JavaScript DHTML/Form Control/Form Submit

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Adjusting a Server Submission Action

   
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Checkbox Submission</title> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
function setAction(form) { 
    
    if (form.checkThis.checked) { 
        form.action = form.checkThis.value; 
    } else { 
        form.action = "file://primaryURL"; 
    } 
    return true; 
} 
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form method="POST" action=""> 
<input type="checkbox" name="checkThis" value="file://alternateURL" />Use alternate 
<input type="submit" name="boxChecker" onclick="return setAction(this.form)"/>
</form> 
</body> 
</html>



Convert a passed form reference to a string formatted like a JavaScript array of objects

   
// Read the name, id, type, and value of one form control element
// as requested by form2ArrayString()
function formObj2String(obj) {
  var output = "{";
  if (obj.name) {
    output += "name:"" + obj.name + "",";
  }
  if (obj.id) {
    output += "id:"" + obj.id + "",";
  }
  output += "type:"" + obj.type + "",";
  switch (obj.type) {
    case "radio":
      if (obj.name) {
        obj = document.forms[0].elements[obj.name];
        var radioVal = "value:false,index:-1";
        for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
          if (obj[i].checked) {
            radioVal = "value:true,index:" + i;
            i = obj.length;
          } 
        }
        output += radioVal;
      } else {
        output += "value:" + obj.checked;
      }
      break;
    case "checkbox":
      output += "value:" + obj.checked;
      break;
    case "select-one":
      output += "value:" + obj.selectedIndex;
      break;
    case "select-multiple":
      output += "value:" + obj.selectedIndex;
      break;
    case "text":
      output += "value:"" + escape(obj.value) + """;
      break;
    case "textarea":
      output += "value:"" + escape(obj.value) + """;
      break;
    case "password":
      output += "value:"" + escape(obj.value) + """;
      break;
    case "hidden":
      output += "value:"" + escape(obj.value) + """;
      break;
    default:
      output += "";
  }
  output += "}"
  return output;
}
// Convert a passed form reference to a string formatted like
// a JavaScript array of objects
function form2ArrayString(form) {
  var elem, lastName = "";
  var output = "[";
  for (var i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) {
    elem = form.elements[i];
    if (elem.name && (elem.name != lastName)) {
      output += formObj2String(form.elements[i]) + ",";
      lastName = elem.name;
    }
  }
  output = output.substring(0, output.length-1) + "]";
  return output;
}
// Distribute form control values from another source to the
// controls in this page"s form, whose names/ids match those
// of the original form controls
function string2FormObj(form, str) {
  var elem, objArray = eval(str);
  for (var i = 0; i < objArray.length; i++) {
    elem = (objArray[i].name) ? form.elements[objArray[i].name] : document.getElementById(objArray[i].id);
    switch (objArray[i].type) {
      case "radio":
        if (objArray[i].name && objArray[i].value && objArray[i].index >= 0) {
          elem = elem[objArray[i].index];
        }
        elem.checked = objArray[i].value;
        break;
      case "checkbox":
        elem.checked = objArray[i].value;
        break;
      case "select-one":
        elem.selectedIndex = objArray[i].value;
        break;
      case "select-multiple":
        elem.selectedIndex = objArray[i].value;
        break;
      default:
        elem.value = unescape(objArray[i].value);
    }
  }
}



Demo: Ajax form submit

 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
  <title>Demo: Ajax form submit</title>
  <script type="text/javascript">
/************************************************************************************************************
Ajax form submit
Copyright (C) 2007  DTHMLGoodies.ru, Alf Magne Kalleland
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
Dhtmlgoodies.ru., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in this script
written by Alf Magne Kalleland.
Alf Magne Kalleland, 2007
Owner of DHTMLgoodies.ru

************************************************************************************************************/  
var DHTMLSuite = new Object();
DHTMLSuite.formUtil = function()
{
  
  
  
}
DHTMLSuite.getEl = function(elRef){
  if(typeof elRef=="string"){
    if(document.getElementById(elRef))return document.getElementById(elRef);
    if(document.forms[elRef])return document.forms[elRef];
    if(document[elRef])return document[elRef];
    if(window[elRef])return window[elRef];
  }
  return elRef;  // Return original ref.
  
