Form has no properties in Netscape 7

[Terri I.]

I have an application that uses HTML, JavaScript, and ColdFusion 4.5. It
was originally written for NN 4.75, and I am updating it to work in the newer
browser. The application consists of a number of frames (some embedded within
each other), and for this particular function, I need to pass data between forms
on 2 different frames.
I updated all references to forms to use recommended syntax, i.e.
document.forms. formname, but I am still getting error that the form has no
properties. I added debugging code to view forms associated with the document,
and it shows that there are 0 forms, so somehow the system does not recognize
the form when I try to reference it from the other frame.
Does anybody have any other recommendations on how to deal with the no properties
error or what other causes for this might be??

FYI, here is some of my debugging code to show how I try to reference form:
var numForms = top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms. length;
alert("Number of forms in PlotBottomFrame is " + numForms);
for (var i=0; i<numForms; i++)
{
alert("In loop - Number of forms in PlotBottomFrame is " + numForms);
alert("Form is " + top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms[i].name);
}

[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <b1************ **************@ posting.google. com>, te*****@ucia.go v
(Terri I.) writes:

FYI, here is some of my debugging code to show how I try to reference form:
var numForms = top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms. length;
alert("Numbe r of forms in PlotBottomFrame is " + numForms);
for (var i=0; i<numForms; i++)
{
alert("In loop - Number of forms in PlotBottomFrame is " + numForms);
alert("Form is " + top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms[i].name);
}

parent.DataFram e
or:
parent.frames['DataFrame']....
--
Randy

[Michael Winter]

On 8 Jan 2004 13:27:44 -0800, Terri I. <te*****@ucia.g ov> wrote:

<snip>

I updated all references to forms to use recommended syntax, i.e.
document.forms. formname, but I am still getting error that the form has
no
properties. I added debugging code to view forms associated with the
document,
and it shows that there are 0 forms, so somehow the system does not
recognize
the form when I try to reference it from the other frame.
Does anybody have any other recommendations on how to deal with the no
properties
error or what other causes for this might be??

<snip>

Try applying the same syntax to frame accesses so:

top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms. length

becomes:

top.frames['DataFrame'].frames['PlotBottomFram e'].document.forms .length

or, more reasonably:

var bottomFrame = top.frames['DataFrame'].frames['PlotBottomFram e'];
var numForms = bottomFrame.for ms.length;
...

Mike

--
Michael Winter
M.******@blueyo nder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)

[Terri I.]

I have tried suggestions from both posters, with no success.
The exact same code works fine in Netscape 4.75. It's like Netscape 7
just doesn't recognize the form buried within the embedded frames.
Does anybody else have any other suggestions??

Michael Winter <M.******@bluey onder.co.invali d> wrote in message news:<op******* *******@news-text.blueyonder .co.uk>...

On 8 Jan 2004 13:27:44 -0800, Terri I. <te*****@ucia.g ov> wrote:

<snip>

I updated all references to forms to use recommended syntax, i.e.
document.forms. formname, but I am still getting error that the form has
no
properties. I added debugging code to view forms associated with the
document,
and it shows that there are 0 forms, so somehow the system does not
recognize
the form when I try to reference it from the other frame.
Does anybody have any other recommendations on how to deal with the no
properties
error or what other causes for this might be??

<snip>

Try applying the same syntax to frame accesses so:

top.DataFrame.P lotBottomFrame. document.forms. length

becomes:

top.frames['DataFrame'].frames['PlotBottomFram e'].document.forms .length

or, more reasonably:

var bottomFrame = top.frames['DataFrame'].frames['PlotBottomFram e'];
var numForms = bottomFrame.for ms.length;
...

Mike

[Lee]

Terri I. said:

I have tried suggestions from both posters, with no success.
The exact same code works fine in Netscape 4.75. It's like Netscape 7
just doesn't recognize the form buried within the embedded frames.
Does anybody else have any other suggestions?

In the following example, the left frame accesses a form element's
value from the right frame as:

top.frames['right'].document.forms['myform'].elements['message'].value

Where "right", "myform" and "message" are all NAME attributes.
It works in Netscape 4.75 and 7.1.

I've defined the frame contents in script in order to be able to post
it as a single file. That's not significant to your problem.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
leftFrameHTML=" <html><body><fo rm><input type='button' onclick=\""
+"alert(top.fra mes['right'].document.forms['myform']."
+"elements['message'].value)\" value='test'></form>"
+"</body></html>";
rightFrameHTML= "<html><body><f orm name='myform'>< input name='message'"
+" value='Hello, world!'></form></body></html>";
</script>
</head>
<frameset cols="50%,*">
<frame name="left" src="javascript :top.leftFrameH TML">
<frame name="right" src="javascript :top.rightFrame HTML">
</frameset>
</html>

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Terri I. wrote:

I have tried suggestions from both posters, with no success.
The exact same code works fine in Netscape 4.75. It's like Netscape 7
just doesn't recognize the form buried within the embedded frames.
WFM.
Does anybody else have any other suggestions??
Please show the relevant snippet of your new code
[...]

and stop top posting.
PointedEars