Filling in a form with a hyperlink 1

[emozley]

Hi,

Is it possible to fill in two form fields with a hyperlink and without reloading the page?

I have one box called StartDate and one called EndDate - I have a hyperlink which says 'Last 7 days' - I can use ASP to get a value for today's date and the date 7 days ago and embed those values in the hyperlink just not sure how to pass them to the form.

Thanks very much

Ed

 

[BabyJeffy]

Sure you can. Here is an example using a button and using an href link:

<form name="myForm" action="">
<input name="start" type="text">
<input name="end" type="text">
<!-- using a button -->
<input type="button" onclick="setStartEndDates('13/5/2005','20/5/2005');" value="Set dates">
<!-- using a href -->
<a href="javascript:setStartEndDates('13/5/2005','20/5/2005');>Set dates</a>
</form>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
function setStartEndDates(_start, _end) {
  var f = document.forms['myForm'];
  if (_start != '') f.elements['start'].value = _start;
  if (_end!= '') f.elements['end'].value = _end;
}
</script>

Hope this gets you going!

Cheers,
Jeff

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[emozley]

Absolutely perfect - thanks very much!