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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:57:41 +0000

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By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:28:45 +0000

EyePulps solution works – but only partly. Because I need to change it after submitting back again, which doesn’t work for me. Im trying to do something like:

document.getElementById(‘data’).encoding = “multipart/form-data”;
document.getElementById(‘data’).enctype = “multipart/form-data”;
document.getElementById(‘data’).submit();
document.getElementById(‘data’).encoding = “x”;
document.getElementById(‘data’).enctype = “”;

The first assignment works but after the submit() IE throws an error saying the property “encoding” does not exist. This browser really sucks…

By: Diederik van der Boor

Diederik van der Boor — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:21:37 +0000

> however, I’m trying point it at a dynamic iFrame,
> and IE just isn’t accepting the .target value.

Try the following:

var frame = document.createElement(‘IFRAME’);
frame.name = frameName;
frame.id = frameName; // for MSIE fix later.
frame = body.appendChild( frame ); // appendChild() may return a different pointer..
window.frames[ frameName ].name = frameName;

This abuses the fact that window.frames[id] returns any element with an ID, not just frames. The frame exists in window.frames, but the name is not really registered yet in the DOM.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:29:43 +0000

It seems my code didn’t come through fully. The following should have appeared inside the innerHTML single quotes:

If it still gets blocked this time, it’s simply an html iframe element with name and id explicitly set to be “mytarget”.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:25:01 +0000

I was stuck with the same problem. The IE fix using “encoding” posted by EyePulp works great. As for his question about targeting a dynamic iFrame, I had that problem too. In the end, I check for IE and create my iframe in a div using an innerHTML. It’s the only way I have found that works.
iframediv = document.createElement( ‘div’ );
if (document.all)
iframediv.innerHTML = ”;
else {
myiframe = document.createElement( ‘iframe’ );
myiframe.id = “mytarget”;
myiframe.name = “mytarget”;
iframediv.appendChild(myiframe);
}

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By: EyePulp

EyePulp — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:06:32 +0000

I found out how to change the enctype in ie dynamically – formObj.encoding = “multipart/form-data”;

set both .encoding and .enctype and it seems to work – however, I’m trying point it at a dynamic iFrame, and IE just isn’t accepting the .target value.

*sigh*

By: kae

kae — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:25:11 +0000

You might get away with copying the childNodes of that form into an array, creating a new form with the desired enctype, then removing the old form, replacing it with the new one, then appending the original childNodes. Then again, you may just be screwed.

By: James Barrett

James Barrett — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:01:25 +0000

I’m stuck with this problem too – how do you change enctype using javascript in IE6 for a form that already exists? (Using createElement is not possible). Any help greatly appreciated. You can change enctype no problem in Mozilla but IE6 barfs as you say.