Please use a document.getElementById("checkboxdraft").checked

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From: kristof@b... [mailto:kristof@b...]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:10 PM
To: javascript
Subject: [javascript] function works in IE6 but NOT IE5 !!


function below doesn't work in IE5.x (works fine in IE6.x).
function is called like this way:
<a href="#" onclick="javascript:deleteDrafts()">

What can be the reason ? Please any help. Thx !

  function deleteDrafts() {
    var noDraftsToDelete = true;
    var draftsToDeleteList="";
    
    if ( checkboxdraft.length > 0 )  {
      for ( i = 0; i < checkboxdraft.length; i++)  {
        if ( checkboxdraft[i].checked ) {
 	if (noDraftsToDelete)
 	{
 	  noDraftsToDelete = false;
 	}
 	else
 	{
 	draftsToDeleteList = draftsToDeleteList +"&";
 	}
 	draftsToDeleteList = draftsToDeleteList 
+ "deleteDraft="+checkboxdraft[i].value;
        }
       }          
      }
    if (noDraftsToDelete == false)
    {
      URLtoExecute = "<% out.print(deleteActionUrl); %>" + "?" + 
draftsToDeleteList;
      document.location.href=URLtoExecute;
    }
    else if ( checkboxdraft.checked )  {
      draftsToDeleteList = draftsToDeleteList 
+ "deleteDraft="+checkboxdraft.value;
      URLtoExecute = "<% out.print(deleteActionUrl); %>" + "?" + 
draftsToDeleteList;
      document.location.href=URLtoExecute;
    
    }
  }

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