I am trying to make an onsubmit for a form, fire off a certain button click depending on what color is on a button. I get a "WebFOCUS was called with an invalid request." when I use the code below. I believe my problem has to do with the "ctrl". Another concept was me trying to control the action of the form. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

ONSUBMIT CODE:
form_submit(this);return_false;


JAVASCRPT FUNCTIONS:
//Begin function form_submit
function form_submit(ctrl) {
//button_variables();
var form11 = document.getElementById('form11');
var b1 = document.getElementById('button1');
var b2 = document.getElementById('button2');

//if (form11 !== null & b1.style.color == "blue") {
// document.write("button21")
//}
if (b1 !== null & b1.style.color == "blue") {
// document.write("button1")
button1_onclick(ctrl);
}
if (b2 !== null & b2.style.color == "blue") {
document.write("button2")
}

// document.write("help2")
}
//End function form_submit

//Begin function button1_onclick
function button1_onclick(ctrl) {
// TODO: Add your event handler code here
OnExecute(ctrl)
//button_color_reset();

var mf = document.getElementById('MainFrame');
var b1 = document.getElementById('button1');

if (mf !== null) {
mf.style.left = "5px";
mf.style.width = "1085px";
}

if (b1 !== null) {
b1.style.color = "blue";
}
}
//End function button1_onclick

//Begin function button2_onclick
function button2_onclick(ctrl) {
// TODO: Add your event handler code here
OnExecute(ctrl)
button_color_reset();

var mf = document.getElementById('MainFrame');
var b2 = document.getElementById('button2');

if (mf !== null) {
mf.style.left = "5px";
mf.style.width = "1085px";
}

if (b2 !== null) {
b2.style.color = "blue";
}
}
//End function button2_onclick

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Jay Potter,

quote:

if (b1 !== null & b1.style.color == "blue") {

Ehrm... that's a bitwise OR, not a logic OR. You probably want to put && there instead of &.

I'm not sure why you get the error you mention, but I think that might be because you're passing the ctrl for the form on to the button's event handler instead of the ctrl for button1. Depending on the internals of OnExecute() that might be what's causing your problem. That function is probably somewhere in ibirlsn.js (with n the version number that WF8 uses - we're at WF7.7 and here it's 3).

I'm also a bit suspicious of those document.write() lines; basically you're appending code to the end of the current HTML document. Do you still get the error if you comment those out?

Oh, and I just notice you wrote return_false instead of return false.

I will not be using the document writes when I go live. They are there now to show me that the logic works. Do you know what value ctrl should be? The code works when I use the document write, but when I replace it with the on click, it chokes.

quote:

Originally posted by Jay Potter:
I will not be using the document writes when I go live. They are there now to show me that the logic works.

I get that, but I was wondering whether they might be the cause of why the logic doesn't work.

I don't know about the ctrl values, you'll have to look into the ibirls logic. I would have to do the same to answer that.

Or you could open a case with IBI. They should be able to provide a useful solution eventually, once you reach the people who might actually know this stuff.

I figured it out. I replaced the onsubmit function in the onsubmit event event with my own function. The ctrl is "left".