I have been trying to set the default text value of a TextArea element
for about a day now without any luck.

Similar to the code used to set the Text field below I would like to
use the returned (for lack of a better term) value in a TextArea
element ie. {TITLE}.
this works:
<input readonly="true" value="{TITLE}" name="titleedit"
size="50"
maxlength="255" class="detaileditentry">

But of course there is no "value" attribute for a TextArea element.
I've tried embedding a "value" between the
<textarea...>{DESCRIPTION}</textarea> but that gives me the string
literal.

I've tried using JavaScript to set the
document.input.descriptionedit.value value but this has to be done at
the "onload" point and of course the {DESCRIPTION} has no value at
that point until a LOAD_REQUEST is made (after the onload call).

Again, this is something I want to set at load time and therefore
can't use the "onclick" or similar event to set this value.

Does anyone know a trick to setting this type of element in this
manner?

Thanks,
Dave Kern

dekern@tallysystems.com (dekern) wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have been trying to set the default text value of a TextArea element
>for about a day now without any luck.[/color]

In HTML terms that is easy.
[color=blue]
>I've tried embedding a "value" between the
><textarea...>{DESCRIPTION}</textarea> but that gives me the string
>literal.[/color]

What do you mean by 'string literal'?
The above should display {DESCRIPTION} in the textarea, isn't that
what you want?

I think you need to explain exactly what you want.

Steve

--
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I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

dekern wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have been trying to set the default text value of a TextArea element
> for about a day now without any luck.
>
> Similar to the code used to set the Text field below I would like to
> use the returned (for lack of a better term) value in a TextArea
> element ie. {TITLE}.
> this works:
> <input readonly="true" value="{TITLE}" name="titleedit"
> size="50"
> maxlength="255" class="detaileditentry">
>
> But of course there is no "value" attribute for a TextArea element.
> I've tried embedding a "value" between the
> <textarea...>{DESCRIPTION}</textarea> but that gives me the string
> literal.
>
> I've tried using JavaScript to set the
> document.input.descriptionedit.value value but this has to be done at
> the "onload" point and of course the {DESCRIPTION} has no value at
> that point until a LOAD_REQUEST is made (after the onload call).
>
> Again, this is something I want to set at load time and therefore
> can't use the "onclick" or similar event to set this value.
>
> Does anyone know a trick to setting this type of element in this
> manner?[/color]

Your subject line talking about a "ResultSet" and the syntax
value="{TITLE}"
suggest you are using some data binding feature that is not part of
HTML. Maybe you can elaborate where that ResultSet comes from and
where/how you expect the TITLE replacement to happen, on the server or
on the client.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<3f9e8877$1@olaf.komtel.net>...[color=blue]
> dekern wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I have been trying to set the default text value of a TextArea element
> > for about a day now without any luck.
> >
> > Similar to the code used to set the Text field below I would like to
> > use the returned (for lack of a better term) value in a TextArea
> > element ie. {TITLE}.
> > this works:
> > <input readonly="true" value="{TITLE}" name="titleedit"
> > size="50"
> > maxlength="255" class="detaileditentry">
> >
> > But of course there is no "value" attribute for a TextArea element.
> > I've tried embedding a "value" between the
> > <textarea...>{DESCRIPTION}</textarea> but that gives me the string
> > literal.
> >
> > I've tried using JavaScript to set the
> > document.input.descriptionedit.value value but this has to be done at
> > the "onload" point and of course the {DESCRIPTION} has no value at
> > that point until a LOAD_REQUEST is made (after the onload call).
> >
> > Again, this is something I want to set at load time and therefore
> > can't use the "onclick" or similar event to set this value.
> >
> > Does anyone know a trick to setting this type of element in this
> > manner?[/color]
>
> Your subject line talking about a "ResultSet" and the syntax
> value="{TITLE}"
> suggest you are using some data binding feature that is not part of
> HTML. Maybe you can elaborate where that ResultSet comes from and
> where/how you expect the TITLE replacement to happen, on the server or
> on the client.[/color]

I use JDBC ODBC to retrieve record sets from a database. I then
"push" the data into an XSL file for display purposes. Inside the XSL
I have a template defined that displays the returned record
information. Often this information is static and displayed in a
TABLE.

In cases where I am simply trying to display data I use syntax like
such:

<xsl:for-each select="/Report/DeviceList/Device">
<xsl:if test="SYSTEMDESCRIPTION">
<TD class="datadata">
<SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="SYSTEMDESCRIPTION"/>
</SPAN>
</TD>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>

where SYSTEMDESCRIPTION is a column returned in the ResultSet of the
database query.

What is different here is that I am trying to access the value of the
DESCRIPTION column of a returned record and seed it into the TextArea
element so a user can modify the text.

As you can tell my HTML/XSL is very weak and perhaps I have posted to
the wrong group - if so, sorry and could someone point me to a group
that could possibly answer my question

Dave

dekern@tallysystems.com (dekern) wrote in message news:<5f752fd4.0310281057.7eef1174@posting.google. com>...[color=blue]
> Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<3f9e8877$1@olaf.komtel.net>...[color=green]
> > dekern wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > I have been trying to set the default text value of a TextArea element
> > > for about a day now without any luck.
> > >
> > > Similar to the code used to set the Text field below I would like to
> > > use the returned (for lack of a better term) value in a TextArea
> > > element ie. {TITLE}.
> > > this works:
> > > <input readonly="true" value="{TITLE}" name="titleedit"
> > > size="50"
> > > maxlength="255" class="detaileditentry">
> > >
> > > But of course there is no "value" attribute for a TextArea element.
> > > I've tried embedding a "value" between the
> > > <textarea...>{DESCRIPTION}</textarea> but that gives me the string
> > > literal.
> > >
> > > I've tried using JavaScript to set the
> > > document.input.descriptionedit.value value but this has to be done at
> > > the "onload" point and of course the {DESCRIPTION} has no value at
> > > that point until a LOAD_REQUEST is made (after the onload call).
> > >
> > > Again, this is something I want to set at load time and therefore
> > > can't use the "onclick" or similar event to set this value.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know a trick to setting this type of element in this
> > > manner?[/color]
> >
> > Your subject line talking about a "ResultSet" and the syntax
> > value="{TITLE}"
> > suggest you are using some data binding feature that is not part of
> > HTML. Maybe you can elaborate where that ResultSet comes from and
> > where/how you expect the TITLE replacement to happen, on the server or
> > on the client.[/color]
>
> I use JDBC ODBC to retrieve record sets from a database. I then
> "push" the data into an XSL file for display purposes. Inside the XSL
> I have a template defined that displays the returned record
> information. Often this information is static and displayed in a
> TABLE.
>
> In cases where I am simply trying to display data I use syntax like
> such:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="/Report/DeviceList/Device">
> <xsl:if test="SYSTEMDESCRIPTION">
> <TD class="datadata">
> <SPAN>
> <xsl:value-of select="SYSTEMDESCRIPTION"/>
> </SPAN>
> </TD>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> where SYSTEMDESCRIPTION is a column returned in the ResultSet of the
> database query.
>
> What is different here is that I am trying to access the value of the
> DESCRIPTION column of a returned record and seed it into the TextArea
> element so a user can modify the text.
>
> As you can tell my HTML/XSL is very weak and perhaps I have posted to
> the wrong group - if so, sorry and could someone point me to a group
> that could possibly answer my question
>
> Dave[/color]

I figured it out - the above code does work in the
<textarea><xsl:value-of select="SYSTEMDESCRIPTION"/></textarea>
format, as long as you spell the tag correctly!

Thanks for any and all posts.
Dave Kern