Dropdown list "onchange" help

[Mark Durgee]

I have a "submit" button in a form that creates a record in my Filemaker
database that works as it should. This is the HTML for it:

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="-New" VALUE="Add Record">

I have a drop down list on that same form that works fine, but I want it to
perform the same submit action as above once a value is chosen. This is the
HTML for it:

<SELECT NAME='CustNo' SIZE=1 onchange='javascript:document.form1.submit();'>
This performs the submit, but doesn't actually work. Somehow I need to pass
the name="-New" parameter in the javascript for the record to be created in
the database. How would I do that?
Thanks.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

md*****@yahoo.com (Mark Durgee) writes:

I have a "submit" button in a form that creates a record in my Filemaker
database that works as it should. This is the HTML for it:

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="-New" VALUE="Add Record">
Seems correct. You are sure the server understands the minus in front
of New correctly?
I have a drop down list on that same form that works fine, but I want it to
perform the same submit action as above once a value is chosen.
That is a bad idea, since it prevents people from navigating using the
keyboard. They will only be able to hit the first option.
This is the HTML for it:

<SELECT NAME='CustNo' SIZE=1 onchange='javascript:document.form1.submit();'>
You don't need the "javascript:" (unless you are writing for IE and
having some other language as default script language for the page -
all other browsers just parse it as a Javascript label).

Since you are already in the form, you can just write:
onchange="this.form.submit();"
That would be equivalent to the onchange handler you had.
This performs the submit, but doesn't actually work. Somehow I need to pass
the name="-New" parameter in the javascript for the record to be created in
the database. How would I do that?

You could probably go through a lot of hoops to get add the parameter,
but I think the easiest way is:
onchange="this.form.elements['-New'].click();"

I still want you to reconsider submitting in the select onchange
property.
/L
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[Mark Durgee]

> > <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="-New" VALUE="Add Record">

Seems correct. You are sure the server understands the minus in front
of New correctly?
That's the button that works correctly.

I have a drop down list on that same form that works fine, but I want it to perform the same submit action as above once a value is chosen.

That is a bad idea, since it prevents people from navigating using the
keyboard. They will only be able to hit the first option.

I didn't really think of that until you mentioned it. However, these aren't
power users and my own observation with people in this office is that many
prefer clicking with the mouse - even though it's so inefficient.
You could probably go through a lot of hoops to get add the parameter,
but I think the easiest way is:
onchange="this.form.elements['-New'].click();"
I got it to work by adding <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" name="-New" VALUE="Add
Record"> at the top of the form and using onchange submit()
I still want you to reconsider submitting in the select onchange
property.

I will definitely will take it into consideration. I'll probably build a
page with a submit button and another that does it automatically and see
what the users like better.

Thanks for your help!

Mark