}
  
DHTMLSuite.formUtil.prototype = 
{
  // {{{ getFamily
    /**
     *  Return an array of elements with the same name
     *  @param Object el - Reference to form element
     *  @param Object formRef - Reference to form
     *
     * @public
     */    
  getFamily : function(el,formRef)
  {
    var els = formRef.elements;
    var retArray = new Array();
    for(var no=0;no<els.length;no++){
      if(els[no].name == el.name)retArray[retArray.length] = els[no];
    }
    return retArray;    
  }
  // }}}
  
  ,
  // {{{ hasFileInputs()
    /**
     *  Does the form has file inputs?
     *  @param Object formRef - Reference to form
     *
     * @public
     */    
  hasFileInputs : function(formRef)
  {
    var els = formRef.elements;
    for(var no=0;no<els.length;no++){
      if(els[no].tagName.toLowerCase()=="input" && els[no].type.toLowerCase()=="file")return true;  
    }
    return false;
  }
  // }}}
  ,  
  // {{{ getValuesAsArray()
    /**
     *  Return value of form as associative array
     *  @param Object formRef - Reference to form
     *
     * @public
     */    
  getValuesAsArray : function(formRef)
  {
    var retArray = new Object();
    formRef = DHTMLSuite.getEl(formRef);
    var els = formRef.elements;
    for(var no=0;no<els.length;no++){
      if(els[no].disabled)continue;
      var tag = els[no].tagName.toLowerCase();
      switch(tag){
        case "input": 
          var type = els[no].type.toLowerCase();
          if(!type)type="text";
          switch(type){
            case "text":
            case "image":
            case "hidden":
            case "password":
              retArray[els[no].name] = els[no].value;
              break;
            case "checkbox":
              var boxes = this.getFamily(els[no],formRef);
              if(boxes.length>1){
                retArray[els[no].name] = new Array();
                for(var no2=0;no2<boxes.length;no2++){
                  if(boxes[no2].checked){
                    var index = retArray[els[no].name].length;
                    retArray[els[no].name][index] = boxes[no2].value;
                  }
                }                
              }else{
                if(els[no].checked)retArray[els[no].name] = els[no].value;
              }
              break;  
            case "radio":
              if(els[no].checked)retArray[els[no].name] = els[no].value;
              break;    
            
          }  
          break;  
        case "select":
          var string = "";      
          var mult = els[no].getAttribute("multiple");
          if(mult || mult===""){
            retArray[els[no].name] = new Array();
            for(var no2=0;no2<els[no].options.length;no2++){
              var index = retArray[els[no].name].length;
              if(els[no].options[no2].selected)retArray[els[no].name][index] = els[no].options[no2].value;  
            }
          }else{
            retArray[els[no].name] = els[no].options[els[no].selectedIndex].value;
          }
          break;  
        case "textarea":
          retArray[els[no].name] = els[no].value;
          break;          
      }      
    }
    return retArray;    
  }
  // }}}
  ,  
  // {{{ getValue()
    /**
     *  Return value of form element
     *  @param Object formEl - Reference to form element
     *
     * @public
     */
  getValue : function(formEl)
  {
    switch(formEl.tagName.toLowerCase()){
      case "input":
      case "textarea": return formEl.value;
      case "select": return formEl.options[formEl.selectedIndex].value;      
    }
    
  }
  // }}}
  ,  
  // {{{ areEqual()
    /**
     *  Check if two form elements have the same value
     *  @param Object input1 - Reference to form element
     *  @param Object input2 - Reference to form element
     *
     * @public
     */  
  areEqual : function(input1,input2)
  {
    input1 = DHTMLSuite.getEl(input1);
    input2 = DHTMLSuite.getEl(input2);  
    if(this.getValue(input1)==this.getValue(input2))return true;
    return false;    
  }  
}
  
/************************************************************************************************************
*  Form submission class
*
*  Created:            March, 6th, 2007
*  @class Purpose of class:    Ajax form submission class
*      
*  Css files used by this script:  form.css
*
*  Demos of this class:      demo-form-validator.html
*
*   Update log:
*
************************************************************************************************************/

/**
* @constructor
* @class Form submission
* Demo: <a href="../../demos/demo-form-validator.html" target="_blank">demo-form-validator.html</a>    
*
* @param Associative array of properties, possible keys: <br>
*  formRef - Reference to form<br>
*  method - How to send the form, "GET" or "POST", default is "POST"
*  reponseEl - Where to display response from ajax
*  action - Where to send form data
*  responseFile - Alternative response file. This will be loaded dynamically once the script receives response from the file specified in "action".
*    
* @version        1.0
* @version 1.0
* @author  Alf Magne Kalleland(www.dhtmlgoodies.ru)
**/
DHTMLSuite.variableStorage = new Object();
DHTMLSuite.variableStorage.arrayDSObjects = new Array();
DHTMLSuite.form = function(propArray)
{
  var formRef;
  var method;
  var responseEl;
  var action;
  var responseFile;
  
  var formUtil;
  var objectIndex;
  var sackObj;
  var coverDiv;
  var layoutCSS;
  var iframeName;
  
  this.method = "POST";
  this.sackObj = new Array();
  this.formUtil = new DHTMLSuite.formUtil();
  this.layoutCSS = "form.css";
  
