Subj : Re: location href
To   : Scott Tarone
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Fri Sep 10 2004 03:14 pm

Scott Tarone wrote:
> Hello,


Wrong newsgroup -- see headers.

/be


> I am having a problem with a redirection and this problem only happens with
> the Firefox browser, it works with IE, so I must be doing something wrong.
> The submit button on the form takes the user along the default path through
> the web app, but for the alternate path, I have the following...
> 
>     print "<tr>";
>      print "<td>";
>       print "To modify an existing class, provide the class name then click
> the button to the right.<br>";
>       print "<input name=\"className\" type=\"text\" size=\"10\">";
>      print "</td>";
>      print "<td>";
>       print "<button onclick=\"ClickModifyClassButton()\">Modify Existing
> Class</button>";
>      print "<td>";
>     print "</tr>";
> 
> with the JavaScript as follows:
> 
> function ClickModifyClassButton()
> {
> 
>  var className;
>  // Make sure we have a class name
>  if (document.ClassCreatorModeForm.className.value == "")
>   {
>   alert("Please provide the name of the class you would like to modify.");
>   return(false);
>   }
>  className = document.ClassCreatorModeForm.className.value;
> 
> window.location.href("SetupToModifyExistingClassDocumentation.php?ClassName=
> "+className+"");
> 
> }
> 
> When I click the button in IE, the page redirect works fine, when I use
> Firefox, it does nothing (Loading.... then nothing happens).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Scott
> 
>

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