HTML - creating a form without a submit button Options

[ash]

I want to create a form without submit button, just have it be sent without any user action. Here is the code that I have, any help would be greatly appreciated!

<form action="http://<url>" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="requestXML" value= "<c:out value="${test}" />" />
<input type="hidden" name="clientURL" value= "http://<url>" />
<input id="next" type="submit" value="Submit" />

</form>

[pandy]

Well, you can let JavaScript submit the form onload. Which, of course, isn't reliable.

[ash]

What i am really wanting to do is send an http post and adding in the key/value pairs in the post. Is there any other way to do this in html besides in a form.

[pandy]

Do you mean you want a URL with a query string? Like http://example.com?key=value ?

[ash]

no because of the size restriction of sending the data in the url I need to do a post and send the data in the headers.

[Darin McGrew]

HTML can't do that unless the user submits the form.

JavaScript can do it automatically, with the usual exceptions (JavaScript disabled, JavaScript unavailable, security/firewall features blocking form submissions, etc.).

[ash]

how would I do this in javascipt?

[pandy]

CODE

function submitForm()
{
   document.myform.submit();
}
onload = submitForm;

HTML

<form name="myform"...>
...
</form>

[ash]

thanks for the help!!, it worked perfectly