Form values not saving

[amethystct]

I have a form w/ 5 selects. When you first enter this page only the first select is filled. Once the user selects one of the options I want it to refresh the page so I can fill the next select based. And so on for each select list. I have a server side process that's called whenever the page is refreshed but for some reason, if I just refresh the page, it doesn't store the value that I've selected. If I instead make a selection and hit the submit button (for a different process) then the value is saved.

I've tried including hidden fields for the values and setting the form values in the refresh function but it doesn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

function refreshMe() {
// document.forms.theform._D:areaNbr.value = document.forms.theform.areaNbr.value;
// document.forms.theform.whseCode.value = document.forms.theform.whseCode.value;
// document.forms.theform.contractNbr.value = document.forms.theform.contractNbr.value;
// document.forms.theform.aomsNumber.value = document.forms.theform.aomsNumber.value;
// document.forms.theform.poNumber.value = document.forms.theform.poNumber.value;
window.location.reload();
}

<TD ALIGN=&quot;LEFT&quot; NOWRAP><B>Area RSLs:</B></TD>
<TD WIDTH=&quot;70%&quot;> <select NAME=&quot;areaNbr&quot; CLASS=&quot;select&quot;>
<OPTION VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<option VALUE=&quot;1101 &quot;>Pennsylvania/New Jersey Area
<option VALUE=&quot;1102 &quot;>New England Area
</select></TD>

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

The values are only passed to the server-side on form submission, not refresh. So you'd need to submit your page each time to keep the values you've already selected.

Hope this helps!

Dan

 

[amethystct]

Crud!! Is there any way to make a hidden submit when the value of the select is changed? I can't have them press the other button

 

[stormbind]

re: hidden submit

you could submit the data in a hidden frame but not sure it would be very reliable.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> you could submit the data in a hidden frame but not sure it would be very reliable

That's exactly how 2 investment banks I've worked for have done their form submissions.. Using a communication frame.. It's a well-used technique, and perfectly stable if coded correctly.

That, of course, assumes you're OK using frames (or iframes)

Dan