Without having looked at your code too much, I have another suggestion, 
which may make this easier to maintain and understand:

<a href="JavaScript:doSubmit();"</a>

Then create a function that does all what you had in your a href:

function doSumbit()
{
     form1.return_anchor.value='x';
     form1.prod_standard.value='yes';
     form1.last_entry_save.value='yes';
     if (check(form1))
     {
         form1.submit();
     }
}

This will make it much easier to debug and see what actually happens.

One more thing: in your function check() you are checking for the value 
'ja' (Dutch??) but in the a href you set the value to 'yes' (OK, so I did 
look at the code ;-))
That's causing the problem??


HtH

Imar


At 10:50 AM 11/22/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>does someone know how I can avoid this printing to screen with a line like
>this?
>
><a
>href="javascript:form1.return_anchor.value='x';form1.prod_standard.value='ye
>s';form1.last_entry_save.value='yes';if (check(form1)) form1.submit();">make
>standard production</a>
>
>I keep getting a print "yes"....strange....I deducted it comes from:
>form1.last_entry_save.value='yes'
>
>It seems I have to 'escape' the href somehow if my condition is not
>met....but I don't know how...maybe with an 'else'? But else what?
>
>here's the function:
>
>function check(form) {
>         var message = "";
>         if (form.prod_standard.value == "ja" && 
> (form.standard_production_id.value
>== "" && form.alternative.value == '')) message = message+"You have to
>submit a name under 'alternative name' if you want to make this production a
>standard one.\nThis may be the same name as an existing one. That one will
>then be overwritten with the current settings.";
>         if (message != "") {
>                 alert("Notice:\n\n"+message);
>                 return false;
>         } else return true;
>}
>
>Maurice