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Self post and Select box..?

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kenjoswe

kenjoswe

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Sep 19, 2000
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Hi all,

I have a selfpost asp-page with a select box.
I would like to display the choosen value after the page is submitted.

This is what I have tried so far:
<option value=&quot;<%=Request.Form(&quot;select1&quot;)%>&quot;>*<%=Request.Form(&quot;select1&quot;)%>*</option>

My problem is that the option value is displayed in the select box after the page is submitted instead of the selected Textname.

How can I get both the Optionvalue and the Textname in a select box after the page is posted?

/Kent J.
 
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<script language=vbscript>
sub hei_onsubmit
hei.text1.value= hei.select1.options(hei.select1.selectedIndex).text
end sub
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form action=test.asp name=hei method=post>
<SELECT id=select1 name=select1>
<OPTION value=1>1. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=2>2. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=3>3. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=4>4. text</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=text1 name=text1>
<INPUT type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; id=submit1 name=submit1>
</form>
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---
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test.asp:

<form action=test.asp name=hei>
<SELECT id=select1 name=select1>
<OPTION value=1>1. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=2>2. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=3>3. text</OPTION>
<OPTION value=4><% response.write Request.Item(&quot;select1&quot;)&&quot;-&quot;&Request.Item(&quot;TEXT1&quot;) %></OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=text1 name=text1>
<INPUT type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; id=submit1 name=submit1>
</form>

you can also option.value=option.value+option.text in onsubmit. (no use of hidden field)

 
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Ingen,

Thanks for your reply.
But your script doesn't seems to do what I'm looking for.

I want the selected item to displayed in the Select box after the page is submitted.

/Kent J.
 
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At the of your page, request the value of the select box into a variable:
Code: 
varTest=Request(&quot;select1&quot;)

Then, on your select box, check if the variable matches:
Code: 
<select name=&quot;select1&quot;>
   <option value=&quot;1&quot; <%if varTest=1 then Response.Write(&quot;Selected&quot;) End if %>>Text 1</option>
</select>

Just do the If variable = value on each option (or in a loop, if you create the select dynamically).

This will display the item that was selected in the select box.
 
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