Forcing a submit on a timeout

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Is there a way that I can set a timer that will submit a form when it expires? The closest way I have now is to set the .href property of the location object, but this isn't really the same as if I could simulate an onClick event. Is this possible from Javascript.
Another alternative is to set a timer in the controller servlet (using an MVC2 arch), and if the timer goes off simulate a submit.. I'd really like to control this from the client end though.
Thanks , and hope this makes sense.
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Eric Pascarello

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If you want to submit a form, then all you need to do is the following line of code
document.FormName.submit();
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himanshu patel

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Just check this code.Might serve your purpose.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function setTimeForSubmit(){
window.setTimeout("submitForm()",20000);//Expire after 20 Sec
}
function submitForm(){
document.myForm.submit();
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="setTimeForSubmit()">
<FORM name="myForm" method="post" action = "somefile.html">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
[ February 09, 2004: Message edited by: himanshu patel ]

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