appendChild() problem in IE / Firefox

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Hi,

I am using this code to add hidden fields dynamically before the form submission.

function transfer(actionValue,tms)
{
var formElement = document.forms['agreementForm'];
document.forms['agreementForm'].action = actionValue;
var newField = document.createElement("input");
newField.type = "hidden";
newField.name = "lastUpdateTms";
newField.value = tms;
document.forms['agreementForm'].appendChild(newField);
formElement.submit();
}

This goes thru well in FireFox but IE does not let me use line
document.forms['agreementForm'].appendChild(newField); as it is. Not able to figure out what is the problem. Please suggest.

May 8 '07 #1

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sumittyagi

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Hi,

I am using this code to add hidden fields dynamically before the form submission.

function transfer(actionValue,tms)
{
var formElement = document.forms['agreementForm'];
document.forms['agreementForm'].action = actionValue;
var newField = document.createElement("input");
newField.type = "hidden";
newField.name = "lastUpdateTms";
newField.value = tms;
document.forms['agreementForm'].appendChild(newField);
formElement.submit();
}

This goes thru well in FireFox but IE does not let me use line
document.forms['agreementForm'].appendChild(newField); as it is. Not able to figure out what is the problem. Please suggest.

on my system it is running fine.
there might be any other problem in your code.
I ran it this way:

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<HTML>

<HEAD>

<script>

function transfer(actionValue,tms)

{

var formElement = document.forms['agreementForm'];

document.forms['agreementForm'].action = actionValue;

var newField = document.createElement("input");

newField.type = "hidden";

newField.name = "lastUpdateTms";

newField.value = tms;

alert('before:' + formElement.childNodes.length);

document.forms['agreementForm'].appendChild(newField);

alert('after:' + formElement.childNodes.length);

//formElement.submit();

}

</script>

</HEAD>
 
<BODY>

<form name="agreementForm">

<input type="button" value="click here" onclick="transfer('abc','hidden23')">

</form>

</BODY>

</HTML>

it gave alerts:
before: 2
after: 3

check in your code if you have used any keyword as variable or control name, because these type of uncertain problems apper in that case only.

or paste other parts of you code as well, I will try to see the problem.

May 8 '07 #2

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