is there a way to "fake" a forms post using asp? i want to call some pre-built (not changable) search pages that normally get input from users in a form, but i would like to programmatically force the form-fields so that search engine responds as if someone had typed in the arguments. the existing pages unfortunately use Request.Form functions to get the arguments, so i can't just dummy them onto the URL. tia dnk
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can you "fake" a forms post using asp?
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thanks, but i guess i didn't make my question clear enough. i have a database full of names of people with expertise in various areas in our company. we have a corporate phonebook on our intranet, which people can use to lookup phone numbers, etc. they type the target name into a form, which feeds an asp page that looks up the name in the corporate phonebook.
i just want to "fake" a call to that phonebook by looking up a known name and doing a faked call to the searcher. i can't change the search page, or get direct access to the phonebook, for "security" reasons.
for instance, if the (unchangable) search page did a Request.Querysting("name"
i could just make a URL with "?name=xxx" in it. but the (unchangable) search page apparently does a Request.Forms("name" instead, so my hack won't work.
there must be a way to fake a post to the form field though -- i can't generate a form with a hidden field because i want to get to the (unchangable) search page by using a Response.Redirect after i've looked up the name - and if i build the hidden form field thing the Redirect will fail because it would have been a body write.
any ideas???
i just want to "fake" a call to that phonebook by looking up a known name and doing a faked call to the searcher. i can't change the search page, or get direct access to the phonebook, for "security" reasons.
for instance, if the (unchangable) search page did a Request.Querysting("name"
i could just make a URL with "?name=xxx" in it. but the (unchangable) search page apparently does a Request.Forms("name" instead, so my hack won't work. there must be a way to fake a post to the form field though -- i can't generate a form with a hidden field because i want to get to the (unchangable) search page by using a Response.Redirect after i've looked up the name - and if i build the hidden form field thing the Redirect will fail because it would have been a body write.
any ideas???
Somewhat what lobstah has stated, but with a bit of elaboration:
You could literally response.write() the whole page including the hidden form variables with the variables that you want -- this could all be done with ASP.
You would also need a javascript submit function that would look something like:
<script language=javascript>
function submitMe(){
document.formName.submit();
}
</script>
and then call that function:
<body onLoad="submitMe();">
So that when the page loads, the form will be submitted to your script that does the lookup for you -- no user interaction allowed (much less needed).
hope that helps!
paul
You could literally response.write() the whole page including the hidden form variables with the variables that you want -- this could all be done with ASP.
You would also need a javascript submit function that would look something like:
<script language=javascript>
function submitMe(){
document.formName.submit();
}
</script>
and then call that function:
<body onLoad="submitMe();">
So that when the page loads, the form will be submitted to your script that does the lookup for you -- no user interaction allowed (much less needed).
hope that helps!
paul
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THANKS! that's what i love about this place, sometimes it just takes a fresh set of eyes to make you look at a problem a different way. that was perfect, and very short:
<%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
<% nameStr = Request.QueryString("userName" %>
<html>
<script language=javascript>
function submitMe() {
document.fakeform.submit();
}
</script>
<body onLoad="submitMe();">
<form method="POST" name="fakeform" action="<input type="hidden" name="userName" value="<%=nameStr%>">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
<% nameStr = Request.QueryString("userName"
%><html>
<script language=javascript>
function submitMe() {
document.fakeform.submit();
}
</script>
<body onLoad="submitMe();">
<form method="POST" name="fakeform" action="<input type="hidden" name="userName" value="<%=nameStr%>">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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