Automatically submitting a form

[westmich]

This maybe a simple question, but I've never had to do it before.

How do I automatically submit a form, preferably with JavaScript?

I have a form with an action attribute to where to send data, some hidden fields and some radio buttons with default values, a submit button at the bottom, and a javascript timer that starts on the body onLoad event. The trick is that when the timer runs out, I want the form automatically submitted.

Thanks

[duckie]

I'm assuming the time limit is 30 seconds, and the form name is "theform".

It'll be something like this:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript">
<!--
        var x = 30
        var y = 1
        function countDown(){
        x = x-y
        setTimeout("countDown()", 1000)
        if(x==0){
        document.theform.submit();
           }
        }
//-->
</SCRIPT>

Something like that anyway...I'm not too sure if the syntax is 100% correct.

[westmich]

document.form.submit()

That was just what I was looking for. And guess what, it was right in the DOM tree within my HTML editor.

D'oh!