quick IE "Object dosen't support this property or method question"

[lamdk]

why isnt this compatiable with IE?


var stuff = document.getElementById(form_dom_id).serialize() +
'&body=' + escape(theMessage);



form_dom_id is just a string

theMessage is a larger string containg HTML and stuffs

[cgishack]

Does a 'form' have a serialize() method?

[lamdk]

ohh yeah thats right it dosent duh

Form.serialize() is a Prototype extension...


i think i found the answer yay

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs/browse_thread/thread/ec21656d4cb656ef/56ae32eabf55850c?lnk=gst&q=Form.serialize+internet+explorer#56ae32eabf55850c

"A common problem in IE is that unlike other browsers, it doesn't
extend Elements with the Prototype functions once at page load (as
Firefox does, for example). Instead, each element has to be extended
before you use Prototype's mixins. This is handled transparently by
the $() function. "