document.formname.submit() doesn't work?

[XgrinderX]

Why would the following code:

<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 width=100%>
<tr>
	<form method="post" action="[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.landata-cc.com/UCC/processpayment.asp"[/URL] name="frmSubmitPay">
	<input type=hidden name=transNumb value="200412130007">
	<input type=hidden name=returnPath value="gen3XML.asp">
	<input type=hidden name=userName value="glowery">
	<input type=hidden name=iUserID value="207">
	<input type=hidden name=amount value="26.5">
	<input type=hidden name=iSiteID value="1">
	<td align=right width=100%>
		<a href="javascript:document.frmSubmitPay.submit();" target="_parent"><font size=2>Submit & Pay &gt;&gt;</font></a>
	</td>
	</form>
</tr>
</table>

produce the following error:

Error: 'document.frmSubmitPay' is null or not an object

when I click on the Submit & Pay link? This is driving me nuts because it doesn't seem to make sense to me!! What am I overlooking here?

-Greg

 

[mwolf00]

perhaps you have more than one element with the same name? Try renaming it and see if it works.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook (No, I'm not Rick)

 

[XgrinderX]

Unfortunately, I tried that already to no avail. I renamed the form to frmPayNow and changed the link to document.frmPayNow.submit() and I get the same error with the changed name.

I also tried moving the form code so that it is within an actual cell and that did not make a difference either. I am really stumped here.

-Greg

 

[cLFlaVA]

Try:

<form name="frmSubmitPay" ... target="_parent">
...
<a href="#" onclick="document.forms['frmSubmitPay'].submit(); return false;">Submit & Pay &gt;&gt;</a>
...

*cLFlaVA
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[mwolf00]

Greg -

Are you creating the form dynamically via server-side code? If you create more than one form, make sure to alter the name for each subsequent form.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook (No, I'm not Rick)