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Re: Problems with IE 4 not behaving with JavaScript
****** message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com> ******
At 02:13 PM 3/8/99 , Barry Treahy wrote:
>****** message to minivend-users from Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com>
******
>
>This is a strange one and I'm sure it goes back to the fact that MS does
>support JavaScript like Netscape does.
You ain't just whistlin' dixie.
>
>This works fine on NS, but on IE it does not. Here is the snippet of
>HTML and then I'll explain:
>
><FORM ACTION="[process-target]" METHOD="POST">
> <P>Hi [value b_name]! You are logged in as user <B>[value
>mv_username]</B>.
> <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="mv_click" VALUE="Proceed"> to our
>ordering system.</P>
><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
><!--
> setTimeout("document.forms[0].submit();", 1000);
>// -->
></SCRIPT>
></FORM>
>
>In a nutshell, after logging in, this page is hit. If the login failed,
>it displays a different section of bounces the user back to try again.
>If it succeeds, this form is present to welcome the person and then
>forward on into the order entry system. The JS timeout is set to move
>them on automatically after a brief moment if they do yout press the
>PROCEED button. In Netscape, the submit is handled by MV just as if the
>button were clicked. In IE, MV reports:
>
>dell400.mmaz.com YYWKwddI:mmaz.com - [08/March/1999:15:56:39 +0000]
>midwest-mi /cgi-bin/midwest-mi/process Difficulty interacting with
>browser: No action passed from form
>
>which is common when the form and MV variables are not setup correctly
>yet if the button is clicked before the timeout, it works fine, so I
>know it has to get back to the fact that MS Jscript is different than
>Netscape's JavaScript.
>
>Any script experts out there that have a clue on how to get this to
>behave?
I'd look into using
<meta http-equiv="refresh"
content="120;url=Javascript:document.forms[0].submit();">
I'm fairly sure that's the method for calling javascript as a URL, I may
be wrong, doublecheck.
Another possible solution, is declaring the script language's version.
Example, <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2"> You may be dealing with an
older MSIE and newer javascript code. You could potentially run into
browsers that will ignore the code.
Another (possible) solution is to put the code in the <BODY>'s Onload.
Example: <BODY BGCOLOR="black" TEXT="#000000"
Onload="setTimeout("document.forms[0].submit();", 1000);">
And, even further, you could use Javascript that works for MSIE with a
conditional to test for the browser type. Here's a snippet sent to me
From: Hans-Joachim Leidinger <hans-joachim.leidinger@home.gelsen-net.de>
<QUOTE>
[if session browser =~ /Mozilla/]
[then]
[if session browser =~ /MSIE/]
<--- browser is ...: MSIE
Here any code especial for MSIE
-->
[else]
<--- browser is ...: NS
Here any code especial for NS
-->
[/else]
[/if]
[/then]
[else]
<---
browser is ...: unknown
-->
[/else]
[/if]
</QUOTE>
Ryan Hertz tel 520-645-3812
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