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Nov 14.2008

This is driving me nuts. This script executes fine in IE, but in FF I get this error “document.getElementById(buttonID2).fireEvent is not a function”. When I remove the underscores from the submitButton id’s I don’t get any error messages, but then it doesn’t work in IE or FF. Is there a syntax error or is the getElementById not a function supported by FF? Please help.

<script language=”javascript”>
// disable button and submit form
if(document.getElementById(“submitButton2_“)){
var buttonId2=document.getElementById(“submitButton2_“).title;
document.getElementById(buttonId2).fireEvent(“onclick”);
}

if(document.getElementById(“submitButton1_“)){
var buttonId2=document.getElementById(“submitButton1_“).title;
document.getElementById(buttonId2).fireEvent(“onclick”);

}

</script>

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@FangNov 14.2008 — fireEvent only works in IE. See dispatchEvent for FF

Are you referencing element [I]name[/I] or [I]id[/I]? There is a difference.
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@JRyeauthorNov 14.2008 — I assume it's referencing a ID. It's prob. the fireEvent. I will look into dispatchEvent. Thanks
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@slaughtersNov 14.2008 — Why not just disable the buttons and submit this way ?
[CODE]<script language="javascript">
// disable button
if(document.getElementById("submitButton2_")) document.getElementById("submitButton2_").disabled = true;
if(document.getElementById("submitButton1_")) document.getElementById("submitButton1_").disabled = true;

// submit form
if(document.getElementById("formIdValue")) document.getElementById("formIdValue").submit();
</script>[/CODE]
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