Easy question - Trouble with Request.Form

[Rabel]

I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

[Marc]

"Rabel" <Ra***@Creative ness.comwrote in message
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>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

I think you want to try javascript for that but...
<%
Response.Redire ct(Request.Form ("selecter") )
%>

[Marc]

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>>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

I think you want to try javascript for that but...
<%
Response.Redire ct(Request.Form ("selecter") )
%>

I can't help myself:

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter"
onchange="if(th is.selectedInde x>0)document.lo cation.href=thi s.options[this.selectedIn dex].value">
<option value="" selected>Select page</option>
<option value="page1.ht m">Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

Make sure the "onchange" bit until the ">" is on one line!

[Rabel]

On Apr 4, 1:08 pm, "Marc" <sorry...@dirty mail.comwrote:

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"Rabel" <R...@Creativen ess.comwrote in message
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>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

I think you want to try javascript for that but...

<%
Response.Redire ct(Request.Form ("selecter") )
%>

I can't help myself:

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter"
onchange="if(th is.selectedInde x>0)document.lo cation.href=thi s.options[this.*selectedI ndex].value">
<option value="" selected>Select page</option>
<option value="page1.ht m">Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

Make sure the "onchange" bit until the ">" is on one line!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Marc - but is there a way that I can still use a button then
just when you select from the box.

Thanks

[Jon Paal [MSMD]]

You need to have a default value for your link until the user makes a selection

and

-- you either need an autopostabck on your selector which will then change the link value

or

-- you need to use javascript to change the link value based upon the user selection.



"Rabel" <Ra***@Creative ness.comwrote in message news:11******** *************@w 1g2000hsg.googl egroups.com...

>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

[Rabel]

On Apr 4, 3:02 pm, "Jon Paal [MSMD]" <Jon nospam Paal @ everywhere dot
comwrote:

You need to have a default value for your link until the user makes a selection

and

-- you either need an autopostabck on your selector which will then change the link value

or

-- you need to use javascript to change the link value based upon the user selection.

"Rabel" <R...@Creativen ess.comwrote in messagenews:11* *************** *****@w1g2000hs g.googlegroups. com...

I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jon but I dont really understand what you mean - I think that
you are describing Marc's js version which I am using but I would
still like to have a button make it go to the next page, not just when
you select a option in the dropdown box.

[Tim Slattery]

"Rabel" <Ra***@Creative ness.comwrote:

>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Looks OK at a glance. In order to use Request.Form, your form has to
have been POSTed, you cannot use method="get" if you're going to use
that. If you want that link to be in the same page as the select
group, then you have to rethink what you're doing. ASP is a
server-side platform, and the <%= tag in the <a href= HTML tag won't
work unless the form has been submitted and you're building a new
page.

It can be done in the same page, but it's done using client-side
Javascript (use a handler for the onChange event in the select group).
That being the case, it's off-topic in this group.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Sl********@bls. gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Jon Paal [MSMD]]

I guess it's not clear what you are trying to accomplish.

if you want the dropdownlist to send the user to another page, then on the post back, use

if len(Request.For m("selecter") ) 0 then
Response.Redire ct(Request.Form ("selecter") )
end if
if you want to populate the clientside anchor to give the user a button, then use javascript to get the selected value from the
dropdownlist through the onchange event.


"Rabel" <Ra***@Creative ness.comwrote in message news:11******** **************@ n59g2000hsh.goo glegroups.com.. .

On Apr 4, 3:02 pm, "Jon Paal [MSMD]" <Jon nospam Paal @ everywhere dot
comwrote:

>You need to have a default value for your link until the user makes a selection

and

-- you either need an autopostabck on your selector which will then change the link value

or

-- you need to use javascript to change the link value based upon the user selection.

"Rabel" <R...@Creativen ess.comwrote in messagenews:11* *************** *****@w1g2000hs g.googlegroups. com...

>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jon but I dont really understand what you mean - I think that
you are describing Marc's js version which I am using but I would
still like to have a button make it go to the next page, not just when
you select a option in the dropdown box.

[Marc]

"Rabel" <Ra***@Creative ness.comwrote in message
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On Apr 4, 1:08 pm, "Marc" <sorry...@dirty mail.comwrote:

"Marc" <sorry...@dirty mail.comwrote in message

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"Rabel" <R...@Creativen ess.comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@w 1g2000hsg.googl egroups.com...

>I am new to asp and I am having a little trouble with the Request.form
option. What I want to do is I have a dropdown box.

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m" selected>Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

and I want to use a button that then will take you to the page you
selected so I have been trying codes like this.

<a href="<%= Request.Form("s electer") %>" ><img src="submit.jpg "
width="45" height="18" border="0"></a>

Any idea what I am doing wrong, any help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Randy

I think you want to try javascript for that but...

<%
Response.Redire ct(Request.Form ("selecter") )
%>

I can't help myself:

<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter"
onchange="if(th is.selectedInde x>0)document.lo cation.href=thi s.options[this.*selectedI ndex].value">
<option value="" selected>Select page</option>
<option value="page1.ht m">Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>

Make sure the "onchange" bit until the ">" is on one line!- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Marc - but is there a way that I can still use a button then
just when you select from the box.

Thanks
sure, but remember... this isn't a javascript group.

<form name="frm">
<select name="selecter" class="text" id="selecter">
<option value="page1.ht m">Page 1</option>
<option value="page2.ht m">Page 2</option>
<option value="page3.ht m">Page 3</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="go there"
onclick="docume nt.location.hre f=document.frm. selecter.option s[document.frm.se lecter.selected Index].value"
/>
</form>