  
    
  this.objectIndex = DHTMLSuite.variableStorage.arrayDSObjects.length;
  DHTMLSuite.variableStorage.arrayDSObjects[this.objectIndex] = this;  
    
  
  if(propArray)this.__setInitProperties(propArray);
  
}
DHTMLSuite.form.prototype = 
{
  // {{{ submit()
    /**
     *  Submits the form
     *
     * @public
     */    
  submit : function()
  {
    this.__createCoverDiv();
    var index = this.sackObj.length;
    if(this.formUtil.hasFileInputs(this.formRef)){
      this.__createIframe();
      this.formRef.submit();
      
    }else{
      this.__createSackObject(index);      
      this.__populateSack(index);      
      this.sackObj[index].runAJAX();
    }
    this.__positionCoverDiv();
    return false;
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  __createIframe : function()
  {
    if(this.iframeName)return;
    var ind = this.objectIndex;
    var div = document.createElement("DIV");
    document.body.appendChild(div);
    this.iframeName = "DHTMLSuiteForm" + this.getUniqueId();
    div.innerHTML = "<iframe style="visibility:hidden;width:5px;height:5px" id="" + this.iframeName + "" name="" + this.iframeName + "" onload="parent.DHTMLSuite.variableStorage.arrayDSObjects[" + ind + "].__getIframeResponse()"></iframe>"; 
    this.formRef.method = this.method;
    this.formRef.action = this.action;
    this.formRef.target = this.iframeName;  
    if(!this.formRef.enctype)this.formRef.enctype = "multipart/form-data";
      
  }
  ,
  // {{{ getUniqueId()
    /**
     *
     *  Returns a unique numeric id
     *
     *
     * 
     * @public
     */    
  getUniqueId : function()
  {
    var no = Math.random() + "";
    no = no.replace(".","");    
    var no2 = Math.random() + "";
    no2 = no2.replace(".","");    
    return no + no2;    
  }  
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __getIframeResponse()
    /**
     *  Form has been submitted to iframe - move content from iframe
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __getIframeResponse : function()
  {
    if(this.responseEl){    
      if(this.responseFile){
        if(!this.responseEl.id)this.responseEl.id = "DHTMLSuite_formResponse" + DHTMLSuite.getUniqueId();
        var dynContent = new DHTMLSuite.dynamicContent();
        dynContent.loadContent(this.responseEl.id,this.responseFile);        
      }else{      
        this.responseEl.innerHTML = self.frames[this.iframeName].document.body.innerHTML;  
        this.__evaluateJs(this.responseEl);
        this.__evaluateCss(this.responseEl);  
      }            
    }  
    this.coverDiv.style.display="none";
    this.__handleCallback("onComplete");
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __positionCoverDiv()
    /**
     *  Position cover div
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __positionCoverDiv : function()
  {
    if(!this.responseEl)return;
    try{
      var st = this.coverDiv.style;
      st.left = this.getLeftPos(this.responseEl) + "px";  
      st.top = this.getTopPos(this.responseEl) + "px";  
      st.width = this.responseEl.offsetWidth + "px";  
      st.height = this.responseEl.offsetHeight + "px";  
      st.display="block";
    }catch(e){
    }
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __createCoverDiv()
    /**
     *  Submits the form
     *
     * @private
     */    
  __createCoverDiv : function()
  {  
    if(this.coverDiv)return;
    this.coverDiv = document.createElement("DIV");
    var el = this.coverDiv;
    el.style.overflow="hidden";
    el.style.zIndex = 1000;
    el.style.position = "absolute";
    document.body.appendChild(el);
    
    var innerDiv = document.createElement("DIV");
    innerDiv.style.width="105%";
    innerDiv.style.height="105%";
    innerDiv.className = "DHTMLSuite_formCoverDiv";
    innerDiv.style.opacity = "0.2";
    innerDiv.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=20)";    
    el.appendChild(innerDiv);
    
