retrieving the choise of a combo box

[Klaas Seelen]

Hi,

On a webpage I have three comboboxes. The second and the third are
dynamically filled dependent from the choice in the first combobox.
Each choice in all three boxes consist of a numeric value and a
string. This is done through a javascript and it uses the numeric
values of the first box. When submitting the page to an asp script I
don't want to post these numeric values but the selected strings. Can
this be done???

Regards, Klaas Seelen

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Klaas Seelen wrote:

Hi,

On a webpage I have three comboboxes. The second and the third are
dynamically filled dependent from the choice in the first combobox.
Each choice in all three boxes consist of a numeric value and a
string. This is done through a javascript and it uses the numeric
values of the first box. When submitting the page to an asp script I
don't want to post these numeric values but the selected strings. Can
this be done???

You will only be able to see the values in the submitted data. So force the
value property or the options to contain the strings you want to post
instead of the numeric values. There is no requirement that the value
property has to be something different from the text property of the option.

Bob Barrows
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[Dave Anderson]

Klaas Seelen wrote:

On a webpage I have three comboboxes. The second and the third are
dynamically filled dependent from the choice in the first combobox.
Each choice in all three boxes consist of a numeric value and a
string. This is done through a javascript and it uses the numeric
values of the first box. When submitting the page to an asp script I
don't want to post these numeric values but the selected strings. Can
this be done???

Let me first state that I would be inclined to get rid of the numbers
altogether. If you are not interested in them at submission, why bother
putting them into the document in the first place?

Back to your question. There are several ways to do this. Perhaps the most
straightforward is to change the value at submit:

option.value = option.text // [1],[2]

If your SELECT elements (they are not "comboboxes ") are of the "select-one"
type [3], then it suffices to do it this way:

sel[sel.selectedInd ex].value = sel[sel.selectedInd ex].text

For "select-multiple" elements, you should iterate through the entire set of
option elements.

Please bear in mind that "option" and "sel" are object references,
representing something like
document.forms["myForm"].elements["mySelectElemen t"][i] and
document.forms["myForm"].elements["mySelectElemen t"], respectively.
[1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...es/value_3.asp
[2]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ies/text_3.asp
[3]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ies/type_9.asp
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[Klaas Seelen]

I have thought of that one too, the problem is I need the numeric values for
my javascript to dynamically fill te second and third box so I hope ther is
an other solution...

Klaas Seelen

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Klaas Seelen wrote:

Hi,

On a webpage I have three comboboxes. The second and the third are
dynamically filled dependent from the choice in the first combobox.
Each choice in all three boxes consist of a numeric value and a
string. This is done through a javascript and it uses the numeric
values of the first box. When submitting the page to an asp script I
don't want to post these numeric values but the selected strings. Can
this be done???

You will only be able to see the values in the submitted data. So force
the value property or the options to contain the strings you want to post
instead of the numeric values. There is no requirement that the value
property has to be something different from the text property of the
option.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

You have two choices:

Use client-side code (as suggested by Dave) to either either of these
actions on submit:
a. modify the selected option elements
b. populate hidden textboxes with the values of the selects
Use server-side code to retrieve the strings that correspond to the numeric
values from whatever source is used to provide the data for the "combos"
(note: there is no such thing as a "combo" in html - you have select
elements). Provide a little more info and we may be able to help you with
this.

Klaas Seelen wrote:

I have thought of that one too, the problem is I need the numeric
values for my javascript to dynamically fill te second and third box
so I hope ther is an other solution...

Klaas Seelen

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[Klaas Seelen]

Thanks a lot, it worked...

Klaas Seelen

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Klaas Seelen wrote:

On a webpage I have three comboboxes. The second and the third are
dynamically filled dependent from the choice in the first combobox.
Each choice in all three boxes consist of a numeric value and a
string. This is done through a javascript and it uses the numeric
values of the first box. When submitting the page to an asp script I
don't want to post these numeric values but the selected strings. Can
this be done???

Let me first state that I would be inclined to get rid of the numbers
altogether. If you are not interested in them at submission, why bother
putting them into the document in the first place?

Back to your question. There are several ways to do this. Perhaps the most
straightforward is to change the value at submit:

option.value = option.text // [1],[2]

If your SELECT elements (they are not "comboboxes ") are of the
"select-one" type [3], then it suffices to do it this way:

sel[sel.selectedInd ex].value = sel[sel.selectedInd ex].text

For "select-multiple" elements, you should iterate through the entire set
of option elements.

Please bear in mind that "option" and "sel" are object references,
representing something like
document.forms["myForm"].elements["mySelectElemen t"][i] and
document.forms["myForm"].elements["mySelectElemen t"], respectively.
[1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...es/value_3.asp
[2]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ies/text_3.asp
[3]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ies/type_9.asp
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