JS error: form.elements[...].checked is null or not an object

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hi,

I am facing a js error in my code, below is the prob. statement

I have a radio2 javascript function as below, it works like this..
When a parent radio button is selected only one of its child radio button can be selected and on selection of a new child button(of the same parent) the earlier child button is deselected.

When i navigate to this particular page and select a parent and select a child, when i select another child of the same parent the radio is selected( this should not have been the behaviour) and the below error is displayed:
form.elements[...].checked is null or not an object.

The js pop-up says the below line is the error(line marked in bold in source code):
thisObj.form.el ements[parentRadioButt onName].checked=true;

My javascript code:
------------------

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 function sL_radio2_onclick(thisObj, thisEvent) {

//use 'thisObj' to refer directly to this component instead of keyword 'this'

//use 'thisEvent' to refer to the event generated instead of keyword 'event'

// find the parent array number

var indexStart = eval("form1:table1:".length);

var indexEnd = thisObj.name.indexOf(':table2');

var parentIndex = thisObj.name.substring(indexStart,indexEnd);

// check the parent if child is checked and parent is not checked before

parentRadioButtonName = 'form1:table1:'+parentIndex+':radio1';

if (thisObj.checked && (!thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName].checked)) {

thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName].checked=true;

//uncheck other parent

for(i=0;1==1;i++){

parentRadioButtonName = 'form1:table1:'+i+':radio1';

if (thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName]) {

//if this parent is checked and not the parent of current child

if(thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName].checked && (i != parentIndex)){

thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName].checked=false;

//uncheck children of this parent

for(j=0;1==1;j++){

childRadioButtonName = 'form1:table1:'+i+':table2:'+j+':radio2';

if(thisObj.form.elements[childRadioButtonName]){

thisObj.form.elements[childRadioButtonName].checked=false;

} else {

break;

}

}

}

} else {

if (i>parentIndex) {

break;

}

}

}
 
}

//if this child is checked, uncheck other children 

// which has same parent as this child

if (thisObj.checked) {

for(i=0;1==1;i++){

childRadioButtonName = 'form1:table1:'+parentIndex+':table2:'+i+':radio2';

if(thisObj.form.elements[childRadioButtonName]){

//check this child is not itself

if (!(thisObj.form.elements[childRadioButtonName]==thisObj)) {

thisObj.form.elements[childRadioButtonName].checked=false;

}

} else {

break;

}

}

}

}

JSP call:
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 <h:selectOneRadio styleClass="selectOneRadio" id="radio2"

value="#{pc_SL.objectSpace.sPd}"  

onclick="return sL_radio2_onclick(this, event);">

<f:selectItem

itemValue="#{varBObj.OrgBObj.sSId}"

itemLabel=" " />

</h:selectOneRadio>

Thanks in advance.

Nov 26 '07 #1

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Death Slaught

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Not completely sure what it is you're trying to do.

However if you're trying to get/manipulate the value of a radio button depending on wether it is checked or not, that I can do.

Here's an example:

[HTML]<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

function check() {
/* theCorrect is going to store the
correct answer's value */
/* theValue is going to store the
value of the user's input */
/* response is going to be the
computer's output */
var theCorrect;
var theValue;
var response;
//The for loop will check each radio button
/* i <= 3; may seem a little odd because there's
4 radio buttons, but the first rabio button is
treated as the 0th button,
the second radio as the 1rst,
and so on */
/* if one of the radio buttons is checked it gives
that value to the variable theValue */

for (i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
if (document.myFor m.answer[i].checked == true) {
theValue=docume nt.myForm.answe r[i].value;
}
}

correct="4";

if (theValue == correct) {
response ="Congrats! You got it!";
document.myForm .txtResponse.va lue=response;
} else {
response ="Sorry," + " ";
response +=theValue;
response +=" " + "is not correct.";
document.myForm .txtResponse.va lue=response;
}

}

</script>
</head>

<body>

<p>
What's 2+2?
</p>

<form name="myForm">
<table border="1">

<tr>
<td>

<input type="radio" name="answer" value="1" />1
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="2" />2
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="3" />3
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="4" />4
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
<input type="button" onClick="check( )" value="Submit" />
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>

<input type="text" name="txtRespon se" />
</td>
</tr>

</table>
</form>
</body>

</html>[/HTML]

Ironicly I had the same error last night while working on a quiz program that's purely JavaScript and HTML. I forget now how I fixed it.

Hope it helps, Thanks, Death

PS - I remember what it was I did now. I had 6 radio buttons per question, and each set of buttons had their own name. The problem was in this line:

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 for (i = 0; i <= 6; i++) {
 
}

The problem as you might have guessed is in the "i <= 6;" section. This is telling the browser that there's 7 radio buttons, but I only had 6. I changed the line to "i <= 5;" and it worked like a charm.

Nov 26 '07 #2

mars123

New Member

Thanks for the reply.

What i want to do?
----------------------------
I have radio buttons corresponding to some id's retrieved from database.
Next each parent radio button has several child buttons(retriev ed from database).
When i select a parent button only one child button has to be selected and when i move from one child to another child radio button belonging to the same parent the previous child radio has to be de-selected automatically and next clicked radio to be selected.
When i select a parent radio only one parent radio has to be selected and when i move to another parent radio the previous parent has to be deselected and new parent radio selected.

P.N: The no. of radio's in a list depends on the database.

The proble lies in this line

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 if (thisObj.checked && (!thisObj.form.elements[parentRadioButtonName].checked)) {
 

When i debugged with IE debugger it shows the below values for the above statement:

thisObj.checked = true
(!thisObj.form. elements[parentRadioButt onName].checked) = error

Hope i was able to explain properly.

Nov 27 '07 #3

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