Still need help w/javascripts and forms - Confused :(

nalbiso · Oct 3, 2000

Someone help! I would like to get a script together that will require a user to input information such as name, address, phone..etc and store it as a cookie so that when they return to the page, the information is prefilled for the next time that they use the form. I know that my naming convention is wrong, but I don't understand why because I am new at this. Please look this over and explain to me how to fix it in simple terms.

Thanks!

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function Get_Cookie(name) {
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=&quot

;
var len = start+name.length+1;
if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))) return null;
if (start == -1) return null;
var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function Set_Cookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "&quot

+
( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "&quot

+
( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "&quot

+
( (secure) ? ";secure" : "&quot

;
}
function setupForm() {
if (userProfile) getValues(userProfile);
}
function getValues(string) {
getValue(string,"FirstLastname", document.pts01reg.FirstLastname, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"PhoneNumber", document.pts01reg.PhoneNumber, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"EmailAddress", document.pts01reg.EmailAddress, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"Location", document.pts01reg.Location, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"Program_Title", document.pts01reg.Program_Title. "select&quot

;
for (var i=0;i<7+1;i++)
getValue(string,"i"+i, eval("document.pts01reg.i"+i), "checkbox&quot

;
}
function replace(string,text,by) {
// Replaces text with by in string
var i = string.indexOf(text);
var newstr = '';
if ((!i) || (i == -1)) return string;
newstr += string.substring(0,i) + by;

if (i+text.length < string.length)
newstr += replace(string.substring(i+text.length,string.length),text,by);

return newstr;
}
function onCheck(string) { if (string == "on&quot

return true; return false; }
function getValue(string,elementName,object,elementType) {
// gets value of elementName from string and populates object of elementType

var startPos = string.indexOf(elementName + "=&quot

if (startPos > -1) {
startPos = startPos + elementName.length + 1;
var endPos = string.indexOf("&",startPos);
if (endPos == -1) endPos = string.length;

var elementValue = unescape(string.substring(startPos,endPos));

if (elementType == "text&quot

object.value = elementValue;
if (elementType == "password&quot

object.value = elementValue;
if (elementType == "select&quot

object.selectedIndex = elementValue;
if (elementType == "checkbox&quot

object.checked = onCheck(elementValue);
if (elementType == "radio&quot

object[elementValue].checked = true;
}
}
//--></SCRIPT>
</head>
<BODY onLoad="setupForm()" background="lt%20background.gif" bgproperties="fixed">

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
var today = new Date();
var expires = new Date(today.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));

var searchString = replace(self.location.search.substring(1),"+"," &quot

;
if (searchString.length > 0) Set_Cookie("userProfile",searchString,expires);
var userProfile = Get_Cookie("userProfile&quot

;

if (!userProfile) {
document.write('<P>Welcome,<P>According to your records ');
document.write('you have not set your user profile:');
}
else {
document.write('<P>Welcome back,<P>According to your records ');
document.write('the following settings are held in your profile:');
}
//--></SCRIPT> [sig][/sig]

jaredn · Oct 4, 2000

where is the error appearing?

jared@aauser.com

nalbiso · Oct 4, 2000

Well, I know that it has something to do with the name or the path. When I run the script, it stops executing and the form remains unfilled.

I tried this once before and it worked on the other form that I was working on. But when I looked for the error using the javascript console, it was still referencing things in the form and web that I orginally used this script on. So I am thinking that the Get cookie statement is still trying to get the cookie that I created originally with this script. But I really don't know where the error is because I am still reading through books trying to learn javascript. I guess my lack of experience in this is really the problem.

This is a copy of the error messages from the console. The URL referenced in the error is incorrect. It belongs to the original form that I used this script on.:

JavaScript Error:

http://misnt1/mistest/pts01reg_copy(1).asp,

line 34:

missing name after . operator.

getValue(string,"Program_Title", document.pts01reg.Program_Title. "select&quot

;
.......................................................................^

JavaScript Error:

http://misnt1/mistest/pts01reg_copy(1).asp,

line 78:

replace is not defined.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks. [sig][/sig]

NickBulka · Oct 4, 2000

first of all, when debugging javascript in Netscape, the javascript console will not get rid of previous errors. Click the "clear" button to get rid of the old error messages.

secondly, you've created a function with the same name as a javascript intrinsic function, (replace). This will almost always cause trouble.

third, you don't need to write a replace function. the string object already has one. [sig]<p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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nalbiso · Oct 4, 2000

Ok, I cleared the console but now I get nothing at all. I tried removing the replace function. It still didn't work.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
//"Cookie form values storage" written by Nicole Albiso
function Get_Cookie(name) {
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=&quot

;
var len = start+name.length+1;
if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))) return null;
if (start == -1) return null;
var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function Set_Cookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "&quot

+
( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "&quot

+
( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "&quot

+
( (secure) ? ";secure" : "&quot

;
}

function setupForm() {
if (userProfile) getValues(userProfile);
}
function getValues(string) {
getValue(string,"FirstLastName", document.ptsregb.FirstLastName, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"EmailAddress", document.ptsregb.EmailAddress, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"Program_Title", document.ptsregb.Program_Title, "select&quot

;
getValue(string,"Location", document.ptsregb.Location, "text&quot

;
getValue(string,"PhoneNumber", document.ptsregb.PhoneNumber, "text&quot

;

for (var i=0;i<7+1;i++)
getValue(string,"i"+i, eval("document.ptsregb.i"+i), "checkbox&quot

;
}
function onCheck(string) { if (string == "on&quot

return true; return false; }
function getValue(string,elementName,object,elementType) {
// gets value of elementName from string and populates object of elementType

var startPos = string.indexOf(elementName + "=&quot

if (startPos > -1) {
startPos = startPos + elementName.length + 1;
var endPos = string.indexOf("&",startPos);
if (endPos == -1) endPos = string.length;

var elementValue = unescape(string.substring(startPos,endPos));

if (elementType == "text&quot

object.value = elementValue;
if (elementType == "password&quot

object.value = elementValue;
if (elementType == "select&quot

object.selectedIndex = elementValue;
if (elementType == "checkbox&quot

object.checked = onCheck(elementValue);
if (elementType == "radio&quot

object[elementValue].checked = true;
}
}

//--></SCRIPT>
<title></title>

</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="setupForm()" background="lt%20background.gif" bgproperties="fixed">

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
//Establishes the Cookie Expiration Date
var today = new Date();
var expires = new Date(today.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); // expires one year from now
var userProfile = Get_Cookie("userProfile&quot

;

if (!userProfile) {
document.write('<P>Welcome,<P>According to your records ');
document.write('you have not set your user profile:');
}
else {
document.write('<P>Welcome back,<P>According to your records ');
document.write('the following settings are held in your profile:');
}
//--></SCRIPT>
[sig][/sig]

nalbiso · Oct 4, 2000

Ok, I cleared the console but now I get nothing at all. I tried removing the replace function. It still didn't work.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
//"Cookie form values storage"
function Get_Cookie(name) {
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=&quot