How can your page know if its been submitted?

[sweetleaf]

Hi there,

How can your page know if its been submitted?

I want a dialogue box to be displayed when my default page loads but want it not to come back everytime th page is submitted..

thanks for any help,

 

[foxbox]

i use a hidden field like this:
<input type=hidden name=fSubmitted value=Yes>

you then simply check:

if request.form(&quot;fSubmitted&quot = &quot;Yes&quot; then
. . .etc
end if

br
Gerard

 

[sweetleaf]

Hi Gerard,

But since the value &quot;yes&quot; is hard-coded the first if condition will always be true - unless i'm misunderstanding the example.

thanks,

 

[foxbox]

Not always. I use a standard way to present the user a startscreen for reports. After hitting SUBMIT, the report is created. The submit recursively calls the same program, but the 2nd time i do not want the startscreen....



(VERY BASIC) EXAMPLE.ASP:

if request.form(&quot;fSubmitted&quot <> &quot;Yes&quot; then
' Build my initial screen withh parameters
<form method=post action=example.asp>
<input type=hidden name=fSubmitted value=Yes>
For which year you want this report?
<input type=text name=fYear size=4 maxlength=4>
<input type=submit>
end if

' CREATE THE REPORT
dim cYear
cYear = request.form(&quot;fYear&quot


etc



br
Gerard

 

[sweetleaf]

Thanks Gerard,

the example makes sense to me. i will try it and let u know how it goes..

regards,