If you invoke the "check_link" function using the "Go" link than
everything works as I expect.
If invoking it using the Submit button than the text field value shows
the new value ("Executed Link") for a split second and than reverts
back to the default value.
Why?
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function check_link()
{ var new_link=document.getElementById('fName').value;
var newwin = window.open(new_link, "temp_win");
document.getElementById('fName').value='Executed Link';
}
</script>
</head><body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<input name="fName" type="text" id="fName" value="http://google.net">
<a href="javascript:check_link()">Go</a><br>
<input name="Submit" type="submit" onClick="check_link();"
value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
