How to pass a javascript object back to the server?

Trouble in passing form object to javascript from hyperlink?

• 1. <a href="javascript:SelectAll(this.form)">A… </a> 2.<input type ="button" value ="test" onClick="SelectAll(this.form);" /> <script ......> function SelectAll(form) { alert(form); } </script> method 1 produce an alert message 'undefined' while 2 method works fine by displaying form object . I'm very much aware that anchor elements don't have a `form` property, that references the form , unlike input elements,but is there any alternative way to pass form object using hyperlink or is there any way to style the button to look like an hyperlink Thanks

• Answer:

  You could pass the id of the form w/ the link into a function to the get the object and pass that object to ur method.... something like this <script type="text/javascript"> function SelectAll(form) { alert(form); } function GetElement(id) { if (document.getElementById(id)) { return document.getElementById(id); } else { return false; } } </script> <a href="javascript:SelectAll( GetElement('form1') );" onclick="">blah</a>