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CC email recipient in text box

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dadms

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I am having a difficult time figuring this out. I would like to CC a recipient using the mailto function. The recipient would be a manually entered in a text box.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function IsEmailValid(form1,email)
{
var EmailOk = true
var Temp = document.form1.email
var AtSym = Temp.value.indexOf('@')
var Period = Temp.value.lastIndexOf('.')
var Space = Temp.value.indexOf(' ')
var Length = Temp.value.length - 1 // Array is from 0 to length-1

if ((AtSym < 1) || // '@' cannot be in first position
(Period <= AtSym+1) || // Must be atleast one valid char btwn '@' and '.'
(Period == Length ) || // Must be atleast one valid char after '.'
(Space != -1)) // No empty spaces permitted
{
EmailOk = false
alert('Please enter a valid e-mail address!')
Temp.focus()
}
return EmailOk

alert("Thank your filling out the form.");
return true;

}


</script>

</head>

<body>
<body>
<form method="POST" name="form1" ACTION="mailto:test@comcast.net;document.form1.email.value?cc=test1@comcast.com&subject=LOCAL FORM"
enctype= "text/plain" onSubmit="return IsEmailValid(form1,email);">

<TABLE>
<tr>
<td align="left">EMAIL</td>
<td width="23%"><input type=text name=email size=25 maxlength=50><font size="2" color="#ff0000">*</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="12%" align="left"><font size="2">EMAIL2</font>
<td width="23%"><input type=text name=memail size=25 maxlength=50><font size="2" color="#ff0000">*</font></td> </tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="center" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#E5E5E5">
<p>
<br>
<input type=submit value="Submit Form" onclick=></td>
</tr>

</TABLE>
</body>

</html>


 
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I think changing your form line to this:
Code: 
<form method="POST" name="form1" ACTION="mailto:test@test.com?subject=local%20form&cc=test1@test.com"
enctype="text/plain" onSubmit="return IsEmailValid(form1,email);">
will do it for you.

Hope that helps

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
 
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Im sorry maybe my email was a bit confusing. The form works but I have an email box in the form where people can put their email address.

I would like to use this field to determine the CC address.
Code: 
<tr>
    <td align="left">EMAIL</td>
    <td width="23%"><input type=text name=email size=25 maxlength=50><font size="2" color="#ff0000">*</font></td>

what would I have referencee here to make this happen:
Code: 
<form method="POST" name="form1" ACTION="mailto:test@comcast.net;document.form1.email.value?cc=test1@comcast.com&subject=LOCAL FORM"
enctype= "text/plain" onSubmit="return IsEmailValid(form1,email);">
 
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Sorry about that. Try changing your script to this:
Code: 
<SCRIPT type='text/javascript'>
function IsEmailValid(form1,email)
{
var EmailOk  = true
var Temp     = document.form1.email
var AtSym    = Temp.value.indexOf('@')
var Period   = Temp.value.lastIndexOf('.')
var Space    = Temp.value.indexOf(' ')
var Length   = Temp.value.length - 1   // Array is from 0 to length-1

if ((AtSym < 1) ||                     // '@' cannot be in first position
    (Period <= AtSym+1) ||             // Must be atleast one valid char btwn '@' and '.'
    (Period == Length ) ||             // Must be atleast one valid char after '.'
    (Space  != -1))                    // No empty spaces permitted
   {  
      EmailOk = false
      alert('Please enter a valid e-mail address!')
      Temp.focus()
   }
newCC = document.forms["form1"].email.value;
document.forms["form1"].setAttribute("action","mailto:test@comcast.net?subject=LOCAL%20FORM&cc="+newCC);
return EmailOk

alert("Thank your filling out the form.");
return true;

}


</script>

That sends the CC to the value of the first textbox.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
 
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eledigito,

does
Code: 
document.forms["form1"].setAttribute("action","mailto:test@comcast.net?subject=LOCAL%20FORM&cc="+newCC);

take the place of the mailto function in the FORM code.
I tried it with and without the ACTION in the FORM code and it does not seem to work.
 
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When I tested it locally, I set the form's action equal to nothing,
Code: 
<form action=''>
. That line sets the form's action to mailto, adding the CC address.

Everything worked when I tested it, are u experiencing any specific problems?

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
 
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