onclick")
or
document.getElementById("myA").fireEvent("onclick")

In both cases, it does not go to the URL in question.

If instead, I say document.getElementById("myImg").click(), the event
fires, AND it calls the default action, to go to the URL in question.

My question:
Does fireEvent _always_ cause the event to fire, without the default action?

Thanks,
Brian