I'm submitting a form using the following code and sometimes, it
doesn't get submitted. I have Tomcat 4.1.24 on the backend and I am
trying to grab some extra information from the server for my current
page. I do this by submitting a form and setting the target as an
iFrame on my page. It works like 85% of the time. The other 15% of the
time, IE just sits there and times out. When a place a sniffer on the
port, the Post is never going through. I can't hit anything on the
current session anymore either. Is this a known issue with IE? Does
anyone know of a workaround?

Code....
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
try {
    document.body.style.cursor = "wait";
    var oForm = document.getElementById("GetEntitlementsForm");
    oForm.target = "DataExchangeFrame1";
    oForm['GetEntitlementsForm_DriverValue'].value = DriverValue;
    oForm['GetEntitlementsForm_WhatToDo'].value =
"GetEntitlementList";
    oForm.submit();
} catch(ex) {
    alert("There was an error!");
    alert(ex);
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't personally use the method to refer to the form ie getElementById.

Just use a with statement to cut down the code.

with (document.GetEntitlementsForm) {
    target = "_self";
    Driver.value = "someValue";
    WhatToDo.value = "someValue";
    submit();
}

This way makes it more readable and easy to edit. Is the try/catch clause
implemented yet? I wasn't aware that you could use this yet in JavaScript
although the words are reserved.

Peter.

"Ryan Cox" <RyanLCox@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8b197e07.0307151215.4a833a99@posting.google.com...
> I'm submitting a form using the following code and sometimes, it
> doesn't get submitted. I have Tomcat 4.1.24 on the backend and I am
> trying to grab some extra information from the server for my current
> page. I do this by submitting a form and setting the target as an
> iFrame on my page. It works like 85% of the time. The other 15% of the
> time, IE just sits there and times out. When a place a sniffer on the
> port, the Post is never going through. I can't hit anything on the
> current session anymore either. Is this a known issue with IE? Does
> anyone know of a workaround?
>
> Code....
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> try {
>     document.body.style.cursor = "wait";
>     var oForm = document.getElementById("GetEntitlementsForm");
>     oForm.target = "DataExchangeFrame1";
>     oForm['GetEntitlementsForm_DriverValue'].value = DriverValue;
>     oForm['GetEntitlementsForm_WhatToDo'].value =
> "GetEntitlementList";
>     oForm.submit();
> } catch(ex) {
>     alert("There was an error!");
>     alert(ex);
> }
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> Thanks in advance.