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determining which button was pressed on form 1
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Let me try to understand this, let's say you have a form with the buttons: UPDATE and DELETE.
And you want to execute an update or delete action depending on the wich button was pressed correct?
If that's the case here's an example:
====================================================
here are your input buttons:
<form action="selectAct.cfm" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="update" value="UPDATE">
<input type="submit" name="delete" value="DELETE">
</form>
=====================================================
here's the "selectAct.cfm" page:
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.update"
>
<!--- Run update query --->
<cfelseif IsDefined("FORM.delete">
<!--- Run delete query --->
</cfif>
Let me know if this helps.
And you want to execute an update or delete action depending on the wich button was pressed correct?
If that's the case here's an example:
====================================================
here are your input buttons:
<form action="selectAct.cfm" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="update" value="UPDATE">
<input type="submit" name="delete" value="DELETE">
</form>
=====================================================
here's the "selectAct.cfm" page:
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.update"
><!--- Run update query --->
<cfelseif IsDefined("FORM.delete"
><!--- Run delete query --->
</cfif>
Let me know if this helps.
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stevenng,
Thank you for responding. That is exactly what I am trying to do. I was trying by testing for whether the value was true or not. Like this....
<cfif FORM.update>
<!--- Run update query --->
<cfelseif FORM.delete>
<!--- Run delete query --->
</cfif>
After fixing this problem another one arose. The form page has the submit buttons as images. So in the form the buttons look like this....
<input type="Image" name="update" src="images/update.gif">
<input type="Image" name="delete" src="images/delete.gif">
Is there a way to find out which image was pressed?
jgroove
Thank you for responding. That is exactly what I am trying to do. I was trying by testing for whether the value was true or not. Like this....
<cfif FORM.update>
<!--- Run update query --->
<cfelseif FORM.delete>
<!--- Run delete query --->
</cfif>
After fixing this problem another one arose. The form page has the submit buttons as images. So in the form the buttons look like this....
<input type="Image" name="update" src="images/update.gif">
<input type="Image" name="delete" src="images/delete.gif">
Is there a way to find out which image was pressed?
jgroove
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In this form:
<form action="test.cfm" method="post">
<input type="Image" name="update" src="images/update.gif">
<input type="Image" name="delete" src="images/delete.gif">
</form>
Clicking the button would yield something similar to:
Form Fields:
FIELDNAMES=update.X,update.Y
update.X=24
update.Y=25
OR
Form Fields:
delete.X=24
delete.Y=25
FIELDNAMES=delete.X,delete.Y
Two values are of interest here:
update.x and update.y or delete.x and delete.y
To see if the user clicked a particular image submit button, use:
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.update.x") OR IsDefined("FORM.update.y")>
...update statements go here...
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.delete.x") OR IsDefined("FORM.delete.y")>
...delete statements go here...
</CFIF>
The x and y represent the Cartesian pixel coordinates within the image that the user clicked. So, Theoretically, you could have several actions based on the exact pixel the user clicked. - tleish
<form action="test.cfm" method="post">
<input type="Image" name="update" src="images/update.gif">
<input type="Image" name="delete" src="images/delete.gif">
</form>
Clicking the button would yield something similar to:
Form Fields:
FIELDNAMES=update.X,update.Y
update.X=24
update.Y=25
OR
Form Fields:
delete.X=24
delete.Y=25
FIELDNAMES=delete.X,delete.Y
Two values are of interest here:
update.x and update.y or delete.x and delete.y
To see if the user clicked a particular image submit button, use:
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.update.x") OR IsDefined("FORM.update.y")>
...update statements go here...
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.delete.x") OR IsDefined("FORM.delete.y")>
...delete statements go here...
</CFIF>
The x and y represent the Cartesian pixel coordinates within the image that the user clicked. So, Theoretically, you could have several actions based on the exact pixel the user clicked. - tleish
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