Using button to pass a path

[dommett]

I have a form with two radio buttons (soon to be more). Each button has name="shop" but different values. I also have a hover button that calls a URL. Now what I need to do is change the path in the URL based on which radio button is selected. Any suggestions?

 

[cLFlaVA]

how are you "calling" a url? why not post some of your ACTUAL code so we can provide you with a direct answer?

*cLFlaVA
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[tt]a frickin' twelve-gauge, what do you think?[/tt]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.coryarthus.com/[/url]

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Any suggestions?

Many. As cLFlaVA says however, without seeing your code, it would be fruitless to suggest something as it may not integrate well.

Dan


[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]

 

[dommett]

So sorry - here you go:

<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--" onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;" webbot-onSubmit>
<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" u-file="../_private/form_results.csv" s-format="TEXT/CSV" s-label-fields="TRUE" startspan --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
<p><input type="radio" value="Psephos" checked name="Store">Psephos Shopping Cart</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="Store" value="XeniaThrift">Xenia Thrift Store Shopping Cart</p>
</form>

<p>
<applet code="fphover.class" codebase="../" width="212" height="24">
<param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="hovercolor" value="#00FF00">
<param name="effect" value="glow">
<param name="color" value="#C0C0C0">
<param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="UploadImage.asp?Path="&***********form's radio button value*********&"&Type=cart">
<param name="text" value="Upload Shopping Cart Image">
</applet>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="../" width="212" height="24">
<param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="effect" value="glow">
<param name="color" value="#C0C0C0">
<param name="hovercolor" value="#008080">
<param name="text" value="Shopping Cart Admin Control">
<param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="../comersus/backofficelite">
</applet></p>

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Ouch - you didn't mention that a Java applet was involved... I was thinking a standard form button.

I'm not entirely sure if this will work or not, but give it a whirl. It it doesn't, you might consider using a stnadrd button (which will also work on browsers with Java disabled):

<p><input type="radio" value="Psephos" checked name="Store" [b]onclick="document.getElementById('myButton').url = 'pageA.html';"[/b]>Psephos Shopping Cart</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="Store" value="XeniaThrift" [b]onclick="document.getElementById('myButton').url = 'pageB.html';"[/b]>Xenia Thrift Store Shopping Cart</p>

...

<applet [b]id="myButton"[/b] code="fphover.class" codebase="../" width="212" height="24">

As I said, I have no idea if it will work, as I've never tried setting applet parameters like that.

Hope this helps,
Dan


[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]

 

[dommett]

ok - to simplify things let's remove the applet. I just want radio buttons with a standard button that calls another asp file with the value of the selected radio button.

 

[cLFlaVA]

<input type="radio" name="blah" onclick="this.form.action=this.value;" value="page1.asp" />
<input type="radio" name="blah" onclick="this.form.action=this.value;" value="page2.asp" />

*cLFlaVA
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[tt]a frickin' twelve-gauge, what do you think?[/tt]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.coryarthus.com/[/url]

 

[dommett]

This seems to work except I actually need to send two variables in the URL ie:

value="page1.asp?Store=XeniaThrift&Type=Cart"

but when I try this, my URL ends up looking like this:

http://www.mywebsite.com/admin/?Store=UploadImage.asp?XeniaThrift&Type=cart

I tried making the form action="UploadImage.asp" and then the value of the radio button be "XeniaThrift&Type=cart" but I still get character conversion for the '&' symbol. How do I fix this?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You need to encode your ampersand, I'd say:

value="page1.asp?Store=XeniaThrift&Type=Cart"

Dan


[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]

 

[dommett]

I'm still getting this:

http://www.mywebsite.com/admin/UploadImage.asp?Store=Psephos&Type=cart

 

[dommett]

OK - new approach I found. Here is the code I have now:

<form>
<input type="hidden" name="gotolink" value="#"> 
<input type="radio" onClick="this.form.gotolink.value=this.value;" checked value="UploadImage.asp?Store=Pseohos&Type=cart" > Psephos
<BR><input type="radio" onClick="this.form.gotolink.value=this.value;" value="UploadImage.asp?Store=XeniaThrift&Type=cart" > Xenia Thrift 
<input type="button" value="Go!" onclick="document.location=this.form.gotolink.value;">
<form>

This looks like it will work ok except, it doesn't seem to let me click the second radio button. But - oddly enough, the value when I click the button is the second radio button's value. Anyone want to check my code to help me know what I'm doing wrong - please!!!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Neither of your radio buttons have names. For radio buttons to work correctly as a mutually exclusive set, they all need to have the same name.

Hope this helps,
Dan


[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]