loading ASP from javascript, missing text in input-boxes

[J?rgen Jensen]

I have made an asp-page. When pressing Submit, the form loads a
javascript, for evaluating the input values. The asp-page is being
reloaded from the javascript, to save the input-values.
The evaluation-script is running fine, but when the ASP-script has to
save the value in txtFolder, the record is being added, but the saved
value from input 'Folder' is empty.

The tFolder-value is used when the ASP-page is loading values to edit
existing records.

<%
' ASP script
rs.fields("Folder").value = Trim(Request.Form("txtFolder"))
%>

<script type="text/javascript">
function EvaluateValues(ASPFile){
if (TestValues() == true) {
document.location.href=ASPFile;
}
}
</script>

<form name="MyForm" method="Post"
action="javascript:EvaluateValues('Paper.asp?mode= Add')">
<input type="text" value="<%=tFolder%>" maxlength="1" name="txtFolder"
size="1">
<input type="submit" value="Save" name="B1"></form>

But where does the link break.

I hope you can see my problem. No values are being saved.

Thanks

Jorgen

[Nathan]

Change your FORM tag to be <FORM METHOD=post ACTION=paper.asp> and
change your submit button to be <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON value='SAVE'
onclick='EvaluateValues()'> instead. You will also need to change the
Javascript as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
function EvaluateValues(){
if (TestValues() == true) {
document.forms[0].submit();
}
}
</script>

Because your Javascript is doing a navigate using
document.location.href, the form data is never posted when the page
navigates. By using the document.forms[0].submit() it will post the
form data, and the <FORM ..> tag will tell it where to post the data
to.

jo*********@ofir.dk (J?rgen Jensen) wrote in message news:<e3**************************@posting.google. com>...

I have made an asp-page. When pressing Submit, the form loads a
javascript, for evaluating the input values. The asp-page is being
reloaded from the javascript, to save the input-values.
The evaluation-script is running fine, but when the ASP-script has to
save the value in txtFolder, the record is being added, but the saved
value from input 'Folder' is empty.

The tFolder-value is used when the ASP-page is loading values to edit
existing records.

<%
' ASP script
rs.fields("Folder").value = Trim(Request.Form("txtFolder"))
%>

<script type="text/javascript">
function EvaluateValues(ASPFile){
if (TestValues() == true) {
document.location.href=ASPFile;
}
}
</script>

<form name="MyForm" method="Post"
action="javascript:EvaluateValues('Paper.asp?mode= Add')">
<input type="text" value="<%=tFolder%>" maxlength="1" name="txtFolder"
size="1">
<input type="submit" value="Save" name="B1"></form>

But where does the link break.

I hope you can see my problem. No values are being saved.

Thanks

Jorgen

[Michael Winter]

On 20 Mar 2004 21:38:51 -0800, Nathan <na******@yahoo.com> wrote:

Change your FORM tag to be <FORM METHOD=post ACTION=paper.asp> and
change your submit button to be <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON value='SAVE'
onclick='EvaluateValues()'> instead. You will also need to change the
Javascript as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
function EvaluateValues(){
if (TestValues() == true) {
document.forms[0].submit();
}
}
</script>

Because your Javascript is doing a navigate using
document.location.href, the form data is never posted when the page
navigates. By using the document.forms[0].submit() it will post the
form data, and the <FORM ..> tag will tell it where to post the data
to.

[snipped top-post]

However, the form is now totally dependent on JavaScript for no good
reason. A better solution would be:

<form method="post" action="Paper.asp?mode=Add"
onsubmit="return TestValues()">
<input type="text" value="<%=tFolder%>" maxlength="1"
name="txtFolder" size="1">
<input type="submit" value="Save" name="B1">
</form>

Mike
Please don't top-post

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M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)