how to send a variable using window.open

[trojan800]

I am trying to pass a variable with window.open using the following code... and I am getting nothing. Granted my knowledge with js is limited, so it may or may not be a: something stupid or b: not possible. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks - Rory

function onBtnClientCoy()
{
var clientCode;

clientCode = new String(document.FORM1.clienCode.value);

var strURL = new String ("updateClientCoy.asp?clientID=" + clientCode);

result = window.open( strURL );

return result;
}

 

[jemminger]

nothing's happening? no new window?

i noticed you might be missing a "t" here:
clientCode = new String(document.FORM1.clienCode.value);

is the spelling correct?

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[trojan800]

I am retarded and you are correct sir. Thank you soo much! ...I need to slow down.

 

[icrf]

What if clientCode contained non-url characters? For example, a space was in there. It would have to be encoded to %20 before being appended to the command line. Does javascript include a function to perform all such encodings? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...but I'm just a C man trying to see the light

 

[jemminger]

icrf,

yes:

var s1 = "this is a string";
var s2 = s1.escape();
alert(s2);

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[icrf]

Documentation says the following aren't escaped: * @ - _ + . /
As it turns out, I only see + not getting escaped, the rest make it through fine. Is there an easy way to do that manually in javasctript? It looks like something easy for a regular expression and some kind of binary packing function (or for a simple case like this, it could be hard-coded). In perl, it could be something like this:

$symbols = '+';
$string =~ s/([\Q$symbols\E])/'%'.(unpack('C',$1))/ge;

or less general

$string =~ s/\+/%43/g;

Thanks for your help. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...but I'm just a C man trying to see the light

 

[jemminger]

you can use regular expressions in js...the replace() function is one of several that accepts them. its usage is: replace(regex, sReplacement);

$string = $string.replace(/+/g, "%43" =========================================================
while (!succeed) try();
-jeff