Re: Passing form variables to new window created by JavaScript
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = on 24/7/01 8:54 AM, Steven Jarvis at sjarvis@nwaonline.net wrote:> MacOS 9.1, WebSTAR 4.4, WebCat 4.0.2rc1 patched> > > First off, I suck at JavaScript. It's on the list of things to learn more> about.> > That being said, I have a part of a site that shows local movie listings.> Users can search by theater or by movie. They select a movie or a theater> from a selection list and click on the submit button. If I just have it go> another page in the same window, it works just fine --- the the variables> get passed.> > BUT, if I try to do it via a new window created via a JavaScript function,> the formvariables are NOT passed to the new window where they are needed for> a search.> > Is there a way to pass select option values to a new window created with> JavaScript? I searched the archives, but I couldn't find anything exactly on> point or that I understood enough to modify to my needs.> > > Below is the code for one of the forms:> > > > > >
> > I'd just put the variable in the URL I'm passing to the JS function, but it> depends on the selected option. I can't figure out how to get the value of> the selected option and insert it into a JS function.> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.> > Thanks,> > Steven> > > --> Steven Jarvis > Web Developer > sjarvis@nwaonline.net> NWAonline.net> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/Reference the option select within the document object and give the form aname or id..document.formname.optionname[selectedindex].valueyou may need to reference the form via the elements collection for this towork multi browser...document.elements[0].optionname[selectindex].valueThis should work I think.dont take my word for it - check it out at:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/dhtmlrefs.asplook up the input objects under DHTML Objects.-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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on 24/7/01 8:54 AM, Steven Jarvis at sjarvis@nwaonline.net wrote:> MacOS 9.1, WebSTAR 4.4, WebCat 4.0.2rc1 patched> > > First off, I suck at JavaScript. It's on the list of things to learn more> about.> > That being said, I have a part of a site that shows local movie listings.> Users can search by theater or by movie. They select a movie or a theater> from a selection list and click on the submit button. If I just have it go> another page in the same window, it works just fine --- the the variables> get passed.> > BUT, if I try to do it via a new window created via a JavaScript function,> the formvariables are NOT passed to the new window where they are needed for> a search.> > Is there a way to pass select option values to a new window created with> JavaScript? I searched the archives, but I couldn't find anything exactly on> point or that I understood enough to modify to my needs.> > > Below is the code for one of the forms:> > > > > > > > I'd just put the variable in the URL I'm passing to the JS function, but it> depends on the selected option. I can't figure out how to get the value of> the selected option and insert it into a JS function.> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.> > Thanks,> > Steven> > > --> Steven Jarvis > Web Developer > sjarvis@nwaonline.net> NWAonline.net> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/Reference the option select within the document object and give the form aname or id..document.formname.optionname[selectedindex].valueyou may need to reference the form via the elements collection for this towork multi browser...document.elements[0].optionname[selectindex].valueThis should work I think.dont take my word for it - check it out at:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/dhtmlrefs.asplook up the input objects under DHTML Objects.-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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