Prompting with a box

[Yodai]

Hi all....

I have 2 problems I am trying to solve with no success.....

I need to open a dialog box with a small text box where the user writes an
answer to a question. My first problem is: I'd like to code the thing so
that, if the answer is incorrect, the page is automaticaly redirected to
another URL. On the other had, I'd also like the box not to have the
"cancel" button....

Anybody knows the functions for this?

Cheers!!!!

[Dennis M. Marks]

Re: Prompting with a box

I have read the following message from "Yodai" <yodai@spamnot. mail.vu>
and have decided to lend my vast knowledge.

The writer said:[color=blue]
> Hi all....
>
> I have 2 problems I am trying to solve with no success.....
>
> I need to open a dialog box with a small text box where the user writes an
> answer to a question. My first problem is: I'd like to code the thing so
> that, if the answer is incorrect, the page is automaticaly redirected to
> another URL. On the other had, I'd also like the box not to have the
> "cancel" button....
>
> Anybody knows the functions for this?
>
> Cheers!!!!
>
>
>[/color]

and my reply is:
There would be no problem doing what you ask but what would keep the
user from going back to your page and looking at the source for the
answer?

We would probably need to know what the purpose of the question is in
order to think about security. Since you want to check an answer I
don't believe that you want a dialog box. You would need to open a
window, process the answer, close the window, and either continue or
transfer.

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[Yodai]

Re: Prompting with a box

Thank's for your concerns, but I am not facing a security problem here. See,
I am a C programmer and I am working on an emmbedded system with a tyni-mini
webserver that can only deal with one page (since there's no file system) If
I can handle it to get a code to avoid left-clicking while the box is open
and that can close the window when the answer is uncorrect, That's about as
much security as I need...

Cheers....

[color=blue]
> The writer said:[color=green]
> > Hi all....
> >
> > I have 2 problems I am trying to solve with no success.....
> >
> > I need to open a dialog box with a small text box where the user writes[/color][/color]
an[color=blue][color=green]
> > answer to a question. My first problem is: I'd like to code the thing so
> > that, if the answer is incorrect, the page is automaticaly redirected to
> > another URL. On the other had, I'd also like the box not to have the
> > "cancel" button....
> >
> > Anybody knows the functions for this?
> >
> > Cheers!!!!
> >
> >
> >[/color]
>
> and my reply is:
> There would be no problem doing what you ask but what would keep the
> user from going back to your page and looking at the source for the
> answer?
>
> We would probably need to know what the purpose of the question is in
> order to think about security. Since you want to check an answer I
> don't believe that you want a dialog box. You would need to open a
> window, process the answer, close the window, and either continue or
> transfer.
>
> --
> Dennis M. Marks
> http://www.dcs-chico.com/~denmarks/
> Replace domain.invalid with dcsi.net
>
>
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[mesal]

Re: Prompting with a box

"Yodai" <yodai@spamnot. mail.vu> wrote in message news:<w_yTb.309 3433$uj6.817679 5@telenews.tele line.es>...[color=blue]
> Hi all....
>
> I have 2 problems I am trying to solve with no success.....
>
> I need to open a dialog box with a small text box where the user writes an
> answer to a question. My first problem is: I'd like to code the thing so
> that, if the answer is incorrect, the page is automaticaly redirected to
> another URL. On the other had, I'd also like the box not to have the
> "cancel" button....
>
> Anybody knows the functions for this?
>
> Cheers!!!![/color]

Hi Yodai,

The best solution for you is using the showModalDialog method. In the
dialog you can implement your own page and by using there the
window.returnVa lue property you can get a value to the original page.
The only problem you might have is that the user always can close the
window with X button at the corner so you should use default
returnValue value.

more information about showModalDialog you should get at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/showmodaldialog.asp?frame=true

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndhtml/html/popupmenu.asp?frame=true

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndude/html/dude09252000.asp

good luck,
mesal

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: Prompting with a box

mesalemalmog@ya hoo.com (mesal) writes:
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> The best solution for you is using the showModalDialog method.[/color]

.... with the caveat that it only works in IE.

/L
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'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[@SM]

Re: Prompting with a box



mesal a ecrit :[color=blue]
>
> The best solution for you is using the showModalDialog method.[/color]

And what will it give with my NC4.5 ?


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