Howto handle one form with multiple submit buttons (image buttons) 2

[Gert74]

Hello,

My problem is the following:
I have a form which looks something like this:

Url1-[Textbox with description] [Downimage-button][del-button]
Url2-[Textbox with description] [Downimage-button][del-button]
Url3-[Textbox with description] [Downimage-button][del-button]
..
Url9-[Textbox with description] [Downimage-button][del-button]
[submit-button]

With this form a user is able to:
- Change the description (textbox followed by [Enter] or [submit-button]
- Change the order with the [down-image button]
- Delete a row wit [del-button]

If a user changes the text of a link and follows this action with the [down-image-button], the text should be changed AND the order should be changed.

Now we have come to my problem: how do I know which (image)-button is pressed so I can handle my form in the right way/order. Javascript is not allowed here.

I hope this makes sense, if not, let me know!

Gert

Gert

 

[FesterSXS]

gave each button a unique name.

The you can use Request.Form("unique_name") to determine if one of them (and which one) was pressed.


Tony

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[Gert74]

Tony,

This solution seems to work for normal buttons (<input type="submit " name="uniquename" value="Submit" />) but doesn't work for image-buttons (e.g. <input name="anotheruniquename"type="image" id="anotheruniquename" src="picture.gif" />. Unfortunately I have to use those images.

I used both buttons on a form and tried this code:

if request.form("uniquename") <> "" then
  response.write("Normal button")
elsif request.form("anotheruniquename") <> "" then
  response.write("Image button")
else
 response.write("something else happened")
end if

Pressing the image_button always returns "something else happened" while the normal button returns the right value (i.e. "Normal Button").

Gert

 

[FesterSXS]

assign [red]value="submit"[/red] to each of the <input type="image"> tags


Tony

Spirax-Sarco - steam traps control valves heat exchangers
Sun Villa - Luxury Florida accommodation

 

[Gert74]

This isn't the solution to my problem (I think). The form submits perfectly without the value="submit", but I cannot get the name of the image-button pressed.

This didn't change when I added value="submit" to my imagebuttons

Gert

 

[tsuji]

msdn dhtml input type=image documentation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...uthor/dhtml/reference/objects/input_image.asp

The x-coordinate is submitted under the name of the control with .x appended, and the y-coordinate is submitted under the name of the control with .y appended. Any value property is ignored. The src property specifies the IMG element.

 

[tsdragon]

Beat me to it tsuji!


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[tsuji]

Thanks tsdragon, we all learn the stuff from more or less the same source! - tsuji

 

[Gert74]

Finally got the solution!!!

 if request.form("image_button.x") <> "" then
   response.write "image_button pressed"

Thanks tsuji!!!

Gert

 

[TJRTech]

Not for nothing, but why no javascript?

(I know, I know, security...FUD).

I don't even know if I could code ASP without javascript anymore! ;-)

TJR

 

[Gert74]

Because we want our site to be as accessible as possible. Think of handicapped people, pda's and smartphones. If possible we'd like to avoid Javascript.

Gert

 

[TJRTech]

If it is accessibility you may want to start coding in ASP.NET...my understanding it is has the best platform/browser independence.

As for small form factor, I have had to develop some sites to support HTML browsers and WAP phones....and it required two sets of pages. I understand with .NET you don't need to do that dual development.

I am glad I asked.

TJR

 

[Gert74]

I agree with you that ASP.Net offers more possibilities, but in this specific case I'm hired by this customer to make a site on their existing platform (in combination with Tridion CMS), which happens to be ASP. Interesting point about dual development in ASP.Net though, something to investigate.


Gert