I'm trying to develop fast, simple, html-based front ends
for some Windows application programs. My idea:
1. Use html forms to let users supply run parameters (title,
run options, etc.)
2. When the user presses a submit button:
a. The selected options for all the form fields are
written to an external file (e.g., c:\project\inpu t.txt)
b. The application program, say, prog.exe, is executed.
This program then reads the run parameters from the file
input.txt and proceeds.
Here are examples of the kinds of forms I might use:
<html>
<form>
Run title:
<input type="text" name="run_title ">
</form>
<form>
Method:
<select name="run_metho d">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
</form>
</html>
Is it possible to do steps 2a and 2b above? If so, does it
require only html code, or do I need javascript or something
similar?
As is probably obvious, I'm just an application programmer,
and a newbie when it comes to html etc.
Thanks in advance!
--
John Uebersax
1  1894 
JavaScript can't processl JavaScript form. What you would need to do is
use a server-side language like PHP or ASP to process the form and call
the exe.
john wrote:
I'm trying to develop fast, simple, html-based front ends
for some Windows application programs. My idea:
1. Use html forms to let users supply run parameters (title,
run options, etc.)
2. When the user presses a submit button:
a. The selected options for all the form fields are
written to an external file (e.g., c:\project\inpu t.txt)
b. The application program, say, prog.exe, is executed.
This program then reads the run parameters from the file
input.txt and proceeds.
Here are examples of the kinds of forms I might use:
<html>
<form>
Run title:
<input type="text" name="run_title ">
</form>
<form>
Method:
<select name="run_metho d">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
</form>
</html>
Is it possible to do steps 2a and 2b above? If so, does it
require only html code, or do I need javascript or something
similar?
As is probably obvious, I'm just an application programmer,
and a newbie when it comes to html etc.
Thanks in advance!
--
John Uebersax
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