passing form elements from page to page

**kaeli** · Jul 23 '05, 03:02 PM

Re: passing form elements from page to page

In article <uiucguest.2004 1028123313$787e @news.ks.uiuc.e du>, abbylee26
@hotmail.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> My code works but because I'm using VBscript within JavaScript[/color]

Not because.
Javascript can call client-side vbscript just fine, if it's done right and IE
is the browser. See code below.
[color=blue]
>
> ---------------within my body-------------
> <script language="JavaS cript">document .write(formatCu rrency(<%=Reque st.Form
> ("total")%>) )</script>
> ------------------------------------------
> My script takes the form element "total" from the previous page and sends it
> to a function for formatting. Problem is...JavaScrip just doesn't like
> VBscript. How do I get the form element using JavaScript?
>[/color]

You don't. It has nothing to do with getting the form element. The form
element is gotten via ASP server-side VBscript. You are calling this function
as though it is client-side.

Is formatCurrency a client-side vbscript function you wrote? If not, this is
the wrong syntax to use (it needs to be in the <%= %> construct as well). If
so, check that it returns a string, as expected by document.write.

If it is a server-side function (one defined in your ASP), do this: (note the
quotes! they are important.)

document.write( "<%= formatCurrency( Request.Form ("total") %>")

If it is a client-side function:
Client-side example (IE ONLY):
This works fine in IE. So, it's something you're doing wrong.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title> New Document </title>
<script type="text/vbscript">
Function sayHi (str)
sayHi = "Hi!" & str
End Function
</script>
</head>

<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write( sayHi("Whee!")) ;
</script>
</body>
</html>

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**Fred Oz** · Jul 23 '05, 03:02 PM

Re: passing form elements from page to page

Abby Lee wrote:[color=blue]
> My code works but because I'm using VBscript within JavaScript I get an error
> message...the yellow tri-angle with an "!" mark.
>
> ---------------within my body-------------
> <script language="JavaS cript">document .write(formatCu rrency(<%=Reque st.Form
> ("total")%>) )</script>
> ------------------------------------------
> My script takes the form element "total" from the previous page and sends it
> to a function for formatting. Problem is...JavaScrip just doesn't like
> VBscript. How do I get the form element using JavaScript?[/color]

Just in case you are client-side and still want to get the form value...

<body>
<p>The button can use 'this.form' because it belongs to the same form
as the text area it's trying to get the value of.</p>
<p>The link uses document.forms because it's external to the form - and
AFAIK <a> tags can't be children of forms.</p>

<form name="theForm" action="">
<input type="text" name="total" cols="20">
<input type="button" value="Show text"
onclick="alert( 'You entered: ' + this.form.total .value);">
<input type="reset">
</form>
<p><a href="#"
onclick="alert( 'You entered: '
+ document.forms['theForm'].elements['total'].value);">Show
text</a> using a link.</p>

</body>

Fred.

**McKirahan** · Jul 23 '05, 03:02 PM

Re: passing form elements from page to page

"Abby Lee" <abbylee26@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:uiucguest. 20041028123313$ 787e@news.ks.ui uc.edu...[color=blue]
> My code works but because I'm using VBscript within JavaScript I get an[/color]
error[color=blue]
> message...the yellow tri-angle with an "!" mark.
>
> ---------------within my body-------------
> <script[/color]
language="JavaS cript">document .write(formatCu rrency(<%=Reque st.Form[color=blue]
> ("total")%>) )</script>
> ------------------------------------------
> My script takes the form element "total" from the previous page and sends[/color]
it[color=blue]
> to a function for formatting. Problem is...JavaScrip just doesn't like
> VBscript. How do I get the form element using JavaScript?[/color]

This works for me (on an IE browser).

<html>
<head>
<title>jsandvbs .ht</title>
<script type="text/vbscript">
Function Money(amount)
Money = FormatCurrency( amount)
End Function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var money = Money(1234.56);
document.write( money);
</script>
</body>
</html>

passing form elements from page to page

passing form elements from page to page

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