Java variable pass via url, failing on an if statement...

F

Frank H. Shaw

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en">

<html>
<head>

<title>JSPASS2</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta name="Generator" content="HTMLpad">

</head>
<body bgcolor="ffffff">

<br>
When you fill out this form,
<FORM METHOD="LINK" ACTION="jspass2.html">
<b>Whatever goes in here shows up in the address...</b><br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="LastName" SIZE="10"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Click and See">
</FORM>


<br>The button below is to be incorporated in the finished code as HIDDEN.
This input is necessary for string to text conversion of the url in the
address bar...
<br>
<FORM NAME="joe">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="burns" SIZE="35">
</FORM>



This script sends the value to the button...
<br>
<br>var locate = window.location
<br>document.joe.burns.value = locate
<br>var text = document.joe.burns.value
<br>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

var locate = window.location
document.joe.burns.value = locate

var text = document.joe.burns.value
</SCRIPT>
<br>
<br>

The script below sets up a function that evaluates the buttons label for
it's value beyond the = sign.
<br>
The document.write invocation, directly beneath this text, is unnecessary
though helpful as a measure of visual verification.
<br>
<br>function delineate2(str){
<br>point = str.lastIndexOf("=");
<br>return(str.substring(point+1,str.length));
<br>}
<br>document.write("The value at the end of the url is " +delineate2(text));
<br>
<br>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

function delineate2(str){

point = str.lastIndexOf("=");

return(str.substring(point+1,str.length));
}
document.write("The value at the end of the url is " +delineate2(text));
</SCRIPT>
<br>
<br>




This is the form that is to be adjusted IF the url has kelley as it's
closing value...
<br>
As it is, the form gets filled out regardless of what's in the url which is
the PROBLEM and so CONTRARY to the IF statement in the script below...
<br>
<FORM NAME="theform">
<select NAME="selbox">
<option value=>above backorda!
<option value="backorder">backorda!
<option>below backorda!
</select>
<input type=text size=50 name=comments>
</FORM>
<br>
<br>


This is the script that determines, by invocation of the delineate()
function, see above, WHAT was at the end of the url, AND is now the value of
the joe.burns button...and whose placement there is SUPPOSED to result in the
population of 'theform' with specifics ONLY IF kelley is at the end of the
url... As it is, feel free to test, no matter what is in the url, no matter
what is in the joe burns button, no matter what is the result of the
delineate(text) function the form is filled out as a backorda, The if
statement is right now, and unexplainably so for me in any case, nonfunct...
What's in the IF statement happens regardless of whether the parameter the if
statement checks is the proper setting to adjust the form or not... The else
statement does nothing, I just put it in there as a test. I've actually set
the else statement to populate the form differently and that didn't work
either...Also the script has been tested with the document.theform.selbox and
comments values right in the IF statement... This so rather than the
bakord() function now there set.
<br>
<br>var zork = delineate2(text)
<br>function bakord(){
<br>document.theform.selbox.value = "backorder";
<br>document.theform.comments.value = "Please notify me when this item is in
stock!";
<br>}
<br>if ("zork == kelley")
<br>{
<br>bakord();
<br>}
<br>else
<br>{
<br>donothing();
<br>}
<br>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
var zork = delineate2(text)
function bakord(){
document.theform.selbox.value = "backorder";
document.theform.comments.value = "Please notify me when this item is in
stock!";
}
if ("zork == kelley")
{
bakord();
}
else
{
donothing();
}
</SCRIPT>

PLEASE HELP!
<br>
I've also put the bakord() function in a seperate script as a test...
<br>
Please refrain from making suggestions without TESTING for resolve. I've
spent too much time reading nonsensical suggestions on this to dally further.
<br>
Feel free to copy the source to your harddrive and play with this script if
you're so motivated. You can acquire the full unmodified text of this
message at <a
href=http://www.geocities.com/dankelley2035/fshawscript/variablepassviaurl.html>http://www.geocities.com/dankelley2035/fshawscript/variablepassviaurl.html</a>
<br>
<br>
Many Thanks,
<br>
Dan

</body>
</html>
 
S

Steve Easton

Remove all of the <br> tags from the script.

