How to call Javascript from ASP?

[Lbob]

I'm trying to call a piece of javascript within some asp and failing!

I've got the following javascript function in the head
function select_month(iMonth)
{
document.fSelected.tMonth.value = iMonth
}

Then when the page is loaded and the dates are all configured I want the month to be put in a text field for processing

so I have the following..
if Request.QueryString("sDate&quot = "" then
sDate = customdateformat(Date(),"-&quot
else
sDate = Request.QueryString("sDate&quot
end if

iMonth = Month(sDate)

<----PASS iMonth TO JAVASCRIPT

Can anyone help?
Thanks
Lbob

 

[Tarwn]

You could just Response.Write the value of your ASP variable straight into the javascript variable. Since the ASP script executes server-side and the javascript executes client-side, the javascript doesn't ever have to know if your assigning a static value to te variable or if the value came from an ASP variable:

<%
Dim thisMonth
thisMonth = Month(Now)
%>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
var aMonth;
aMonth = <%=thisMonth%>;
</script>

You could just as easily call a function with that value:

<%
Dim thisMonth
thisMonth = Month(Now)
%>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
select_month(<%=thisMonth%>);
</script>

at the same time, though, I don't see why you couldn't just write that month into your selection rather than relying on javascript:

Dim i, tMonth
tMonth = Month(Now)
Response.Write &quot;<select name=&quot;&quot;selMonth&quot;&quot;>&quot;
For i = 1 to 12
   Response.Write &quot;<option value=&quot;&quot;&quot; & i & &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;
   If i = tMonth Then Response.Write &quot; selected&quot;
   Response.Write &quot;>&quot; & MonthName(i) & &quot;</option>&quot;
Next

In this case I am looping from 1 to 12 to display the month names, using the number of the month as the value for my options. In each case I check to see if the month is equal to this month, if it is I add the word selected into the opening option tag to make that the default selection.

This has the added plus that it should be browser independant because it doesn't rely on javascript to do any of the work, so it won't matter what version or type of browser they are using.

-Tarwn

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[mwolf00]

select_month(&quot;<%=sDate%>&quot

function select_month(iMonth)
{
document.fSelected.tMonth.value = iMonth
}

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[mwolf00]

OK Tarwn, how'd you write all of that while I was writing my one liner?

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[Tarwn]

You mean yo don't have a personal black hole generator that allows you to nminutely bend time in your location in order to increase the speed of your typing?

Yes, as a amatter of fact I am on my first cup today and drinking bad coffee at that

-Tarwn

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[onpnt]

you should see him when he has good coffee!

speaking of, when are you going to get up and leave that machine for some good coffee?

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[Tarwn]

Heh, I have to mail out a harddrive and pay some bills today...maybe I'll stop for some good coffee along the way

or not, the only coffee in my imediate area s Starbucks, Port City Java (our local version of Starbucks), and Barnes and Noble (starbucks coffee with any other name...)

Maybe I'll just get off my lazy behind and hit the supermarket That way you waon't have to hear me complain about my coffee days on end

-Tarwn

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[TonyU]

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[Lbob]

Thanks for your help guys I ended up using the following
%>
<script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
select_month(<%=iMonth%>);
</script>
<%


LBOB