Newbie needs help with jscript function.

[geojf3]

Hi all,

I have a web page that is written in asp/vbscript. It is used for people in the field to log onto and enter product id's, quantities and location information.

I was asked to change the page, so that when the person types in the product id and tabs to the next field, the product description would show. The only way I could do that was to have the same page re-load after all of the id's were typed in and the user would then click a button and the descriptions would appear.

Poking around, I found the onBlur function and tried to implement that. I finally got that to work, but I came up to two problems.

This is the code for putting the text box on the page :

response.write("<td class=""detaill""><input type=""text""
onChange=""clr()"" name=""txtID_" & x & """ size=""10"" value=" &
Request.Form("txtID_" & x) & "></td>")

x will be a number 1 thru 20, so I can have 20 text boxes on the screen.

The first problem is when I get to the clr() function, how can I know what the field name of the text box is? txtID_1, txtid_2, etc.

Second, the function to connect to the database and retrieve the description is in vbscript. Since I do not know that much about jscript and I need to have this done by the end of this month, is there a way to call a vbscript function from the jscript function?

Thank you for you help.

George

 

[cLFlaVA]

You can pass the clr() function the keyword "this". "this" specifies the current object. So, if your clr() function had this line of code:

[tt]
function clr(obj) {
alert(obj.name);
}[/tt]

and call it like this...

[tt]
<input name="tb1" value="something" onChange="clr(this);">
[/tt]

Then, when the textbox changes, an alertbox will popup, showing the textbox's name.

As for calling a vbscript function from javascript - no, there is no way that I know of. Maybe someone will prove me wrong.

*cLFlaVA
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[geojf3]

Thanks for the passing of the text name.

If I cannot call a vbscript function, how then would jscript handle this:

SET CON1=SERVER.CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.CONNECTION")
SET CMD1=SERVER.CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.COMMAND")
CON1.OPEN "DSN=webfiles;UID=webfiles;PWD=webfiles"
CMD1.ACTIVECONNECTION = CON1

Thanks again,

George

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

how then would jscript handle this

Are you saying that you've tried that code and it works, or are you asking us if it would work?

Dan

 

[geojf3]

I am asking, how would I write that vbscript code in jscript.

Thanks,

George