Updating form field using document

[MikeCole]

I am a new user of javascript, ASP, HTML with MS personal Web server and MS SQL 7.0.&nbsp;&nbsp;I wrote a form data validation function using javascript.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is used by a number of buttons on a form.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order for me to identify the calling origin, I like to update a hidden variable on the calling form.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following are the commands, and it is not working.&nbsp;&nbsp;I would appreicate your help.<br><br>CALLING FORM<br>============<br>...<br>&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hiddenfield&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; name=&quot;cmdnew&quot; value=&quot;New&quot; onclick=&quot;validateform(thisform,&quot;New&quot&gt;<br>&lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; name=&quot;cmdfind&quot; value=&quot;Find&quot; onclick=&quot;validateform(thisform,&quot;Find&quot&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>...<br><br>FUNCTION<br>========<br>function validateform(thisform,thiscmd) {<br>...<br>document.thisform.hiddenfield.value = thiscmd<br>document.thisform.submit()<br>....<br>}<br><br><br><br><br><br>

 

[jaredn]

Could you show me the rest of the page. Im a little confused. I guess give me a link to it instead of posting it here if you can.<br><br>If the button is treated as <input type=button> it should have a this.form property. So if in your function call, you say validate(this.form), you can find out the name of the form the button is in.

 

[palbano]

Dear Mike,<br><br>&gt; onclick=&quot;validateform(thisform,&quot;New&quot&gt;<br><br>That won't work at all, your quote characters are messed up. You need something like this:<br><br>onclick=&quot;validateform('form1','New')&quot;<br><br>Then:<br><br>****<br>function validateform(thisform,thiscmd) {<br>...<br>document.thisform.hiddenfield.value = thiscmd<br>*****<br><br>The parameter 'thisform' is a string containing the form name so you need to do something like this to get the form variable object that you want to set the value of:<br><br>var oEle = eval(&quot;document.&quot; + thisform + &quot;.hiddenfield&quot;<br>oEle.value = thiscmd;<br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete