using a user field to create a link

[WindAndWaves]

Hi Gurus

What I would like to do is to setup a little form where people can put in a
date (e.g. Day: [....] Month..... [....] Year [......], where ... is user
input) and subsequently, will take them through to an anchor (<A
NAME={date}></A>), relating to the date that they selected. As you may have
worked out by now, I am a real novice when it comes to java script.

I have a browse using Google, but so far no luck

Let me know if you can help

Cheers
Nicolaas

[WindAndWaves]

"Randy Webb" <Hi************ @aol.com> wrote in message
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McKirahan wrote:

"Randy Webb" <Hi************ @aol.com> wrote in message
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document.loca tion.href = "http://" + yy + mm + dd + ".htm";

I don't think that http://20040923.htm will display a page!

If I name my domain 20040923.html it might :) But you are correct.

Perhaps you meant:

document.locati on.href = http://{domain}/{path}/ + yy + mm + dd +
".htm";

Otherwise good comments.

Yeah, its the effects of answering in too big a hurry.

--
Randy
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Just another little thank you Randy, you were particularly helpful.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

mscir wrote:

You probably copied & forgot to update the var names, I think this is
what you meant to do:

var dd=document.for ms['DF'].elements['dd'].value;
var mm=document.for ms['DF'].elements['mm'].value;
var yy=document.for ms['DF'].elements['yy'].value;

Then build the string:

var loc='go.html'+ "#" + yy + mm + dd;
alert('loc = '+loc);
document.locati on.href=loc;

He would be better off with

var e = document.forms['DF'].elements;
var dd = e['dd'].value;
var mm = e['mm'].value;
var yy = e['yy'].value;
...
var loc = 'go.html' + "#" + yy + mm + dd;
alert('loc = ' + loc);
location.href = loc;
PointedEars
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