two buttons on one page

[TRACEYMARYLAND]

hi there i have a form
<form name="form1" method="post" action="form_entry_update.asp">

But i want to add two buttons...

One button will be called SEARCH...and the other will be UPDATE

Now if i select UPDATE i want it to actually go and do the
form_entry_update.asp

If i select SELECT i want it to call another page search.asp will all the form values.

Cannot figure out how to put two buttons with two different things on a page

 

[mwolf00]

<input type=submit value="Update">

<input type=button onClick="document.location='search.asp'" value="Search">

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[TRACEYMARYLAND]

One little question...will the button for search
pass all the values from the form to the search.asp

so if im in search.asp i can still read
request.form("field")

Thanks

 

[Chopstik]

You would just need to modify mwolf's code slightly to submit the form after changing its action.

<input type=submit value="Update">

<input type=submit onClick="form1.action='search.asp'" value="Search">

Have to admit, though, that I typically will create a small client-side function that will set the form action independently and then submit from that same function. But to each his own...

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[mwolf00]

Another option is to use server.transfer() on the server-side to pass all of the values from form_entry_update.asp to search.asp

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[newmediaguy]

Hi

I would do this on the server like so...

<%
' See if the form is submitted
if request("search") OR request("update") <> "" then
' Get our fields
For ix = 1 to Request.Form.Count
    fieldName = Request.Form.Key(ix)
    fieldValue = Request.Form.Item(ix) 
    Session(fieldName) = fieldvalue
Next
'see which button was pressed
If Request("Update") then
   url = "update.asp"
else
   url = "search.asp"
end if
end if
%>

You can then use them as session variables or reverse the code above to output them as form fields etc again.

Not tested but fundamentally it should be ok...... O & OE

Hope that this helps

Thanks


Glen
Conception | Execution

 

[nicklieb]

you can use buttons in the same form and use javascript to alter the action page variable on the form.

have a look at this function below, whihc i use for postcode checking, if you click on postcode check it does a post back to itself

	function do_postcode_checkup1(form) {
	
			if (form.cust_postcode.value == "") {
				// do nothing
				alert('You have not entered a postcode');
			}
			else {
			
			form.cust_post_check.value = "1"
			form.action="booking.asp"
			form.submit();
			
			}
	}

Note the form.action="" setting.

 

[TRACEYMARYLAND]

Thinking hard here.

I seen the server.transfer() before but never managed to get it to work...

Maybe i investigate that a little more.

Cheers All

 

[TRACEYMARYLAND]

mwolf00 server.transfer

lets say im in page1.asp

User fills in text1 and text2

Search....if user selects button search i can do a
if request("Submit") = "Search" then
server.transfer("search.asp")
end if
So in search.asp i see all the variables....

Is that correct

 

[mwolf00]

yes - server.transfer sends the request object from the first page (form_entry_update.asp) to the second (search.asp) so all of the form fields can be accessed.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook (No, I'm not Rick)

 

[DreXor]

i'm a little lazy when coding sometimes, little more thinking sometimes, but in the end makes it easier.. this is how i handle one of my multi-button pages.. depends on JS tho.

Example a search text box, buttons for search DB , search FileSystem, or whatever.

Firstly so the page layout isn't all goofy because of form tags:
<style>
FORM {margin:0;
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-left:0;
margin-right:0;}
</style>

i would have the layout like this :
<form name="EntryForm"> 'note no method, target, or action
<input type="text" name="SearchBox">
</form>

Then the seperate buttons:
<form name="SubmitOne" action="SearchFS.ASP" method="post" onsubmit="javascript:this.SearchVal = document.EntryForm.SearchBox;">
<input type="submit" value="Search FS">
<input type="hidden" name="SearchVal">
</form>

<form name="SubmitTwo" action="SearchDB.ASP" method="post" onsubmit="javascript:this.SearchVal = document.EntryForm.SearchBox;">
<input type="submit" value="Search DB">
<input type="hidden" name="SearchVal">
</form>

that way you dont have to modify the forms action target, or anything, you're just injecting the necessary values into the submit form from another.

DreX
aKa - Robert
if all else fails, light it on fire and do the happy dance!

 

[DreXor]

seems i forgot the .value on the JS portions in the samplecode :

<form name="SubmitTwo" action="SearchDB.ASP" method="post" onsubmit="javascript:this.SearchVal[red].value[/red] = document.EntryForm.SearchBox[red].value[/red];">

little bit different method of dealing with it, just trying to give some other options on the matter at hand

DreX
aKa - Robert
if all else fails, light it on fire and do the happy dance!