Hidden field variables 1

johnaregan · Apr 26, 2002

Hi
I have a page which uses Request.Form to get a variable from a previous page. Is there any way of sending a variable to this page using server side scripting only and no html, using maybe Response.Redirect
I know that I could use something like
Reponse.Redirect("

http://webpage?variable=avalue")

and extract the variable from the query string but I would like to be able to send form variables instead if this is possible.

thx in advance

Cheech · Apr 26, 2002

assign a session variable maybe???
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johnaregan · Apr 26, 2002

I do not want to change the page that I am linking to in order to retrieved the variable with. It already has a request.form statement in it to get a form variable, so I would like to find out if there is anyway that i can send the variable directly from the server side.

johnaregan · Apr 26, 2002

I do not want to change the page that I am linking to in order to retrieved the variable. It already has a request.form statement in it to get a form variable, so I would like to find out if there is anyway that i can send the variable directly from the server side.

link9 · Apr 26, 2002

The only way to still have it in the form collection of the request object is to write the page out yourself, putting the value into a hidden variable of a form that points to the page you want to go to, and then submit the form yourself onLoad, since request.form is a read only type of deal (server side, at least).

So:

<%
dim yourValue
yourValue = 5
%>
<script language=javascript>
function doIt(){
document.theForm.submit();
}
</script>
<body onLoad="doIt();">
<form name=theForm method=post action=yourPage.asp>
<input type=hidden name=theName value=<%=yourValue%>>
</form>
</body>

It won't be transparent to the user, however. Instead, the page will load, then click, and then your other page will load up. Not a very clean solution.

A better one would be to use session vars as Cheech has suggested.

Either way would work, though.

paul

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Hidden field variables 1

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