Populate a field through hyperlink

[JHDavis]

Can I pass a value to a textbox in a form using the hyperlink?

I want to send a generated email with data specific to that message. So the recipient won't have to type it in the form themselves.

I'm hoping for something like this sample url:

http://www.sample.com/form.html?workorder=abc123

Is this possible?



Thanks

 

[kisasama]

i wouldnt see why not try it and if you want use a URLEncode function so the url isn't as noticable when passing it thru.

 

[JHDavis]

When the user opens the form by clicking on the link, I'd like the work order text box to be filled with the work order number.

 

[SecondToNone]

may be you can store the QueryString Variable in a session variable and pass it as a value to the textbox on form.

Session("WOrder")=Request.QueryString("workorder")

Then in the form you can pass Session("WOrder") as the text box value.

i hope i am not missing something...

-SecondToNone

 

[JHDavis]

Thanks!

I almost had it all along. Just a matter of syntax.

Where I had
...value="<%request.querystring("workorder")%>"

should have been
...value="<%= request.querystring("workorder") %>"

Thanks for the replies, I'm still learning!