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Passing values from form1 to form2
- Thread starter duntinq
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I think that would depend on what Form2 has set up on either server side programming, or Javascript. If you don't have access to change the form though, you'll need to go to the group/company that does to find out if they support that type of action.
- George
- George
simple_form.html
Simple CGI to build the second form, using content from the first.
'hope this helps
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Code:
<html>
<body>
<form action="/cgi-bin/passItOn.pl">
<input type='text' name='pass_this' />
<input type='submit' />
</form>
</body>Simple CGI to build the second form, using content from the first.
Code:
#!perl
use CGI;
my $cgi_object = new CGI;
my $passed_var = $cgi_object->param('pass_this');
print $cgi_object->header,
$cgi_object->start_html,
$cgi_object->start_form,
qq(<input type='text' name='new_text_box' value="$passed_var" />
<input type="submit" />);
$cgi_object->end_form,
$cgi_object->end_html;'hope this helps
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