Struts Validator Framework: client-side problem with submitting buttons

[Michele Giunti]

Hi, I'm using Struts Validator Framework (Struts 1.3).
Server-side validation works well.
The problem is in client-side validation.

The form name I have to validate is: RegistrazioneUtenteForm.

In my jsp page I have 2 buttons:
1)

<html:link href="javascript:submitRegistrazioneUtenteForm('registrazioneUtenteForm')"><bean:message key='form.submit'/></html:link>

2)

<html:submit />

and the following form declaration:

<html:form action="/registrazioneUtente" method="post" focus="username" onsubmit="return validateRegistrazioneUtenteForm(this)">

Moreover I have enabled javascript validation:

<html:javascript formName="registrazioneUtenteForm" cdata="false" />

The javascript function submitRegistrazioneUtenteForm is the following:

function submitRegistrazioneUtenteForm(nomeForm){
e_v_a_l("document."+nomeForm+".submit()");
}

If I click on the second button (html:submit), all works well (I get javascript alerts).
If I click on the first button (html:link), the form is submitted but I can't see any javascript alerts.

I can't understand where is the problem.

Can you help me?

Thanks in advance.

PS: I have underscored the javascript e_v_a_l function only to be allowed to post in this forum. In my code, it's not underscored.

[Merrill Higginson]

I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect the problem may be with the fact that you're using an eval to submit the form. I'd suggest you try doing a normal JavaScript submit without the eval.

[Michele Giunti]

I tried your suggestion with:

document.registrazioneUtenteForm.submit();

but the result is the same. The form is submitted but I can't see any javascript alerts.

I can't understand where is the problem.

Suggestions?