FIX: Form.Submit Method Doesn't Use Form.Action Property (163623)

SYMPTOMS

When you create a form in an HTML page, using scripting to set the form.action property and calling form.submit has no effect, for example:

   <HTML>
   <HEAD>
   <TITLE>Action element in a Form</TITLE>
   </HEAD>

   <FORM NAME="Form1">
   <INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="Button1">
   <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Text1">
   </FORM>

   <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
   Sub Button1_OnClick
       form1.action ="http://www.microsoft.com"
   ' this will not work
       form1.submit
   End Sub
   </SCRIPT>
   </HTML>

RESOLUTION

Call the window.navigate method or set the window.location.href property. However, this sets the method to "GET" as opposed to "POST." You'll have to pass the contents of the form yourself:

   <HTML>
   <HEAD>
   <TITLE>Action element in a Form</TITLE>
   </HEAD>

   <FORM NAME="Form1">
   <INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="Button1">
   </FORM>

   <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
   Sub Button1_OnClick
      window.navigate "http://www.microsoft.com?Text1=" &
      form1.text1.value
      ' or you can also do:
      ' window.location.href = "http://www.microsoft.com?Text1=" &
   ' form1.text1.value
   End Sub
   </SCRIPT>
   </HTML>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Internet Explorer 4.0.