name of the form

rastkocvetkovic · Dec 25, 2002

Well, this's been buging me for quite a while. The structure is like this.

<body>
<form name="something">
<SOME HTML THINGYS)
<script language="JavaScript">
DoSomething(this.formsname); //how to get this' forms name?
</script>
</form>
<SOME HTML THINGYS>
<A BUNCH OF DIFFERENTLY NAMED FORMS>
</body>

I hope you understand what I mean. I have many different forms, differently named. And inside of them I have a <javascript> island which need's to get the name of the form in which it is nesting.

Is that possible? Please help me.

Happy new year!

rastkocvetkovic · Dec 25, 2002

Maybe this will make you remember, how you've solved the problem above...

NEED HELP with a script. PLEASE!!

Regards, Rastko

Supra · Dec 25, 2002

Maybe this will be of use:

Code:

<script>
<!--
onload = formName;
function formName() {
	for (i=0; i<document.forms.length; i++) {
		alert(&quot;The name of form &quot;+i+&quot; is &quot;+document.forms[i].name);
	}
}
//-->
</script>

<form name=&quot;test&quot;>
</form>
<form name=&quot;hello&quot;>
</form>
<form name=&quot;form3&quot;>
</form>

rastkocvetkovic · Dec 26, 2002

well, this is useful only by one mean ... maybe i should insert one stupid-named field into the <form>bla bla</form> and test it in which form it is with such loop.
could this be the solution, or there's any other way to do it...

please help!

jemminger · Dec 27, 2002

this should work, assuming you need the name of the first form on the page:

<script language="JavaScript">
DoSomething(document.forms[0].name);
</script>
=========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

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