title: firebug saying not a function
body: <pre><code>&lt;script type = "text/javascript"&gt;
          var First_Array = new Array();
          function reset_Form2() {document.extraInfo.reset();}
          function showList1() {document.getElementById("favSports").style.visibility="visible";}
          function showList2() {document.getElementById("favSubjects").style.visibility="visible";}
          function hideProceed() {document.getElementById('proceed').style.visibility='hidden';}
  
      function proceedToSecond ()
      {
          document.getElementById("div1").style.visibility="hidden";
          document.getElementById("div2").style.visibility="visible";
          document.getElementById("favSports").style.visibility="hidden";
          document.getElementById("favSubjects").style.visibility="hidden";
      }
  
      function backToFirst () {
          document.getElementById("div1").style.visibility="visible";
          document.getElementById("div2").style.visibility="hidden";
          document.getElementById("favSports").style.visibility="visible";
          document.getElementById("favSubjects").style.visibility="visible";
      }
  
      function reset_Form(){
          document.personalInfo.reset();
          document.getElementById("favSports").style.visibility="hidden";
          document.getElementById("favSubjects").style.visibility="hidden";
      }
  
      function isValidName(firstStr) {
          var firstPat = /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/;
  
          var matchArray = firstStr.match(firstPat);
          if (matchArray == null) {
              alert("That's a weird name, try again");
              return false;
          }
  
          return true;
      }
  
      function isValidZip(zipStr) {
          var zipPat =/[0-9]{5}/;
          var matchArray = zipStr.match(zipPat);
          if(matchArray == null) {
              alert("Zip is not in valid format");
              return false;
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      function isValidApt(aptStr) {
          var aptPat = /[\d]/;
          var matchArray = aptStr.match(aptPat);
          if(matchArray == null) {
              if (aptStr=="") {
                  return true;
              }
              alert("Apt is not proper format");
              return false;
          }
  
          return true;
      }
  
      function isValidDate(dateStr) {
          //requires 4 digit year:
  
          var datePat = /^(\d{1,2})(\/|-)(\d{1,2})\2(\d{4})$/;
  
          var matchArray = dateStr.match(datePat);
          if (matchArray == null) {
              alert("Date is not in a valid format.");
              return false;
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      function checkRadioFirst() {
          var rb = document.personalInfo.salutation;
  
          for(var i=0;i&lt;rb.length;i++) {
              if(rb[i].checked) {
                  return true;
              }
          }
          alert("Please specify a salutation");
          return false;
      }
  
      function checkCheckFirst() {
          var rb = document.personalInfo.operatingSystems;
  
          for(var i=0;i&lt;rb.length;i++) {
              if(rb[i].checked) {
                  return true;
              }
          }
          alert("Please specify an operating system") ;
          return false;
      }
  
      function checkSelectFirst() {
          if ( document.personalInfo.sports.selectedIndex == -1)
          {
              alert ( "Please select a sport" );
              return false;
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      function checkRadioSecond() {
          var rb = document.extraInfo.referral;
  
          for(var i=0;i&lt;rb.length;i++) {
              if(rb[i].checked) {
                  return true;
              }
          }
  
          alert("Please select form of referral");
          return false;
      }
  
      function checkCheckSecond() {
          var rb = document.extraInfo.officeSupplies;
  
          for(var i=0;i&lt;rb.length;i++) {
              if(rb[i].checked) {
                  return true;
              }
          }
          alert("Please select an office supply option");
          return false;
      }
  
      function checkSelectSecond() {
          if ( document.extraInfo.colorPick.selectedIndex == 0 ) {
              alert ( "Please select a favorite color" );
              return false;
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      function check_Form(){
          var retvalue = isValidDate(document.personalInfo.date.value);
          if(retvalue) {
  
              retvalue = isValidZip(document.personalInfo.zipCode.value);
              if(retvalue) {
  
                  retvalue = isValidName(document.personalInfo.nameFirst.value);
                  if(retvalue) {
  
                      retvalue = checkRadioFirst();
                      if(retvalue) {
  
                          retvalue = checkCheckFirst();
                          if(retvalue) {
  
                              retvalue = checkSelectFirst();
                              if(retvalue) {
  
                                  retvalue = isValidApt(document.personalInfo.aptNum.value);
                                  if(retvalue){
                                      document.getElementById('proceed').style.visibility='visible';
  
                                      var rb = document.personalInfo.salutation;
  
                                      for(var i=0;i&lt;rb.length;i++) {
                                          if(rb[i].checked) {
                                              var salForm = rb[i].value;
                                          }
                                      }
  
                                      var SportsOptions = "";
                                      for(var j=0;j&lt;document.personalInfo.sports.length;j++){
                                          if ( document.personalInfo.sports.options[j].selected){
                                              SportsOptions += document.personalInfo.sports.options[j].value + " ";
                                          }
                                      }
  
                                      var SubjectsOptions= "";
                                      for(var k=0;k&lt;document.personalInfo.subjects.length;k++){
                                          if ( document.personalInfo.subjects.options[k].selected){
                                              SubjectsOptions += document.personalInfo.subjects.options[k].value + " ";
                                          }
  
                                      }
  
                                      var osBox = document.personalInfo.operatingSystems;
                                      var OSOptions = "";
                                      for(var y=0;y&lt;osBox.length;y++) {
                                          if(osBox[y].checked) {
                                              OSOptions += osBox[y].value + " ";
                                          }
                                      }
  
  
                                      First_Array[0] = salForm;
                                      First_Array[1] = document.personalInfo.nameFirst.value;
                                      First_Array[2] = document.personalInfo.nameMiddle.value;
                                      First_Array[3] = document.personalInfo.nameLast.value;
                                      First_Array[4] = document.personalInfo.address.value;
                                      First_Array[5] = document.personalInfo.aptNum.value;
                                      First_Array[6] = document.personalInfo.city.value;
                                      for(var l=0; l&lt;document.personalInfo.state.length; l++) {
                                          if (document.personalInfo.state.options[l].selected) {
                                              First_Array[7] = document.personalInfo.state[l].value;
                                          }
                                      }
                                      First_Array[8] = document.personalInfo.zipCode.value;
                                      First_Array[9] = document.personalInfo.date.value;
                                      First_Array[10] = document.personalInfo.phone.value;
                                      First_Array[11] = SportsOptions;
                                      First_Array[12] = SubjectsOptions;
                                      First_Array[13] = OSOptions;
  
                                      alert("Everything looks good.");
                                      document.getElementById('validityButton').style.visibility='hidden';
                                  }
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
          }
      }
  
      /*function formAction2() {
          var retvalue;
          retvalue = checkRadioSecond();
          if(!retvalue) {
              return retvalue;
          }
  
          retvalue = checkCheckSecond();
          if(!retvalue) {
              return retvalue;
          }
  
          return checkSelectSecond() ;
      }   */
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is just a sample of the code, there are alot more functions, but I thought the error might be related to surrounding code.  I have absolutely no idea why, as I know all the surrounding functions execute, and First_Array is populated.</p>
  
  <p>However when I click the Proceed to Second button, the onclick attribute does not execute because Firebug says proceedToSecond is not a function</p>
  
  <p>button code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input type="button" id="proceed" name="proceedToSecond" onclick="proceedToSecond();" value="Proceed to second form"&gt;
  </code></pre>