Validation Script Only Works in IE, Not Mozilla

Instead of payment_form.whatever, use document.payment_form.whatever, or add
var payment_form = document.payment_form;
to the beginning of your script.

"hotdiggidydog" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have a form that contains a drop-down list box, two radar buttons, and a
> submit button. The buttons are assigned variables from an access db.
> When the
> submit button is pressed the code runs through a form field validation
> routine
> to make sure that items in both the drop-down box and one of the radar
> buttons
> are selected prior to posting the information to another page. The code
> is
> written in jscript and works fine in IE but not in Mozilla. The error log
> in
> Mozilla shows that one of the variables in the validation code is not
> being
> assigned correctly [var field1 = payment_form.rate_type.value;]. When I
> remove
> the payment_form.rate_type.value and replace it with an assigned value,
> the
> code then errors out on the next piece of code containing a similar
> variable
> assignment [ if (!payment_form.pay_type[0].checked &&
> !payment_form.pay_type[1].checked)]
>
> I don't understand why Mozilla is having problems with this code, can you
> help?
>
>
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
> <!--
>
> // ****validate form fields upon submitting form *****
> function validateForm() {
> var field1 = payment_form.rate_type.value;
> var redirect1 = "renewal_paypal.asp";
> var redirect2 = "renewal_check.asp";
> var url_string = "rt="+field1;
>
> if (!payment_form.pay_type[0].checked &&
> !payment_form.pay_type[1].checked)
> {alert ("Please select a payment method.");
> return false;
> }
> else
> {if (payment_form.rate_type.options[0].selected)
> {alert ("Please select a membership type.");
> return false;
> }
> else
> {if (field1=="")
> {alert ("Please select a payment type.");
> return false;
> }
> else
> {if (payment_form.pay_type[0].checked)
> {window.location=redirect1+"?"+url_string;
> return false;
> }
> else
> {if (payment_form.pay_type[1].checked)
> {window.location=redirect2+"?"+url_string;
> return false;
> }
> else
> {return true;
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> //-->
> </script>
>