list menu multiple selection

Tee1212 · Jul 13, 2003

I'm trying to create a list menu that the user can select multiple entries to go to different URLS (which are actually zip files for downloading. I want each entry to open a new window with a different URL. I also want a GO button that says "Download Now" to instigate the action.

I can get the list menu to work with multiple selection, but it only lets me open the first URL. Any ideas?

Here's what I have so far (which obviously isn't working):

<p>Select Download Files (hold the shift key down to select multiple files)</p>
<p>
<select name="downloads" size="10" multiple">
<option value="downloads/image1.zip" selected>Image 1</option>
<option value="downloads/image2.zip">Image 2</option>
<option value="downloads/image3.zip">Image 3</option>
</select>
<input name="Download_image" type="button" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent');return document.MM_returnValue" value="Download Now">
</p>

ANY HELP MUCH APPRECIATED!

vbkris · Jul 14, 2003

the problem is with the javascript function. can i have it?
MM_goToURL() thing...

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lebisol · Jul 14, 2003

DW code generated:
------------------whole----------------
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'&quot

;
if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?&quot

)>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById; return x;
}

function MM_jumpMenuGo(selName,targ,restore){ //v3.0
var selObj = MM_findObj(selName); if (selObj) MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore);
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form name="form1">
<select name="menu1" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)">
<option value="image1.zip" selected>image1</option>
<option value="image2.zip">image2</option>
<option value="image3.zip">image3</option>
</select>
<input type="button" name="Button1" value="Go" onClick="MM_jumpMenuGo('menu1','parent',0)">
</form>
</body>
</html>
----------------------------------------

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vbkris · Jul 14, 2003

sorry u may have to write ur own function...

function OpenWin()
{
len=document.FormName.downloads.length
for(i=0;i<len;i++)
{
if(document.FormName.downloads.selected==true)
{
window.open(document.FormName.downloads.value)
}
}
}

now have a button:
<input type="button" name="b1" value="Download Now" onclick="OpenWin()">

Note:FormName - is the name of the form...

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