set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

[Picco]

How can i set a asp variable with a value in Javascript?

JS Code:

<script language="JavaS cript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

if (acrobat.ver5)
{
// if Acrobat 5.0 or newer is installed, do Acrobat 5.0 stuff.
document.write( "Acrobat V5 + is installed")
var installed_pdf = "<%inst_pdf=yes %>"
}
else if (acrobat.instal led)
{
// do older Acrobat stuff
document.write( acrobat.version );
}
else
{
// Acrobat is NOT installed. Do something else.
document.write( "Acrobat is NOT installed.")
}

//-->
</script>

ASP Code:

<% response.write "Installed PDF = " & inst_pdf & "<br>" %>

This doesnt seem to work.

[McKirahan]

Re: set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

"Picco" <crmpicco@aol.c om> wrote in message
news:93a91a9.05 03090652.72f894 82@posting.goog le.com...[color=blue]
> How can i set a asp variable with a value in Javascript?
>
> JS Code:
>
> <script language="JavaS cript" type="text/javascript">
> <!--
>
> if (acrobat.ver5)
> {
> // if Acrobat 5.0 or newer is installed, do Acrobat 5.0 stuff.
> document.write( "Acrobat V5 + is installed")
> var installed_pdf = "<%inst_pdf=yes %>"
> }
> else if (acrobat.instal led)
> {
> // do older Acrobat stuff
> document.write( acrobat.version );
> }
> else
> {
> // Acrobat is NOT installed. Do something else.
> document.write( "Acrobat is NOT installed.")
> }
>
> //-->
> </script>
>
> ASP Code:
>
> <% response.write "Installed PDF = " & inst_pdf & "<br>" %>
>
> This doesnt seem to work.[/color]

ASP executes before client-side JavaScript.

Perhaps all you want (inside your script) is:

document.write "Installed PDF = " & inst_pdf;

[crmpicco@aol.com]

Re: set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

> ASP executes before client-side JavaScript.[color=blue]
>
> Perhaps all you want (inside your script) is:
>
> document.write "Installed PDF = " & inst_pdf;[/color]

Can it not be done?

I've tried runat=server.

doesnt work.

[crmpicco@aol.com]

Re: set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

I now have this code:

<script language="JavaS cript" type="text/javascript">
if (acrobat.ver5)
{
// if Acrobat 5.0 or newer is installed, do Acrobat 5.0 stuff.
//document.write( "Acrobat V5 + is installed")
}
else if (acrobat.instal led)
{
// do older Acrobat stuff
//document.write( acrobat.version );
}
else
{
// Acrobat is NOT installed. Do something else.
//document.write( "Acrobat is NOT installed.")
question = confirm("You do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader Installed on
your system. \n\nClick OK to download this software now. Click Cancel
to go Back")
if (question !="0"){
top.location =
'http://ardownload.adob e.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/7x/7.0/enu/AdbeRdr70_enu_f ull.exe'
}
if (question =="0"){
history.back()
}

}
</script>

However, if you click the 'OK' button then when the 'File Download'
dialgoue Windows box appear should you click Cancel then i am just left
with a white screen.

what i want is if cancel is clicked then return to the previous page (
a history.back) or something???

[kaeli]

Re: set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

In article <1110387473.490 897.36750@z14g2 000cwz.googlegr oups.com>,
crmpicco@aol.co m enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> question = confirm("You do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader Installed on
> your system. \n\nClick OK to download this software now. Click Cancel
> to go Back")[/color]

The confirm function returns boolean.

Better:
doInstall = confirm("Want it?");
if (doInstall)
{
// do something
}
else
{
// do something else
}
[color=blue]
>
> However, if you click the 'OK' button then when the 'File Download'
> dialgoue Windows box appear should you click Cancel then i am just left
> with a white screen.[/color]

Not much you can do about that, really, because you can't catch the click on
Cancel there.
In fact, you'll still have a blank screen once the user downloads the file,
won't you?

Why don't you simply tell the user they need to install it and provide a
link? That's what other sites do.
If you embed the document, you might be able to make the browser prompt for
the plugins. That happens with Flash. I don't do acrobat, so I'm not sure if
it's the same.

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[bruce_brodinsky@glic.com]

Re: set a asp variable with a value in Javascript

move the javascript field to a hidden form field (<input type=hidden>)
and then use Request.Form (or Request.queryst ring, whatever) to get it.