Shown below is the sample prototype code I am working on. In addition
to the problems already mentioned, there are also inconsistencies in
toggling the visibiliy of the "Insert", "Update", and "Delete"
buttons. (Things work correctly in Netscape 7.1 and not in Internet
Explorer 6.0. Note that the visibility settings on the SIDSelect and
PIDSelect selection items work correctly in BOTH browsers.)
Thanks for your help!
Dave Eland
da******@oru.edu
<html>
<head>
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var needsubmit,editnum;
function LTrim(strValue)
{
var LTRIMrgExp = /^\s */;
return strValue.replace(LTRIMrgExp,'');
}
function RTrim(strValue)
{
var RTRIMrgExp = /\s *$/;
return strValue.replace(RTRIMrgExp,'');
}
function Trim(strValue)
{
return LTrim(RTrim(strValue));
}
function setstatus(item,value)
{
document.getElementById(item).setAttribute("STATUS ",value);
}
function getstatus(item)
{
return(document.getElementById(item).getAttribute( "STATUS"));
}
function setvisible(item)
{
var v;
if (getstatus(item) == "Show") v = "visible"; else v = "hidden";
document.getElementById(item).style.visibility = v;
}
function setallvisible()
{
setvisible("SIDSelect");
setvisible("PIDSelect");
setvisible("Insert");
setvisible("Update");
setvisible("Delete");
}
function hadchange(item)
{
setstatus("Insert","Show"); /**/
setstatus("Update","Show"); /**/
setstatus("Delete","Show"); /**/
setallvisible()
}
function addrow()
// add new blank row at end of table
{
var n,v,tbl,tblbody,tblrow,tbldata,item,textitem,rowli st;
tbl = document.getElementById("tbl2");
tblbody = tbl.getElementsByTagName("tbody").item(0);
rowlist = tbl.getElementsByTagName("tr");
n = rowlist.length;
tblrow = document.createElement("TR");
tbldata = document.createElement("TD");
item = document.createElement("INPUT");
item.setAttribute("type","HIDDEN");
item.setAttribute("name","PID");
item.setAttribute("value"," ");
tbldata.appendChild(item);
item = document.createElement("INPUT");
item.setAttribute("type","TEXT");
item.setAttribute("name","PNAME");
item.setAttribute("value"," ");
item.setAttribute("size",15);
item.setAttribute("readonly",true);
tbldata.appendChild(item);
tblrow.appendChild(tbldata);
tbldata = document.createElement("TD");
item = document.createElement("BUTTON");
v = 'doaction("Edit",' + n +')';
item.setAttribute("name","Edit");
item.setAttribute("onclick",v);
textitem = document.createTextNode("Edit");
item.appendChild(textitem);
tbldata.appendChild(item);
tblrow.appendChild(tbldata);
tblbody.appendChild(tblrow);
}
function delrow(rownum)
// delete row if not at end of list
{
var i,v,tbl,tblbody,rowlist,buttonlist;
tbl = document.getElementById("tbl2");
tblbody = tbl.getElementsByTagName("tbody").item(0);
rowlist = tbl.getElementsByTagName("tr");
if (rownum < rowlist.length - 1)
{
tblbody.removeChild(rowlist[rownum]);
buttonlist = document.getElementsByName("Edit");
for (i = 0; i < buttonlist.length; i++)
{
v = 'doaction("Edit",' + i + ')';
buttonlist[i].setAttribute("onClick",v);
}
}
}
function doaction(curaction,num)
{
var i;
var selecteditem,pid,pname,pidlist,pnamelist;
document.thisForm.ACTION.value = curaction;
if (curaction == "SetScreen")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "First")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Prev")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Next")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Last")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Jump")
{
var SIDSelect;
SIDSelect = document.getElementById("SIDSelect");
if (SIDSelect.style.visibility == "hidden")
setstatus("SIDSelect","Show");
else
setstatus("SIDSelect","Hide");
SIDSelect.selectedIndex = -1;
setallvisible();
needsubmit = false;
}
if (curaction == "Edit")
{
var PIDSelect;
editnum = num;
PIDSelect = document.getElementById("PIDSelect");
if (PIDSelect.style.visibility == "hidden")
setstatus("PIDSelect","Show");
else
setstatus("PIDSelect","Hide");
needsubmit = false;
PIDSelect.selectedIndex = -1;
setallvisible();
}
if (curaction == "SelectSID")
{
if (document.thisForm.SIDSelect.value == "Cancel")
{
needsubmit = false;
}
else
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
setstatus("SIDSelect","Hide");
setallvisible();
}
if (curaction == "SelectPID")
{
if (document.thisForm.PIDSelect.value != "Cancel")
{
selecteditem =
Trim(document.getElementById("PIDSelect").value);
i = selecteditem.indexOf(" ");
pid = Trim(selecteditem.substring(0,i));
pname = Trim(selecteditem.substring(i));
pidlist = document.getElementsByName("PID");
pidlist[editnum].value = pid;
pnamelist = document.getElementsByName("PNAME");
pnamelist[editnum].value = pname;
if (pid == "" && editnum < pidlist.length-1)
{
delrow(editnum);
}
if (pid != "" && editnum == pidlist.length-1)
{
addrow();
}
setstatus("Update","Show");
}
needsubmit = false;
setstatus("PIDSelect","Hide");
setallvisible();
}
if (curaction == "Insert")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Update")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
if (curaction == "Delete")
{
needsubmit = true;
document.thisForm.submit();
}
}
function wantsubmit()
{
return(needsubmit);
}
function initialize()
{
editnum = 0;
needsubmit = true;
setstatus("Insert","Hide");
setstatus("Update","Hide");
setstatus("Delete","Hide");
setallvisible();
}
</script>
<title>Suppliers info</title>
</head>