    var ajaxLoad = document.createElement("DIV");
    ajaxLoad.className = "DHTMLSuite_formCoverDiv_ajaxLoader";
    el.appendChild(ajaxLoad);    
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __createSackObject()
    /**
     *  Create new sack object
     *
     * @private
     */    
  __createSackObject : function(ajaxIndex)
  {    
    var ind = this.objectIndex;
    this.sackObj[ajaxIndex] = new sack();
    this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].requestFile = this.action;  
    this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].method = this.method;    
    this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].onCompletion = function(){ DHTMLSuite.variableStorage.arrayDSObjects[ind].__getResponse(ajaxIndex); }
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __getResponse()
    /**
     *  Get response from ajax
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __getResponse : function(ajaxIndex)
  {
    if(this.responseEl){      
      if(this.responseFile){
        if(!this.responseEl.id)this.responseEl.id = "DHTMLSuite_formResponse" + DHTMLSuite.getUniqueId();
        var dynContent = new DHTMLSuite.dynamicContent();
        dynContent.loadContent(this.responseEl.id,this.responseFile);        
      }else{      
        this.responseEl.innerHTML = this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].response;
        this.__evaluateJs(this.responseEl);
        this.__evaluateCss(this.responseEl);  
      }        
    }  
    
    this.coverDiv.style.display="none";
    this.sackObj[ajaxIndex] = null;
    this.__handleCallback("onComplete");
  }
  ,
  // {{{ isArray()
    /**
     * Return true if element is an array
     *
     * @param Object el = Reference to HTML element
     * @public
     */    
  isArray : function(el)
  {
    if(el.constructor.toString().indexOf("Array") != -1)return true;
    return false;
  }  
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __populateSack()
    /**
     *  Populate sack object with form data
     *  @param ajaxIndex - index of current sack object
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __populateSack : function(ajaxIndex)
  {
    var els = this.formUtil.getValuesAsArray(this.formRef);    
    for(var prop in els){
      if(this.isArray(els[prop])){
        for(var no=0;no<els[prop].length;no++){
          var name = prop + "[" + no + "]";
          if(prop.indexOf("[")>=0){ // The name of the form field is already indicating an array
            name = prop.replace("[","[" + no);  
          }
          this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].setVar(name,els[prop][no]);  
        }
      }else{
        this.sackObj[ajaxIndex].setVar(prop,els[prop]);      
      }      
    }    
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __setInitProperties()
    /**
     *  Fill object with data sent to the constructor
     *  @param Array props - Associative Array("Object") of properties
     *
     * @private
     */    
  __setInitProperties : function(props)
  {
    if(props.formRef)this.formRef = DHTMLSuite.getEl(props.formRef);
    if(props.method)this.method = props.method;
    if(props.responseEl)this.responseEl = DHTMLSuite.getEl(props.responseEl);
    if(props.action)this.action = props.action;
    if(props.responseFile)this.responseFile = props.responseFile;
    if(props.callbackOnComplete)this.callbackOnComplete = props.callbackOnComplete;
    if(!this.action)this.action = this.formRef.action;
    if(!this.method)this.method = this.formRef.method;
  }  
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __handleCallback()
    /**
     *  Execute callback
     *  @param String action - Which callback action
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __handleCallback : function(action)
  {
    var callbackString = "";
    switch(action){
      case "onComplete":
        callbackString = this.callbackOnComplete;
        break;  
      
      
    }  
    if(callbackString){
      if(callbackString.indexOf("(")==-1)callbackString = callbackString + "("" + this.formRef.name + "")";
      eval(callbackString);
    }
    
  }
  ,  
  // {{{ __evaluateJs()
    /**
     * Evaluate Javascript in the inserted content
     *
     * @private
     */  
  __evaluateJs : function(obj)
  {
    obj = DHTMLSuite.getEl(obj);
    
    var scriptTags = obj.getElementsByTagName("SCRIPT");
    var string = "";
    var jsCode = "";
    for(var no=0;no<scriptTags.length;no++){  
      if(scriptTags[no].src){
            var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
            var scriptObj = document.createElement("script");
    
            scriptObj.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
            scriptObj.setAttribute("src", scriptTags[no].src);    
      }else{
        if(DHTMLSuite.clientInfoObj.isOpera){
          jsCode = jsCode + scriptTags[no].text + "\n";
        }
        else
          jsCode = jsCode + scriptTags[no].innerHTML;  
      }      
    }
    if(jsCode)this.__installScript(jsCode);
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __installScript()
    /**
     *  "Installs" the content of a <script> tag.
     *
     * @private        
     */    
  __installScript : function ( script )
  {    
    try{
        if (!script)
            return;    
          if (window.execScript){          
            window.execScript(script)
          }else if(window.jQuery && jQuery.browser.safari){ // safari detection in jQuery
              window.setTimeout(script,0);
          }else{          
              window.setTimeout( script, 0 );
          } 
    }catch(e){
      
