Common Function for Multiple CheckBoxes 1

[Deadline]

Hi,

Actually I have 5 check boxes and 5 respective text areas.

My need is if the user types something inside the TextArea, without checking the corresponding checkbox, then the checkbox should automatically get CHECKED.

Similarly, if the user clears any textareas completely, then the checkbox needs to be UNCHECKED.

I am generating the TextAreas and Checkboxes through Response.Write(&quot;<INPUT TYPE=TextArea>&quot...... so on.

I thought of having a function to avoid repetition for the five+five controls.

Do you have any other strategy/approach to this problem?

How to do it ?


Thank you in advance


RR
:-(

 

[RobV]

When you're generating you textarea boxes in HTML, do it in a seperate function. Use the content of the textarea box as an argument to that function, and add another argument as the sequence number of the boxes.

At the point where you're generating the box, check if the content is empty or not, and set the 'checked' value of the accompanying checkbox right away; e.g. (pseudocode)

function GenMyTextBox(byval Counter, byval Content)
     if Trim(Content) <> &quot;&quot; then
        response.Write(&quot;<input name=check&quot; & counter & &quot; type=checkbox checked value=true>&quot;)
     else
        response.Write(&quot;<input name=check&quot; & counter & &quot; type=checkbox value=true>&quot;)
     end if

     response.Write(&quot;<textarea name=text&quot; & counter & &quot;>&quot; & Content & &quot;</textarea>&quot;

     'you could even write some JScript here to 
     'dynamically change the checkbox
end function

call GenMyTextBox(1, Request.Form(&quot;text1&quot;))
call GenMyTextBox(2, Request.Form(&quot;text2&quot;))
call GenMyTextBox(3, Request.Form(&quot;text3&quot;))
call GenMyTextBox(4, Request.Form(&quot;text4&quot;))
'generate submit button here

Yours,

Rob.