When you copy and paste script from a web page into your page in FrontPage ""always"" paste it into
Notepad first, and then copy it from Notepad and paste it into your page in html view.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

Frank H. Shaw said:
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en">

<html>
<head>

<title>JSPASS2</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta name="Generator" content="HTMLpad">

</head>
<body bgcolor="ffffff">

<br>
When you fill out this form,
<FORM METHOD="LINK" ACTION="jspass2.html">
<b>Whatever goes in here shows up in the address...</b><br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="LastName" SIZE="10"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Click and See">
</FORM>


<br>The button below is to be incorporated in the finished code as HIDDEN.
This input is necessary for string to text conversion of the url in the
address bar...
<br>
<FORM NAME="joe">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="burns" SIZE="35">
</FORM>



This script sends the value to the button...
<br>
<br>var locate = window.location
<br>document.joe.burns.value = locate
<br>var text = document.joe.burns.value
<br>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

var locate = window.location
document.joe.burns.value = locate

var text = document.joe.burns.value
</SCRIPT>
<br>
<br>

The script below sets up a function that evaluates the buttons label for
it's value beyond the = sign.
<br>
The document.write invocation, directly beneath this text, is unnecessary
though helpful as a measure of visual verification.
<br>
<br>function delineate2(str){
<br>point = str.lastIndexOf("=");
<br>return(str.substring(point+1,str.length));
<br>}
<br>document.write("The value at the end of the url is " +delineate2(text));
<br>
<br>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

function delineate2(str){

point = str.lastIndexOf("=");

return(str.substring(point+1,str.length));
}
document.write("The value at the end of the url is " +delineate2(text));
</SCRIPT>
<br>
<br>




This is the form that is to be adjusted IF the url has kelley as it's
closing value...
<br>
As it is, the form gets filled out regardless of what's in the url which is
the PROBLEM and so CONTRARY to the IF statement in the script below...
<br>
<FORM NAME="theform">
<select NAME="selbox">
<option value=>above backorda!
<option value="backorder">backorda!
<option>below backorda!
</select>
<input type=text size=50 name=comments>
</FORM>
<br>
<br>


This is the script that determines, by invocation of the delineate()
function, see above, WHAT was at the end of the url, AND is now the value of
the joe.burns button...and whose placement there is SUPPOSED to result in the
population of 'theform' with specifics ONLY IF kelley is at the end of the
url... As it is, feel free to test, no matter what is in the url, no matter
what is in the joe burns button, no matter what is the result of the
delineate(text) function the form is filled out as a backorda, The if
statement is right now, and unexplainably so for me in any case, nonfunct...
What's in the IF statement happens regardless of whether the parameter the if
statement checks is the proper setting to adjust the form or not... The else
statement does nothing, I just put it in there as a test. I've actually set
the else statement to populate the form differently and that didn't work
either...Also the script has been tested with the document.theform.selbox and
comments values right in the IF statement... This so rather than the
bakord() function now there set.
<br>
<br>var zork = delineate2(text)
<br>function bakord(){
<br>document.theform.selbox.value = "backorder";
<br>document.theform.comments.value = "Please notify me when this item is in
stock!";
<br>}
<br>if ("zork == kelley")
<br>{
<br>bakord();
<br>}
<br>else
<br>{
<br>donothing();
<br>}
<br>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
var zork = delineate2(text)
function bakord(){
document.theform.selbox.value = "backorder";
document.theform.comments.value = "Please notify me when this item is in
stock!";
}
if ("zork == kelley")
{
bakord();
}
else
{
donothing();
}
</SCRIPT>

PLEASE HELP!
<br>
I've also put the bakord() function in a seperate script as a test...
<br>
Please refrain from making suggestions without TESTING for resolve. I've
spent too much time reading nonsensical suggestions on this to dally further.
<br>
Feel free to copy the source to your harddrive and play with this script if
you're so motivated. You can acquire the full unmodified text of this
message at <a
Click to expand...
href=http://www.geocities.com/dankelley2035/fshawscript/variablepassviaurl.html>http://www.geocities
 
S

Steve Easton

When the page opened at the link posted, I got 3 javascript run time errors.
You might want to look for a different script.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
F

Frank H. Shaw

I had left the name of the file on your desktop referenced in the html,
instead of the name I designated the online file... Woops, so I made that
alteration and the online form/query is operable now.
 

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