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BUG: AutoComplete Does Not Work When You Use Script to Submit a Form

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Article ID:329156
Last Review:May 21, 2007
Revision:3.1
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SYMPTOMS

The AutoComplete feature does not work when you use script to submit a form. For example, AutoComplete may not function when you view Microsoft ASP.NET Web Forms that use postback to process events on controls other than the Submit button.


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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, explicitly save the form in the AutoComplete data store:
1.Copy the following code to create an HTML page:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function subForm()
{
window.external.AutoCompleteSaveForm(f1);
f1.submit();
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM id=f1>
User ID : <input type=text name=id></input><br>
Password :<input type=password name=pw></input><br>
E-mail :<input type = text VCARD_NAME = "vCard.Email"> <br>
<input type=button value=submit onclick="subForm()">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
2.Fill in the correct information, and then click Submit.
3.Revisit the page, and then type in a field that has the same name as a stored field. The AutoComplete attribute works; it provides an AutoComplete box that contains a list of previously-stored data.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1.Copy the following code to create an HTML page:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function subForm()
{
f1.submit();
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM id=f1>
User ID : <input type=text name=id></input><br>
Password :<input type=password name=pw></input><br>
E-mail :<input type = text VCARD_NAME = "vCard.Email"> <br>
<input type=button value=submit onclick="subForm()">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
2.Fill in the correct information, and then click Submit.
3.Revisit the page, and then type in a field that has the same name as a stored field. The AutoComplete attribute does not work; it does not provide an AutoComplete box that contains a list of previously-stored data.

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REFERENCES

For more information about AutoCompleteSaveForm, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
AutoCompleteSaveForm Method (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/AutoCompleteSaveForm.asp)
Using AutoComplete in HTML Forms (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/forms/autocomplete_ovr.asp)
AUTOCOMPLETE Attribute | autocomplete Property (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/autocomplete.asp)

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP2

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