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can someone tell me why this code fails in IE but works in Firefox
<input type="text" id="searchstring" name="searchstring" size="10" value="Search" onFocus="this.value='';">
<a id="searchlinkbtn" href="" >
<input type="button" value="Go" name="SubmitButton"
onClick="javascript: document.getElementById('searchlinkbtn').href='/sitesearch.asp?searchstring=' +
document.getElementById('searchstring').value ;">
</a>
Oct 3 '06 #1
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can someone tell me why this code fails in IE but works in Firefox
<input type="text" id="searchstring" name="searchstring" size="10" value="Search" onFocus="this.value='';">
<a id="searchlinkbtn" href="" >
<input type="button" value="Go" name="SubmitButton"
onClick="javascript: document.getElementById('searchlinkbtn').href='/sitesearch.asp?searchstring=' +
document.getElementById('searchstring').value ;">
</a>

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