Question

I am using a dialog box to display and submit a enquiry form on my page.I am having problem when I try to call it again and again.The first time everything works fine and the form s submitted successfully.But if I click the GO button(added html below).I get an error for this line document.
EDITED:

<div class="hidden" id="dialog">
    <form action="index.php" class="testForm" id="testForm">
        <div class="name" id="name">
            <div class="displayName" id="dispName">Name</div>
            <div class="textName" id="viewName"><input type="text" class="fname" id="fullName" /></div>
            <div class="hide" id="nameErr"></div>

        </div>
        <div class="address" id="addressDetails">
            <div class="displayAddress" id="dispAddress">Address</div>
            <div class="textAddress" id=""><input type="text" class="taddress" id="fullAddress" /></div>
            <div class="hide" id="addressErr"></div>

        </div>
        <div class="submitForm" ><input type="button" class="submitDetails" id="submitInfo" name="Submit" value="Submit" onClick="validateAndSubmitForm()"/>
        <a name="Close" onclick="$('#dialog').dialog('close');">Close</a>
        </div>

    </form>
    </div>

Javascript\jquery

function submitEnquiryForProperty()

{

document.forms.testForm.reset();

$("#dialog").dialog({
                modal:true,
                resizable:false,
                autoOpen:false,
                width:260,
        });
openDialog();   

}

  function openDialog(){
$("#dialog").dialog("open");    
  }

  function closeDialog(){
$("#dialog").dialog("close");   
 }

Callback function on form submit

$.ajax({
            type:'POST',
            url:"processForm.php",
            data:"name="+name+"&address="+address,
            dataType:"html",

            success:function(msg){
                if(msg=="success"){
                    $("#dialog", window.parent.document).html("<div class='pad5'><div class='flt' style='padding-left:3px; width:235px;'><div class='thanx_msg'>Thank you for submitting the details. <br /><div class='spacer5'>&nbsp;</div><span class='gre'>Our Sales team shall revert to your query soon.</span></div></div><div class='spacer5'>&nbsp;</div><div style='padding-left:3px;' class='text'><strong>You can also:</strong></div><div style='margin-left:20px; line-height:20px;'>&bull; Apply for a <a href='homeloan.php'>Home Loan</a><br />&bull; Visit <a href='http://www.proptiger.com'>proptiger.com</a> for more properties<br />&bull; See our <a href='http://www.proptiger.com/blog'>Blog</a> for latest updates</div></div><br/><div class='msg' style='color:red;'>Click to close the box</div>");

                    $(function(){
                                $('#dialog').click(function() {
                                    closeDialog();
                                });
                            });

                }
                else
                {
                    alert("Operation cannot be completed,please try again");        
                }
            }

But I am facing the same problem.Error at the .reset() line.

Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

Updated answer

If you want to have a reusable dialog, do it like this:

1. Include the dialog element (almost assuredly a <div>) in your initial HTML. Use a CSS class so that it will not be immediately visible, for example:

   HTML:
   <div id="dialog" class="hidden">...</div>
   
   CSS:
   .hidden { display: none }
   

2. Unconditionally call $("#dialog").dialog(options) from Javascript immediately after the page loads. Be sure to set autoOpen: false in the options.

3. Whenever you want to display the dialog, use $("#dialog").dialog("open").

4. Whenever you want to hide the dialog, use $("#dialog").dialog("close").

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as much as you like.