How do I use a speedscript variable in an html <a href= tag?

[SKbirdie]

I have an existing website using Speedscript which is like Progress code. I have to put the includes and variables in the speedscript but need to do an
<a href="WI_testweb/"+variable+".xml">Matrix</a>

the variable value should be our customers number which will be the name of the .xml spreadsheet.

I appreciate any and all help.

thanks,

[johny10151981]

Where are you getting the variable? you said customer number. where you want to add at server side or at client side. I think you need to add variable at server side. in that case it is needed to ask what server side scripting you are using. If the variable in client side then need to know what how user using choosing? i mean from what type of control.

In maximum case you can just do this with javascript

<script>
function choice()
{
 var variable=document.getElementById("id_of_your_control"). value;
document.getElementById("anchor").href="WI_testweb/"+variable+".xml";
</script>
<a id="anchor" href="">Matrix</a>
 

[SKbirdie]

This is all being done on the server side. I will give this code a try. Thanks,

[SKbirdie]

The code I have to work with is........

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="SpeedScript">

{shared/esalesvars.i}
{shared/validate-session.i}

</SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

function choice()
{
var variable=login.getElementById("cLogin"). value;
document.getElementById("anchor").href="/WI_testweb/"+login+".xml";
</script>
<a id="anchor" href="">Matrix</a>

I am working on the server side and the speedscript above are the include files. We do not own the code so I can't look at the include files. Flying blind. The cLogin is from one of the include files it should contain the customers number.

I am trying to pull the cLogin and display a link on the screen that the specific customer can click on and pull up an Excel spreadsheet.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

[johny10151981]

Javascript is a client side scripting language. What ever you trying to do must have to be on client not server.

Now in this point I am totally confused about what you need

[SKbirdie]

Like I said I am very very new to this and have been thrown into the fire. However I have been able to get the code to work and do what I need it to do. Thank you for your help.