Hello All, Maybe I shouldn't even

[Pixelchik]

Hello All,
Maybe I shouldn't even be here, but Here goes: I don't have ANY knowledge of Cold Fusion. I only know basic HTML. But I have been assigned the task to make some updates on a few web pages to a website done in Cold Fusion. I have a form that uses a text search (part numbers) that will result in loading a page with a table with part numbers and pdf files etc. My client wants to change that form to a button that only performs a specific keyword search that will bring up that specific data via an html table page similar to what it already does. What would I have to know/do to accomplish this? I know...kinda vague, but they're too cheap to hire a Cold Fusion programmer. I'm just a graphic designer on a wing and a prayer with Cold Fusion. Any help appreciated!

 

[CFHub]

Examine the original form. It will have a field for entering part numbers.. say it is called "SearchText".

All you need to do is create a new form. It will have the same "action" but instead of a input type="text" add an input type="hidden" like:

<form action=&quot;originalaction.cfm&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;SearchText&quot; value=&quot;123_a_7&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;NameofOriginalSubmitButton&quot; value=&quot;GO!&quot;>
</form>

That *may produce an error.. there may be other hidden or required fields in the original form. Keep adding &quot;hidden&quot; elements to your new form until they go away

 

[Pixelchik]

Thanks CFHub,
I will try to encode that into my page and see what happens!

 

[Pixelchik]

Hi again CFHub,
Many thanks...it worked!!! It took me several days of finding where the name of the text search was and editing the form, but I have the results I wanted. Thanks again.

Celeste