submit method

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05/02/2017

Submits the form.

Syntax

HRESULT retVal = object.submit();

Parameters

This method has no parameters.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5

Remarks

The IHTMLFormElement::submit method does not invoke the HTMLFormElementEvents::onsubmit event handler. Call the HTMLFormElementEvents::onsubmit event handler directly.

When using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and later, you can call the IHTMLDocument4::fireEvent method with a value of HTMLFormElementEvents::onsubmit in the sEvent parameter.