Re: Fwd: checkboxes

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 31711
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks John. I will get right on it you just cleared it up for me............I hope I didn't sound rude. > ---------------------------------------- > Michael Di Filippo > 4G Data Systems, Inc. - Internet Services > e-mail: mdifilippo@4gdata.com > Tel: (212) 233-4300 x29 > > ---------------------------------------- > > > ---------- > From: John Peacock > Reply To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:43 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com > Subject: Re: Fwd: checkboxes > > Mike - > > I don't read e-mail headers unless I am trying to debug. I saw no > reason to suspect that the message was being forwarded by someone else; > I already apologized to Joseph for that. > > However, your earlier messages were lacking a certain, what can I say, > depth. You stated that you needed help with checkboxes, without an > example of your code. That is why I tried to gently nudge you in the > direction of remembering that everyone on this list is busy (we have > our own jobs) and we cannot teach beginners who cannot even get started. > > That out of the way, a command is something that the user needs to > click on to have the effect; a context happens exactly where it is on > the page. This leads to the useful lesson that you can stack contexts > to your hearts content on a page and they fire one by one from the top > to the bottom of the page. > > In your specific case, you want to use the following context for each > of your possible checkboxes (hidden by the correct [showif]): > > [AddLineItem Parameters]values[/AddLineItem] > > You inserted a command, which (had it been formatted as a link ), > would have required the user to click there to add the item to the > cart. > > Hopefully you find this more helpful. I suggest that you spend some > more time with the docs and just go down the list of contexts and see > what might be useful to remember for later use. > > John Peacock > > Webmaster@4GDATA.com wrote: > > > > John or to Anyone, > > > > Basically, I'm stuck. I never ask you to teach me html. > Web > > DNA is definitely not my expertise or I wouldn't be subscribing to this > > list. Maybe I didn't explain myself right. So I will try to do a better > job. > > The code you sent me is to show what variables are coming over to the > next > > page and the values set to them, I know this bit of code, the check > boxes do > > come over when selected.. I'm well informed about check boxes. What I'm > > attempting to do is the following. > > [showif[checkboxname]=on] [search/replace/WHATEVER] > > [/showif]. Picture a hamburger and a choice of five toppings. Someone > may > > want x out of 5 toppings. But......Each topping is an additional cost. > I > > want is to have the check boxes to signal webcat to search a database > and > > return an item with its price as a line item. Its true sometimes I get > mixed > > up between a context and command but I usually fix it. I mean you were > so > > willing to jump on a mistake, you didn't even read the original message > > correctly, and blamed someone else for it. Now if we can cut down the > > CANTANKEROUS attitude and act professional, I'm just asking for a little > > help. > > > > Mike D > > > > -------- > > > > > Joseph - > > > > > > It may that no one answered your earlier e-mails because this list is > > > not here to teach HTML or WebDNA coding techniques. Rather it is here > > > to support people who can do some work on their own and are stuck. > > > > > > Try creating a form with a variety of checkboxes and radiobuttons. > Then > > > on the next page throw the following code: > > > > > > [FormVariables] > > > [index],[name],[value]
> > > [/FormVariables] > > > > > > You will see that unchecked checkboxes do not transmit any value at > all. > > > You might also be interested in noting what the checked boxes do send. > > > > > > You also need to understand the difference between a context and a > > > command. You put a command in where you meant to use a context. > > > > > > Before we can help you, you must help yourself. Read The Fine > Manual... > > > > > > John Peacock > > > > > > Joseph D'Andrea wrote: > > > > > > > > >X-Real-To: JoeDan > > > > >From: MDifilippo@4GDATA.com > > > > >To: JoeDan@West21.com > > > > >Subject: checkboxes > > > > >Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:09:05 > > > > > > > > > >Joe > > > > > > > > > > I attempted several times to send this message to webcat > talk > > > list. > > > > >No one answered. I tried the following code on the shopping cart > page. > > > I was > > > > >wondering if you had any insight. If they checked cheese I want > cheese > > > to be > > > > >added as a line item. It doesn't seem there is a way to add to the > > > shopping > > > > >cart unless its hyper linked or am I wrong? > > > > > > > > > >showif [cheese]=on] > > > > > > > > > >Invoice.tpl?$add&db=topp.db&cart=[cart]&sku=1000&quantity=1 > > > > > > > > > >[/showif] > > > > > > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > > >> Michael Di Filippo > > > > >> 4G Data Systems, Inc. - Internet Services > > > > >> e-mail: mdifilippo@4gdata.com > > > > >> Tel: (212) 233-4300 x29 > > > > >> > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (Webmaster@4GDATA.com 2000)
  2. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (John Peacock 2000)
  3. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (Webmaster@4GDATA.com 2000)
