onBlur function not executing

Question

I've been searching for an answer for why this isn't working for several hours, and I'm stumped.

Here's the script including the javascript and form involved.

<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function complete(init){
        alert ("in function with " + init);
        var aList = new Array(<?php echo $aList; ?>);
        var iList = new Array(<?php echo $iList; ?>);
        for (var i = 0; i < iList.length; i++){
            if (init == iList[i]){
                alert ("replacing " + init + " with " + aList[i]);
                this.frmMain.txtAtty.value = aList[i];
            }
        }
    }
</script>

<FORM METHOD="POST" NAME="frmMain" ACTION=<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>>
    <table width="75%" align="center">
        <tr>
            <td width="25%" align="right">Name:</td>
            <td>
                <input type="text" name="txtSender" size="30" value=""/><span class="noteText"> Your Name</span>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td width="25%" align="right">Attorney:</td>
            <td>
                <input type="text" name="txtAtty" size="30" value="" onblur = "complete(this.value)">
            </td>
        </tr>

The two PHP echo statements are the parameters for the Arrays. The complete(this.value) function is supposed to take a 3 letter code (in the iList array) and substitute it with a name. The alerts are in there for debugging purposes, but i don't get either alert when i run the page. Any ideas?

Answer 1

this.frmMain is not defined anywhere

change

onblur = "complete(this.value)"

to

onblur = "complete(this)"

and use

function complete(field){
  var init = field.value;
        alert ("in function with " + init);
        var aList = new Array(<?php echo $aList; ?>);
        var iList = new Array(<?php echo $iList; ?>);
        for (var i = 0; i < iList.length; i++){
            if (init == iList[i]){
                alert ("replacing " + init + " with " + aList[i]);
                field.value = aList[i];
            }
        }
    }