    }
  }  
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ __evaluateCss()
    /**
     *  Evaluates css
     *
     * @private        
     */  
  __evaluateCss : function(obj)
  {
    obj = DHTMLSuite.getEl(obj);
    var cssTags = obj.getElementsByTagName("STYLE");
    var head = document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0];
    for(var no=0;no<cssTags.length;no++){
      head.appendChild(cssTags[no]);
    }  
  }  
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ getLeftPos()
    /**
     * This method will return the left coordinate(pixel) of an HTML element
     *
     * @param Object el = Reference to HTML element
     * @public
     */  
  getLeftPos : function(el)
  {   
    /*
    if(el.getBoundingClientRect){ // IE
      var box = el.getBoundingClientRect();  
      return (box.left/1 + Math.max(document.body.scrollLeft,document.documentElement.scrollLeft));
    }
    */
    if(document.getBoxObjectFor){
      if(el.tagName!="INPUT" && el.tagName!="SELECT" && el.tagName!="TEXTAREA")return document.getBoxObjectFor(el).x
    }     
    var returnValue = el.offsetLeft;
    while((el = el.offsetParent) != null){
      if(el.tagName!="HTML"){
        returnValue += el.offsetLeft;
        if(document.all)returnValue+=el.clientLeft;
      }
    }
    return returnValue;
  }
  // }}}
  ,
  // {{{ getTopPos()
    /**
     * This method will return the top coordinate(pixel) of an HTML element/tag
     *
     * @param Object el = Reference to HTML element
     * @public
     */  
  getTopPos : function(el)
  {  
    /*
    if(el.getBoundingClientRect){  // IE
      var box = el.getBoundingClientRect();  
      return (box.top/1 + Math.max(document.body.scrollTop,document.documentElement.scrollTop));
    }
    */  
    if(document.getBoxObjectFor){
      if(el.tagName!="INPUT" && el.tagName!="SELECT" && el.tagName!="TEXTAREA")return document.getBoxObjectFor(el).y
    }
    
    var returnValue = el.offsetTop;
    while((el = el.offsetParent) != null){
      if(el.tagName!="HTML"){
        returnValue += (el.offsetTop - el.scrollTop);
        if(document.all)returnValue+=el.clientTop;
      }
    } 
    return returnValue;
  }  
  
