pls what is this error..

[Frances Del Rio]

for screen shot pls see
http://www.francesdelrio.com/error.gif

when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phrase has no
properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phrase' refers to the
following:

<form name="form">
<input type=text name="phrase">


var form = document.form

function ff() {
form.phrase.focus() }

function ff() is called in onLoad event handler in body tag..

why does it say that document.phrase 'has no properties'? and why that
error in IE? I have gotten this same error before but it displays error
in usu. way, I had never seen it like this.. thank you.. Frances

 

[Randy Webb]

for screen shot pls see
http://www.francesdelrio.com/error.gif

when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phrase has no
properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phrase' refers to the
following:


<form name="form">

form is not a good name for form.

<input type=text name="phrase">


var form = document.form
function ff() {
form.phrase.focus() }

function ff() is called in onLoad event handler in body tag..

why does it say that document.phrase 'has no properties'? and why that
error in IE? I have gotten this same error before but it displays error
in usu. way, I had never seen it like this.. thank you.. Frances

Because you are using shortcut syntax to attempt to access a form
control. Read the Group FAQ, via signature below, with regards to a
proper way to access forms and the elements within.


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Randy
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[Frances Del Rio]

when viewing in netscape JS console it says 'document.phrase has no
properties', which is very weird.. 'document.phrase' refers to the
following:

<snip>

I'm not sure why that doesn't work, this works in my IE6, Netscape 7.2,
Firefox 1:

<script type="text/javascript">
function ff() {
document.forms['form1'].elements['phrase'].focus();
}
window.onload = ff;
</script>

indeed it does...... thank you very much... one truly wonders why the
other way it wouldn't work, it's standard dot-syntax... but.. what
works works... thanks again.. Frances