Javascript not working in firefox

[Brianfree]

Hi, im a little stuck and need to figure out to get the following working in IE & Firefox..

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function checkVINValue()
{
	if (document.coresearch.VIN.value == "" || !document.coresearch.VIN.value.match(/^[0-9a-z]+$/i))
	{	
		document.coresearch.SubmitButton.disabled=true;
		//alert('Please enter a valid UK / Irish Numberplate.');
	} else {
		document.coresearch.SubmitButton.disabled=false;
	}
}
</script>

Can anyone advise?

Many thanks,

Brian

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Based on prior experience, and because you've shown us none of your HTML:

- Do you have a form with a name (or ID) attribute of 'coresearch' ?

- Does that form have an element inside it with a name (or ID) attribute of 'VIN' ?

If not, correct that first.

Either way, you are short-cutting the form access. Personally, I'd always go through the 'forms' collection (or use getElementById, etc):

document.forms['coresearch']

If after all that it still "doesn't work", then help us to help you by at least telling us some basics like:

- How it doesn't work

- What it does do that it shouldn't do

- What it doesn't do that it should do

- What your HTML is

... you know - all the basic things that might help someone trying to debug a problem.

Hope this helps,

Dan


Coedit Limited - Delivering standards compliant, accessible web solutions

Dan's Page [blue]@[/blue] Code Couch:

http://www.codecouch.com/dan/

Code Couch Snippets & Info:

http://www.codecouch.com/

The Out Atheism Campaign

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

P.S. Won't that regular expression fail if users enter a space character? Most people I've asked said they would enter theirs with a space in - I certainly would - so perhaps you should either:

- relax that restriction. or
- strip out spaces first

Dan



Coedit Limited - Delivering standards compliant, accessible web solutions

Dan's Page [blue]@[/blue] Code Couch:

http://www.codecouch.com/dan/

Code Couch Snippets & Info:

http://www.codecouch.com/

The Out Atheism Campaign