Javascript Problem

[Shit4Brains]

I know this isnt a JS forum but i cba to sign up to another forum jus to ask 1 question....

any 1 know how i can get this to work? i cant figure out the right syntax for it! its gayyy!

function submitform3(formname)
{
  document.+formname+.submit();
}

[rikmoncur]

function submitform3(formname)
{
document.formname.submit();
}

[Shit4Brains]

doesnt work. tried it.

[MarkR]

window.forms.formname.submit()

Mark

[planetsim]

How are you passing "formname" without quotes of course? Are you using this or the actual form name as a string?

[Deep_Dhyani2]

function submitform3(formname)
{
formname.submit();
}

You should call this function like submitform3(document.formname) then it will work.

Good day

Deep Dhyani

[rikmoncur]

This works:

<script language="JavaScript">
function submitform3()
{
document.form.submit();
}
</script>

<form name="form" method="post" action="somewhere.php">
<p>
<input type="text" name="textfield">
</p>
<p>

<input type="image" src="image.gif" onClick="return submitform3();">
</p>
</form>

[LoganK]

Rikmoncur, that works because the form's name is "form". It looks like he's trying to submit whatever form is called by the function. Say he has two forms on a page - a login form and a register form, and he wants to be able to call one function to submit either form, like this:

<script>
function submitform(formname)
{
     document.formname.submit();
}
</script>

<form name="login"></form>
<form name="register></form>

<input value="login" onclick="submitform('login')">
<input value="register" onclick="submitform('register')">

The problem here is that JS thinks you're trying to submit a form named "formname". This is why I don't like JavaScript's way of handling variables - prefixing them like in PHP would help clear up a lot of things. I've been looking for a solution for this too, but no luck. But if anyone knows (finds) one, post it here.

I hope this post helped to explain to some of you what sh*t4brains is trying to do.