}  </script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
/* Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK) v1.6.1 */
/* �2005 Gregory Wild-Smith */
/* www.twilightuniverse.ru */
/* Software licenced under a modified X11 licence,
   see documentation or authors website for more details */
function sack(file) {
  this.xmlhttp = null;
  this.resetData = function() {
    this.method = "POST";
      this.queryStringSeparator = "?";
    this.argumentSeparator = "&";
    this.URLString = "";
    this.encodeURIString = true;
      this.execute = false;
      this.element = null;
    this.elementObj = null;
    this.requestFile = file;
    this.vars = new Object();
    this.responseStatus = new Array(2);
    };
  this.resetFunctions = function() {
      this.onLoading = function() { };
      this.onLoaded = function() { };
      this.onInteractive = function() { };
      this.onCompletion = function() { };
      this.onError = function() { };
    this.onFail = function() { };
  };
  this.reset = function() {
    this.resetFunctions();
    this.resetData();
  };
  this.createAJAX = function() {
    try {
      this.xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e1) {
      try {
        this.xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e2) {
        this.xmlhttp = null;
      }
    }
    if (! this.xmlhttp) {
      if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") {
        this.xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
      } else {
        this.failed = true;
      }
    }
  };
  this.setVar = function(name, value){
    this.vars[name] = Array(value, false);
  };
  this.encVar = function(name, value, returnvars) {
    if (true == returnvars) {
      return Array(encodeURIComponent(name), encodeURIComponent(value));
    } else {
      this.vars[encodeURIComponent(name)] = Array(encodeURIComponent(value), true);
    }
  }
  this.processURLString = function(string, encode) {
    encoded = encodeURIComponent(this.argumentSeparator);
    regexp = new RegExp(this.argumentSeparator + "|" + encoded);
    varArray = string.split(regexp);
    for (i = 0; i < varArray.length; i++){
      urlVars = varArray[i].split("=");
      if (true == encode){
        this.encVar(urlVars[0], urlVars[1]);
      } else {
        this.setVar(urlVars[0], urlVars[1]);
      }
    }
  }
  this.createURLString = function(urlstring) {
    if (this.encodeURIString && this.URLString.length) {
      this.processURLString(this.URLString, true);
    }
    if (urlstring) {
      if (this.URLString.length) {
        this.URLString += this.argumentSeparator + urlstring;
      } else {
        this.URLString = urlstring;
      }
    }
    // prevents caching of URLString
    this.setVar("rndval", new Date().getTime());
    urlstringtemp = new Array();
    for (key in this.vars) {
      if (false == this.vars[key][1] && true == this.encodeURIString) {
        encoded = this.encVar(key, this.vars[key][0], true);
        delete this.vars[key];
        this.vars[encoded[0]] = Array(encoded[1], true);
        key = encoded[0];
      }
      urlstringtemp[urlstringtemp.length] = key + "=" + this.vars[key][0];
    }
    if (urlstring){
      this.URLString += this.argumentSeparator + urlstringtemp.join(this.argumentSeparator);
    } else {
      this.URLString += urlstringtemp.join(this.argumentSeparator);
    }
  }
  this.runResponse = function() {
    eval(this.response);
  }
  this.runAJAX = function(urlstring) {
    if (this.failed) {
      this.onFail();
    } else {
      this.createURLString(urlstring);
      if (this.element) {
        this.elementObj = document.getElementById(this.element);
      }
      if (this.xmlhttp) {
        var self = this;
        if (this.method == "GET") {
          totalurlstring = this.requestFile + this.queryStringSeparator + this.URLString;
          this.xmlhttp.open(this.method, totalurlstring, true);
        } else {
          this.xmlhttp.open(this.method, this.requestFile, true);
          try {
            this.xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
          } catch (e) { }
        }
        this.xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
          switch (self.xmlhttp.readyState) {
            case 1:
              self.onLoading();
              break;
            case 2:
              self.onLoaded();
              break;
            case 3:
              self.onInteractive();
              break;
            case 4:
              self.response = self.xmlhttp.responseText;
              self.responseXML = self.xmlhttp.responseXML;
              self.responseStatus[0] = self.xmlhttp.status;
              self.responseStatus[1] = self.xmlhttp.statusText;
              if (self.execute) {
                self.runResponse();
              }
              if (self.elementObj) {
                elemNodeName = self.elementObj.nodeName;
                elemNodeName = elemNodeName.toLowerCase();
                if (elemNodeName == "input"
                || elemNodeName == "select"
                || elemNodeName == "option"
                || elemNodeName == "textarea") {
                  self.elementObj.value = self.response;
                } else {
                  self.elementObj.innerHTML = self.response;
                }
              }
              if (self.responseStatus[0] == "200") {
                self.onCompletion();
              } else {
                self.onError();
              }
              /* These lines were added by Alf Magne Kalleland ref. info on the sack home page. It prevents memory leakage in IE */
              self.URLString = "";
              delete self.xmlhttp["onreadystatechange"];
              self.xmlhttp=null;
              self.responseStatus=null;
              self.response=null;
              self.responseXML=null;
              
              break;
          }
        };
        this.xmlhttp.send(this.URLString);
      }
    }
  };
  this.reset();
  this.createAJAX();
}
  
  </script>
  <style type="text/css">
  body{
    margin:0px;
    font-size:0.8em;
    font-family:Trebuchet MS
  }
  #mainContainer{
    width:840px;  
    margin:5px;
  }
  table,tr,td{
    vertical-align:top;
  }
  .textInput{
    width:300px;
  }
  html{
    margin:0px;
  }
  .formButton{
    width:75px;
  }
  textarea,input,select{
    font-family:Trebuchet MS;
  }
  i{
    font-size:0.9em;
  }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mainContainer" style="">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>Ajax form submit</legend>
  <form action="someplace.html" method="post" name="myForm">
    <div id="formResponse">
    <table>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="firstname">First name:</label></td>
        <td id="_firstname"></td>
        <td><input type="text" class="textInput" name="firstname" id="firstname"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="lastname">Last name:</label></td>
        <td id="_lastname"></td>
        <td><input type="text" class="textInput" name="lastname" id="lastname"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="address">Address:</label></td>
        <td id="_address"></td>
        <td><textarea class="textInput" name="address"></textarea></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="zipCode">Zip code:</label>
        <td id="_zipCode"></td>
        <td><input type="text" name="zipCode" size="10" id="zipCode" minLength="4" maxlength="10"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="age">Age:</label></td>
        <td id="_age"></td>
        <td><input type="text" name="age" id="age" maxlength="3" size="3" minlength="2"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="email">Email:</label></td>
        <td id="_email"></td>
        <td><input class="textInput" type="text" name="email" id="email" maxlength="255"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="url">Url:</label></td>
        <td id="_url"></td>
        <td><input class="textInput" type="text" name="url" id="url" maxlength="255"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="alpha">Alpha chars:</label></td>
        <td id="_alpha"></td>
        <td><input type="text" class="textInput" id="alpha" name="alpha" maxlength="255"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="custom">Code:</label></td>
        <td id="_custom"></td>
        <td><input type="text" class="textInput" id="custom" name="custom" maxlength="255"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label for="custom">Code 2:</label></td>
        <td id="_custom2"></td>
        <td><input type="text" class="textInput" id="custom2" name="custom2" maxlength="255"></td>
      </tr>
      
