McKirahan
Thanks very much, it works greatl. A couple of things, can the code used
to parse the variables be expanded to parse 3 and 4 variables from the
hyperlink? Also, would you be interested in doing some contract custom
programming for me down the road?
James
"McKirahan" <News@McKirahan.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Banks" <jbanks@ossolution.biz> wrote in message
> news:iaJYc.8049$CG3.500302@news20.bellglobal.com.. .[color=green]
> > Thankyou,
> >
> > I've captured and displayed the variable in a form without problem. I[/color][/color]
was[color=blue][color=green]
> > also hoping to use the variable in a html hidden text form field, so I[/color]
> could[color=green]
> > save it with other form field data to a file. Is there a way of doing[/color]
> this[color=green]
> > as well? As well, I need to capture two variables and am not sure how[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > format the alert(location.search); statement to parse out the second
> > variable.
> >
> > Much Appreciated
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "McKirahan" <News@McKirahan.com> wrote in message
> > news:Ou0Yc.330288$%_6.94979@attbi_s01...
> >
> > "Jim Banks" <jbanks@ossolution.biz> wrote in message
> > news:4U%Xc.26137$_H5.1004026@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> > Greetings
> > I'm opening a pop up window with a html form, (in one document) and I[/color][/color]
want[color=blue][color=green]
> > to pass a variable to the html form called from the hyperlink.
> > Here's the code I'm using to pop up the window and call the form. In[/color][/color]
this[color=blue][color=green]
> > particular instance, a city name is what I have to pass to the form
> > Chapter.htm.
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <Script Language=JavaScript Type="Text/JavaScript">
> > function PopWindow_D001(url_pop)
> > {
> > var popwidth=720;
> > var popheight=720;
> > var popleft=100;
> > var poptop=10;
> >[/color]
>[/color]
Standard_D001=window.open(url_pop,'standard','tool bar=no,status=no,menubar=n[color=blue][color=green]
> > o,location=no,directories=no,resizable=no,scrollba rs=yes,width='+
> > popwidth+',height='+ popheight+',left='+ popleft+',top='+ poptop);
> > }
> > </Script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > <a href="javascript
:PopWindow_D001('Chapter.htm')">St art a chapter in[/color][/color]
your[color=blue][color=green]
> > area.</a>
> > </body>
> > </html>
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > --
> > James Banks
> > Senior Partner
> >
> >
> >
> > First of all, please post in plain text.
> >
> > As to your post:
> >
> > When opening a pop-up you do not have to specify all of the features; if[/color]
> one[color=green]
> > is set then the reset are assumed to be "no". Thus, omitting your
> > positioning features, "scrollbars=yes" is the same as
> >[/color]
>[/color]
"toolbar=no,status=no,menubar=no,location=no,direc tories=no,resizable=no,scr[color=blue][color=green]
> > ollbars=yes"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Below are two pages; watch for word-wrap:
> >
> > "Chapter.html" (which call "Chapter.htm") follows:
> >
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <title>Chapter.html</title>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > function PopWindow_D001(url) {
> > var popwidth = 720;
> > var popheight = 720;
> > var popleft = 100;
> > var poptop = 10;
> > var cfg = "scrollbars='yes',width='" + popwidth + "',height='" +
> > popheight + "',left='" + popleft + "',top='" + poptop + "'";
> > Standard_D001=window.open(url,'standard',cfg);
> > }
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > <a href="javascript
:PopWindow_D001('Chapter.htm?Chica go')">Start a[/color][/color]
chapter[color=blue][color=green]
> > in your area.</a>
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > "Chapter.htm" follows:
> >
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <title>Chapter.htm</title>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > alert(location.search);
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > This is "Chapter.htm".
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > "location.search" contains the City name passed along with the preceding
> > "?".
> >
> > This can be parsed to identify just the City.
> >
> > If addition parameters are passed they are separated with "&" (an
> > ampersand).
> >
> > Paramters are often labeled; such as[/color][/color]
"Chapter.htm?City=Chicago&State=IL".[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > The name/value pairs are then extracted for use.
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Save the following as "vars.htm" then call it via
> http://{path}/vars.htm?data1=One&data2=Two
>
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>vars.htm</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <form name="form1">
> <br><input type="text" name="data1">
> <br><input type="text" name="data2">
> </form>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> if (location.search != "") {
> var parm = location.search.substr(1) + "&";
> var pair = parm.split('&');
> for (var i=0; i<pair.length-1; i++) {
> what = pair[i].split('=');
> if (what[0] == "data1") {
> document.form1.data1.value = what[1];
> } else if (what[0] == "data2") {
> document.form1.data2.value = what[1];
> }
> }
> }
> </script>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Others will probably suggest different/better ways to isolate the[/color]
name/value[color=blue]
> pairs...
>
>[/color]
