title: Emulate clicking a link with Javascript that works with IE
body: <p>I want to have java script clicking a link on the page..I found something on the net that suggests adding a function like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>function fireEvent(obj,evt){
  
      var fireOnThis = obj;
      if( document.createEvent ) {
        var evObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
        evObj.initEvent( evt, true, false );
        fireOnThis.dispatchEvent(evObj);
      } else if( document.createEventObject ) {
        fireOnThis.fireEvent('on'+evt);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then call it using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>fireEvent(document.getElementById('edit_client_link'),'click');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This seems to work fine for FF but with IE it doesn't work!</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>