      <tr>
        <td>Country:</td>
        <td id="_country"></td>
        <td><select name="country">
          <option value=""></option>
          <option value="NO">Norway</option>
          <option value="DK">Denmark</option>
          <option value="SE">Sweden</option>
          <option value="UK">United Kingdom</option>
          <option value="US">United States</option>
          </select> 
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><label for="comments">Comments:</label></td>
        <td><textarea class="textInput" name="comments"></textarea> </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Gender:</td>
        <td id="_gender"></td>
        <td>
          <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
              <td><input type="radio" name="gender" value="F" id="genderFemale"></td>
              <td><label for="genderFemale"> Female</label></td>
              <td> <input type="radio" name="gender" value="M" id="genderMale"></td>
              <td><label for="genderMale"> Male</label></td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </td>
      </tr>  
      <tr>
        <td>Hobbies:<br></td>
        <td id="_hobbies[]"></td>
        <td>
          <input type="checkbox" name="hobbies[]" value="games" id="hobby_games"><label for="hobby_games">Computer games</label><br>
          <input type="checkbox" name="hobbies[]" value="soccer" id="hobby_soccer"><label for="hobby_soccer">Soccer</label><br>
          <input type="checkbox" name="hobbies[]" value="stamps" id="hobby_stamps"><label for="hobby_stamps">Stamps</label><br>
          <input type="checkbox" name="hobbies[]" value="shopping" id="hobby_shopping"><label for="hobby_shopping">Shopping</label><br>
        </tr>
      <tr>
        <td></td>
        <td id="_agree"></td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" name="agree" id="agree" value="agree"> <label for="agree">I agree</label></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2">
        </td>
        <td>
          <input type="button" id="mySubmit" class="formButton" value="Send" onclick="formObj.submit()">
          <input type="reset" class="formButton" value="Reset">
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </div>    
  </form>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var formObj = new DHTMLSuite.form({ formRef:"myForm",action:"formSubmit.php",responseEl:"formResponse"});
</script>
</body>
</html>



form on submit event

   
<html>
<head>
<title>A Simple Page</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
function sendMe()
{
    return confirm("Continue?");
}
function chkForm()     
{
    if (form1.textField.value == "")
    {
        alert("Please fill in the text box");
        form1.textField.focus();
        return false;
    }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="youtCGI.cgi" onSubmit="return sendMe()">
<p><input type="text" name="textField">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="return chkForm()">
<input type="reset" value="Reset"></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>



Form Submit action

   
    
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
    function function1(){
        document.all.myF.submit();
    }
</script>
<form id="myF" method="post" action="yourfile.asp">
Enter your first name: 
<input type="text">
</form>
<input type="button" value="Send the form" onClick="function1();">
</body>
</html>



html input mask

<A href="http://www.wbex.ru/Code/JavaScriptDownload/html-input-mask.zip">html-input-mask.zip( 13 k)</a>

1. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/FormSubmitaction.htm">Form Submit action</a> 2. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/Returnthemethodusedwhensendingformdata.htm">Return the method used when sending form data</a> 3. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/SubmitaformViaEnter.htm">Submit a form Via Enter </a> 4. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/ConvertapassedformreferencetoastringformattedlikeaJavaScriptarrayofobjects.htm">Convert a passed form reference to a string formatted like a JavaScript array of objects</a> 5. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/Useformselectcontroltotriggertheaction.htm">Use form select control to trigger the action</a> 6. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/formonsubmitevent.htm">form on submit event</a> 7. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/LastMinuteCheckingBeforeFormSubmission.htm">Last-Minute Checking Before Form Submission</a> 8. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/UseImagetotriggersubmitandresetactions.htm">Use Image to trigger submit and reset actions</a> 9. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/Submitaformbysendingoutanemail.htm">Submit a form by sending out an email</a> 10. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/AdjustingaServerSubmissionAction.htm">Adjusting a Server Submission Action</a> 11. <A href="/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/DemoAjaxformsubmit.htm">Demo: Ajax form submit</a>

Last-Minute Checking Before Form Submission

   
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Validator</title> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
function checkForm(form) { 
    for (var i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) { 
        if (form.elements[i].type == "text" && form.elements[i].value == "") { 
            document.write("Fill out ALL fields."); 
            return false; 
        } 
    } 
    return true; 
} 
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form onsubmit="return checkForm(this)"> 
Please enter all requested information:<br> 
First Name:<input type="text" name="firstName"><br> 
Last Name:<input type="text" name="lastName"><br> 
Rank:<input type="text" name="rank"><br> 
Serial Number:<input type="text" name="serialNumber"><br> 
<input type="submit"> 
</form> 
</body> 
</html>



