How to set form field values using javascript?

Hi,

The following code is on my second page. There is a form field called
time, I want to set it to user's current time after user hits submit button on the first page and comes to this page. I use javascript code like the following
to do that. But it seems it never sets the time value after I come to second page:

<script language="JavaScript">
times=new Date();
document.form2.time.value = times;
</script>
<form name="form2" action="nextPage.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td> Name:<input id="name" size="10" name="name"></td>
<td> Phone:<input id="phone" size="10" name="phone"></td>
<td> Zip Code:<input id="zipcode" size="5" name="zipcode"></td>
<td> Address:<input id="address" size="30" name="address"></td>
<td> Time:<td><input name="time" value="" readonly /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="button" value="Submit" name="Submit2"></td>
</tr>
</table>

I am wondering what I did wrong here?

thanks,

You are setting the field before it is even exists on the page.

It is like going to a restuarant and they call your name before you even leave to go there.

You need to set it onload or after the control os rendered.

Eric

Firstly, since you are doing nothing with request params on this page, the fact that it is a "second page" is moot.

But take a look at your markup. Where is the reference to the input field? Now where is the input field defined?

Anything clicking?

Eric beat me to the punch...

You would also be well-served to debug your code in Firefox where the Javascript console would have let you know that there was a problem.

Thanks for giving me pointers.

Unfortunately, even after I set onload event on the body tag, it still does
not work.

I guess something must be wrong somewhere else.

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