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marianmarian

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here is what i am doing.

in my html file i have these:

<script>
setTimeout('downloadEnv(someDate)',5000);
function downloadEnv(created)
{
document.location="download.php?date=" + created;
}
</script>

<html>

<td>
<a href="download.php" onclick="JavaScript:someDate.value='2004';">Download</a>
</td
</html>

how do i get my settimeout to get the value of 2004?
 
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This page changes the source of the page in 5 seconds, regardless of user input. Is that what you want?
That said,
Code: 
<script>
var someDate = '2000'; // Default date
setTimeout('downloadEnv()',5000);
function downloadEnv()
{
    document.location="download.php?date=" + someDate; // get global variable
}
</script>

<html>

<td>    
    <a href="download.php" onclick="someDate='2004';">Download</a>
    </td>
</html>

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yes with the exception that i want someDate's value to be the onclick="someDate.value='whatever i assigned it to'".

ok so will var someDate's value be 'whatever i assigned it to'?

thanks
 
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ok i changed my code around to use forms but i am still unable to get the values:

<form action="download.php" name="myForm">
<input type="hidden" value="$dateCreatedNotFormated" name="date">
<input type="hidden" value="letter" name="format">
<input type="hidden" value="" name="someDate">
<input type="submit" value="Download" onclick="JavaScript:myForm.someDate.value='2004';">
</form>

<script>
setTimeout('downloadEnv(document.myForm.someDate.value)',5000);
function downloadEnv(created)
{
document.location="download.php?date=" + created;
}
</script>
 
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Question on a higher level: Do you want to load the new page 5 seconds after the page is loaded, or do you want to load it 5 seconds after the link (or button) is clicked?

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"See the TURTLE of enormous girth!"
-- Stephen King, The Dark Tower series
 
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I want to load it 5 seconds after the link (or button) is clicked?

thanks
 
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All right.
From where are you obtaining the variable to append to the url?

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"See the TURTLE of enormous girth!"
-- Stephen King, The Dark Tower series
 
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i was able to do this with javascript settimeout; very easy; here is what i did:


i had a form:

<form action="download.php" name="myForm">
<input type="hidden" value="envelope" name="aFormat">
<input type="hidden" value="" name="aDate">
</form>

and this where the trick was:

<td>
<a href="download.php?format=letter&date=2004" onclick="JavaScript:myForm.aDate.value='2004'; setTimeout('document.myForm.submit()',15000);">Download</a>
</td

so with this i was able to a multiple downloads, the first click download the first file, and after the 15000 timeout, the second download occurs.

 
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