  4. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (John Peacock 2000)
  5. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (Joseph D'Andrea 2000)
  6. Re: Fwd: checkboxes (John Peacock 2000)
  7. Fwd: checkboxes (Joseph D'Andrea 2000)
Thanks John. I will get right on it you just cleared it up for me............I hope I didn't sound rude. > ---------------------------------------- > Michael Di Filippo > 4G Data Systems, Inc. - Internet Services > e-mail: mdifilippo@4gdata.com > Tel: (212) 233-4300 x29 > > ---------------------------------------- > > > ---------- > From: John Peacock > Reply To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:43 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com > Subject: Re: Fwd: checkboxes > > Mike - > > I don't read e-mail headers unless I am trying to debug. I saw no > reason to suspect that the message was being forwarded by someone else; > I already apologized to Joseph for that. > > However, your earlier messages were lacking a certain, what can I say, > depth. You stated that you needed help with checkboxes, without an > example of your code. That is why I tried to gently nudge you in the > direction of remembering that everyone on this list is busy (we have > our own jobs) and we cannot teach beginners who cannot even get started. > > That out of the way, a command is something that the user needs to > click on to have the effect; a context happens exactly where it is on > the page. This leads to the useful lesson that you can stack contexts > to your hearts content on a page and they fire one by one from the top > to the bottom of the page. > > In your specific case, you want to use the following context for each > of your possible checkboxes (hidden by the correct [showif]): > > [AddLineItem Parameters]values[/AddLineItem] > > You inserted a command, which (had it been formatted as a link ), > would have required the user to click there to add the item to the > cart. > > Hopefully you find this more helpful. I suggest that you spend some > more time with the docs and just go down the list of contexts and see > what might be useful to remember for later use. > > John Peacock > > Webmaster@4GDATA.com wrote: > > > > John or to Anyone, > > > > Basically, I'm stuck. I never ask you to teach me html. > Web > > DNA is definitely not my expertise or I wouldn't be subscribing to this > > list. Maybe I didn't explain myself right. So I will try to do a better > job. > > The code you sent me is to show what variables are coming over to the > next > > page and the values set to them, I know this bit of code, the check > boxes do > > come over when selected.. I'm well informed about check boxes. What I'm > > attempting to do is the following. > > [showif[checkboxname]=on] [search/replace/WHATEVER] > > [/showif]. Picture a hamburger and a choice of five toppings. Someone > may > > want x out of 5 toppings. But......Each topping is an additional cost. > I > > want is to have the check boxes to signal webcat to search a database > and > > return an item with its price as a line item. Its true sometimes I get > mixed > > up between a context and command but I usually fix it. I mean you were > so > > willing to jump on a mistake, you didn't even read the original message > > correctly, and blamed someone else for it. Now if we can cut down the > > CANTANKEROUS attitude and act professional, I'm just asking for a little > > help. > > > > Mike D > > > > -------- > > > > > Joseph - > > > > > > It may that no one answered your earlier e-mails because this list is > > > not here to teach HTML or WebDNA coding techniques. Rather it is here > > > to support people who can do some work on their own and are stuck. > > > > > > Try creating a form with a variety of checkboxes and radiobuttons. > Then > > > on the next page throw the following code: > > > > > > [formvariables] > > > [index],[name],[value]
> > > [/FormVariables] > > > > > > You will see that unchecked checkboxes do not transmit any value at > all. > > > You might also be interested in noting what the checked boxes do send. > > > > > > You also need to understand the difference between a context and a > > > command. You put a command in where you meant to use a context. > > > > > > Before we can help you, you must help yourself. Read The Fine > Manual... > > > > > > John Peacock > > > > > > Joseph D'Andrea wrote: > > > > > > > > >X-Real-To: JoeDan > > > > >From: MDifilippo@4GDATA.com > > > > >To: JoeDan@West21.com > > > > >Subject: checkboxes > > > > >Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:09:05 > > > > > > > > > >Joe > > > > > > > > > > I attempted several times to send this message to webcat > talk > > > list. > > > > >No one answered. I tried the following code on the shopping cart > page. > > > I was > > > > >wondering if you had any insight. If they checked cheese I want > cheese > > > to be > > > > >added as a line item. It doesn't seem there is a way to add to the > > > shopping > > > > >cart unless its hyper linked or am I wrong? > > > > > > > > > >showif [cheese]=on] > > > > > > > > > >Invoice.tpl?$add&db=topp.db&cart=[cart]&sku=1000&quantity=1 > > > > > > > > > >[/showif] > > > > > > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > > >> Michael Di Filippo > > > > >> 4G Data Systems, Inc. - Internet Services > > > > >> e-mail: mdifilippo@4gdata.com > > > > >> Tel: (212) 233-4300 x29 > > > > >> > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Webmaster@4GDATA.com

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