How to trigger a button without having to click it

Question

In the view i have defined a button, and if a condition is met, i want that button to be triggered/clicked automatically so the processing continues as if someone had clicked the button.
  <phtmlb:matrixCell row = "2"
                     col = "1" />
  <htmlb:button id      = "newEntry"
                text    = "<%= otr(paoc_rcf_ui/new_entry) %>"
                width   = "10%"
                onClick = "onNewEntry" />
<b>  <%
  if not controller->pt_work_experience is initial.
  %>
  Trigger the above described button automatically
  <%
  endif.
  %></b>
Any simple code examples for this ?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

is that case the js is right
<script>
document.getElementById('newEntry').click();
</script>
should work.
we need to resolve the js issue, if its resolved, this solution will work.
the following is a small sample page which i created. test it in your browser and let me know.
page attribute:
test type string.
test1 type string .
layout.
<%@page language="abap" %>
<%@extension name="htmlb" prefix="htmlb" %>
<%@extension name="bsp" prefix="bsp" %>
<htmlb:content design="design2003" >
  <htmlb:page title=" " >
    <htmlb:form >
      <htmlb:button id = "MYB"
                          text    = "Press Me"
                    onClick = "myClickHandler" />
<% if test = 'Y' . %>
<script>
document.getElementById('MYB').click();
</script>
<% endif .
%>
   <%= test1 %>
      <% clear:test, test1 . %>
    </htmlb:form>
  </htmlb:page>
</htmlb:content>
oninputprocessing
test1 = 'Button Clicked' .
clear test .
save activate the page. run the page by passing ?test=Y at the end of the url, you will see the button automatically getting clicked pass test=N and notice its not getting clicked.
to identify the js error , i have to see the whole layout code of your page.
Regards
Raja