Return the method used when sending form data

   
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function formMethod(){
    var x=document.forms.myForm
    alert(x.method)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <form name="myForm" method="post">
        Name: <input type="text" size="20">
    <br>
    <input type="button" onclick="formMethod()" value="Show method">
    </form>
</body>
</html>



Submit a form by sending out an email

   
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Submit and Reset Confirmation</title> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
function allowReset() { 
    return window.confirm("Go ahead and clear the form?"); 
} 
function allowSend() { 
    return window.confirm("Go ahead and mail this info?"); 
} 
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form method="POST" enctype="text/plain" action="mailto:a@b.ru" onreset="return allowReset()" onsubmit="return allowSend()"> 
Enter your first name:
<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName"/> 
Enter your last name:
<input type="text" name="lastName" id="lastName"/>
Enter your address:
<input type="text" name="address" id="address"/>
Enter your city:
<input type="text" name="city" id="city" />
<input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender1" checked="checked" />
Male 
<input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender2" />Female
<input type="checkbox" name="retired" id="retired" />I am retired
<input type="reset" /> 
<input type="submit" />
</form> 
</body> 
</html>



Submit a form Via Enter

   
<!-- 
     Example File From "JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook"
     Published by O"Reilly & Associates
     Copyright 2003 Danny Goodman
-->
function submitViaEnter(evt) {
    evt = (evt) ? evt : event;
    var target = (evt.target) ? evt.target : evt.srcElement;
    var form = target.form;
    var charCode = (evt.charCode) ? evt.charCode :
        ((evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode);
    if (charCode == 13) {
        if (validateForm(form)) {
            form.submit();
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}
<input type="text" ... onkeypress="return submitViaEnter(event)">
----------
<form action="..." method="GET" name="sampleForm" onsubmit="return false">
First Name: <input type="text" size="30" name="name1" id="name1"
    onkeypress="return focusNext(this.form, "name2", event)"
    onchange="isNotEmpty(this)" /><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" size="30" name="name2" id="name2"
    onkeypress="return focusNext(this.form, "eMail", event)"
    onchange="isNotEmpty(this)" /><br>
Email Address: <input type="text" size="30" name="eMail" id="eMail"
    onkeypress="return submitViaEnter(event)" /><br>
<input type="reset" /> <input type="button" value="Submit"
    onclick="if (validateForm(this.form)) {this.form.submit( )}" />
</form>



Use form select control to trigger the action

   
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM name="f1"> 
<SELECT name="s1"> 
<OPTION SELECTED value="http://www.wbex.ru">wbex.ru
<OPTION value="http://www.google.ru">Google
<OPTION value="http://www.msn.ru">msn
<OPTION value="http://www.perl.ru">Perl.ru
<OPTION value="http://www.php.net">Php.net
</SELECT> 
<INPUT type="button" name="go" value="Go!" onClick="window.location=document.f1.s1.options[document.f1.s1.selectedIndex].value">
</FORM> 
<P>
<FORM name="f2"> 
<SELECT name="s2" onChange="window.location=document.f2.s2.options[document.f2.s2.selectedIndex].value"> 
<OPTION SELECTED value="http://www.wbex.ru">wbex.ru
<OPTION value="http://www.google.ru">Google
<OPTION value="http://www.msn.ru">msn
<OPTION value="http://www.perl.ru">Perl.ru
<OPTION value="http://www.php.net">Php.net
</SELECT> 
</FORM> 
</BODY>
</HTML>



Use Image to trigger submit and reset actions

   
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Registration Form</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form name="entries" method="POST" action=""> 
Enter your first name:<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" /> 
<p>Enter your last name:<input type="text" name="lastName" id="lastName" /></p> 
<p>Enter your address:<input type="text" name="address" id="address" /></p> 
<p>Enter your city:<input type="text" name="city" id="city" /></p> 
<p><input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender1" checked="checked"/>Male 
<input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender2" />Female</p> 
<p><input type="checkbox" name="retired" id="retired" />I am retired</p> 
</form> 
<p><a href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">
  <img alt="image" src="submit.jpg" height="25" width="100" border="0" /></a> 
  <a href="javascript:document.forms[0].reset()">
  <img alt="image" src="reset.jpg" height="25" width="100" border="0" /></a></p> 
</body> 
</html>