Posted by Benjamin Niemann on 12/23/30 11:25

larry wrote:

> I'm a newbie in Internet programming. I have created an HTML form
> using a Perl script. I previously wrote about a question which I still
> need some assistance with. In previous postings I received similar
> advice which I greatly appreciate. What I want to happen is that when
> I click on the submit button, a javascript function will run and then a
> perl script will be called:
>
> The advice I received was of the following form: To create a form
> using the onsubmit form attribute and to set any values I wanted to be
> sent to the perl script in hidden values input controls.
> The examples given were of the form:
>
> <form action="myPerlScript.pl" onsubmit="return
> someJavaScriptFuncti­on()>
> A Javascript function which populates hidden fields and return value
> true
> <input type = submit...>
> </form>
>
> This is not working for me and I'd appreciate if someone can tell me
> why. I'm guessing this a glaring error. First of all, the entire
> script is contained in one form:
> <form action="toBeChanged.pl" onsubmit="return do_processForm()">
>
> After this form declaration the Javascript function is declared
> ,followed by hidden fields which are populated when the Javascript
> function runs, followed by the HTML that creates the form and then
> ultimately the submit button.

What exactly is not working? Are the hidden values not set (probably same
problem as below)?
An URL to you document would greatly help us to help you.

> I am also trying to change the action value in the Javascript using the
> DOM document.form.action = x.pl

This can certainly not work (this would imply that there can only be one
form per document...). Give your form an id and use
document.getElementById('myform').action = ...

> because depending on certain form
> selections I want different script to be called. Any advice would be
> most appreciated.

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Benjamin Niemann
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