<body onLoad='initialize()'>
<FORM NAME=thisForm ACTION="showparm.cgi" METHOD="POST"
onSubmit='return wantsubmit()'>
<TABLE ID="tbl0" BORDER="1">
<TR>
<TD>
<SELECT NAME="SCREEN" onChange='doaction("SetScreen",0)'>
<OPTION SELECTED> Suppliers
<OPTION> Parts
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="ACTION" VALUE="UNKNOWN">
<BR><BR>
<BUTTON ID="First" STATUS="Show"
onClick='doaction("First",0)'>First</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Prev" STATUS="Show"
onClick='doaction("Prev",0)'>Prev</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Next" STATUS="Show"
onClick='doaction("Next",0)'>Next</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Last" STATUS="Show"
onClick='doaction("Last",0)'>Last</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Jump" STATUS="Show"
onClick='doaction("Jump",0)'>Jump</BUTTON>
<BR><BR> Supplier
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="SID" VALUE="1">
<BR>
<TABLE ID="tbl1" BORDER="1">
<TR>
<TD>SNAME</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="SNAME" VALUE="Jones" SIZE=15
onChange='hadchange()'>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>CITY</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="CITY" VALUE="Tulsa" SIZE=15
onChange='hadchange()'>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR> Parts
<BR>
<TABLE ID="tbl2" BORDER="1">
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="PID" VALUE="1">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PNAME" VALUE="Bolt" SIZE=15 READONLY=true>
</TD>
<TD>
<BUTTON NAME="Edit" onClick='doaction("Edit",0)'>Edit</BUTTON>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="PID" VALUE="3">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PNAME" VALUE="Washer" SIZE=15
READONLY=true>
</TD>
<TD>
<BUTTON NAME="Edit" onClick='doaction("Edit",1)'>Edit</BUTTON>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="PID" VALUE="4">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PNAME" VALUE="Screw" SIZE=15
READONLY=true>
</TD>
<TD>
<BUTTON NAME="Edit" onClick='doaction("Edit",2)'>Edit</BUTTON>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="PID" VALUE=" ">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PNAME" VALUE=" " SIZE=15 READONLY=true>
</TD>
<TD>
<BUTTON NAME="Edit" onClick='doaction("Edit",3)'>Edit</BUTTON>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<BUTTON ID="Insert" STATUS="Hide"
onClick='doaction("Insert",0)'>Insert</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Update" STATUS="Hide"
onClick='doaction("Update",0)'>Update</BUTTON>
<BUTTON ID="Delete" STATUS="Hide"
onClick='doaction("Delete",0)'>Delete</BUTTON>
</TD>
<TD>
<SELECT ID="SIDSelect" NAME="SIDSelect" SIZE=20 STATUS="Hide"
onChange='doaction("SelectSID",0)'>
<OPTION VALUE="Cancel">Cancel</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="1 Jones">Jones</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="2 Parker">Parker</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="3 Baker">Baker</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<SELECT ID="PIDSelect" NAME="PIDSelect" SIZE=20 STATUS="Hide"
onChange='doaction("SelectPID",0)'>
<OPTION VALUE="Cancel">Cancel</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=" "> </OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="1 Bolt">Bolt</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="2 Nut">Nut</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="3 Washer">Washer</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="4 Screw">Screw</OPTION>
</SELECT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
<script language="javascript" src="showdom2.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:45:47 +0200, Vincent van Beveren
<vi*****@provident.remove.this.nl> wrote:
That outer table does not properly grow to
contain the new size of the table to which the row was added. (More
specifically, I have sporadically seen the outer table grow correctly,
but then most of the time it does not grow as desired.) Is there
something that needs to be done in the code that will make the right
thing happen? (This phenomena appears in Netscape 7.1 -- things work
correctly under Internet Explorer 6.0)
I don't know why it does that, do you can an example page so I can look
at it?
A second anomoly concerns a button that appears in the newly added
row. An "onClick" event is associated with that dynamically added
button. The newly added button works correctly under Netscape 7.1 but
fails to work under Internet Explorer 6.0. (It is like Explorer will
not honor an event that is set in place by code that is dynamically
created after the page is loaded.) Shown below is an excerpt of the
code that is attempting to set up the desired button. Is there
something apecial that must be done in the code to get Explorer to
handle this properly (I have tried spelling things as both "onclick"
and also "onClick")?
You probably need to create a callback function.
function createCallBack(jsCall) {
return eval("function() { "+jsCall+"; }");
}
item.onclick = createCallBack(v);
Assigning things to onclick by setting attributes is not exactly right,
because onclick is an event, and not an attribute. Therefor you must
assign it like an event. Even better would be to use addEventListener,
but I don't know how well that is supported in IE.
Good luck,
Vincent
