pop up text area after click yes from drop down list

[weiwei]

Hi all
I want to write a asp script, basically, that has drop down box in the
form, if user select Yes,
on the same page, a hidden textarea will show up, if user select No,
then nothing happen.
so far, my code is unsuccessful, in addition, I also got syntax error
on the response.write line
anyone has idea, please help me out, I would really appreciate your
help

below is my current code
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<%strtest = request("test")%>
<%
If strtest = "Yes" Then
response.write "<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>"
Else

End if
%>

</form>

[William Morris]

ASP is server side technology. What you want is client-side script, like
javascript or client-side vb script. The best way to handle it is to put
the textbox inside a hidden <div> tag, then in the OnChange event for the
select box, check for the value you want and un-hide the div. Like so:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test" onChange="if (document.form1.test.options[1].selected)
{document.hiddenDiv.style.display=''} else
{document.hiddenDiv.style.display='none'} ">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<div style="display: none" name="hiddenDiv">
<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>
</div>

You might want to address any further questions like this to a client-size
scripting group.
"weiwei" <We*******@slps.org> wrote in message
news:d3**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi all
I want to write a asp script, basically, that has drop down box in the
form, if user select Yes,
on the same page, a hidden textarea will show up, if user select No,
then nothing happen.
so far, my code is unsuccessful, in addition, I also got syntax error
on the response.write line
anyone has idea, please help me out, I would really appreciate your
help

below is my current code
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<%strtest = request("test")%>
<%
If strtest = "Yes" Then
response.write "<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>"
Else

End if
%>

</form>

[weiwei]

thank you very much
"William Morris" <ne***************************@seamlyne.com> wrote in message news:<bt************@ID-205671.news.uni-berlin.de>...

ASP is server side technology. What you want is client-side script, like
javascript or client-side vb script. The best way to handle it is to put
the textbox inside a hidden <div> tag, then in the OnChange event for the
select box, check for the value you want and un-hide the div. Like so:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test" onChange="if (document.form1.test.options[1].selected)
{document.hiddenDiv.style.display=''} else
{document.hiddenDiv.style.display='none'} ">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<div style="display: none" name="hiddenDiv">
<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>
</div>

You might want to address any further questions like this to a client-size
scripting group.
"weiwei" <We*******@slps.org> wrote in message
news:d3**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi all
I want to write a asp script, basically, that has drop down box in the
form, if user select Yes,
on the same page, a hidden textarea will show up, if user select No,
then nothing happen.
so far, my code is unsuccessful, in addition, I also got syntax error
on the response.write line
anyone has idea, please help me out, I would really appreciate your
help

below is my current code
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<%strtest = request("test")%>
<%
If strtest = "Yes" Then
response.write "<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>"
Else

End if
%>

</form>

[Brynn]

This really is a Javascript question ... but I am going to help you
out anyway and give you the Javascript answer.

go to ...

http://www.coolpier.com/cp/_dev/textareaOnSelect.asp

and view source to see the code

let me know if this helps :)

Brynn
www.coolpier.com
On 6 Jan 2004 14:28:01 -0800, We*******@slps.org (weiwei) wrote:

Hi all
I want to write a asp script, basically, that has drop down box in the
form, if user select Yes,
on the same page, a hidden textarea will show up, if user select No,
then nothing happen.
so far, my code is unsuccessful, in addition, I also got syntax error
on the response.write line
anyone has idea, please help me out, I would really appreciate your
help

below is my current code
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test13.asp">

<select name="test">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>

<%strtest = request("test")%>
<%
If strtest = "Yes" Then
response.write "<textarea name="whatis" cols="50"></textarea>"
Else

End if
%>

</form>