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September 18th, 2003, 12:26 PM

aspuser25

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passing values from one form to another-urgent!

hi ...

i have an asp page which has 3 buttons.
<p align="center"><input class="button" type="button" onClick="location='welStudent.asp';" value="Click to write a new story"></p>
<p align="center"><input class="button" type="button" onClick="location='draftedStory.asp';" value="Click to complete the drafted story"></p>
<p align="center"> <input class="button" type="submit" value="Click to view your grade sheet" name="submit"> </p>

when i have written <form method="post" action="viewEditedStory.asp" name="teacher"> then the values of the radio button declared in form goes only in asp "viewEditedStory.asp". I want to use the radio button value also on clicking 2nd button described above (i.e. in 'draftedStory.asp') how can i do this?

here is my code:

<%
DIM RSA
DIM RSA2
DIM QUERY
DIM RSA3
DIM RSA4
DIM RSA5
DIM QUERY5
dim icount
DIM icount2
DIM flgNewStudent
Dim flgStudStoryCorrected

icount=0
flgNewStudent="FALSE"
flgStudStoryCorrected = "FALSE"

set RSA4 = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
RSA4.OPEN "Select story_id,status_student,story_status_date from student_content where student_id="&session("loggedID")&"", "dsn=school"

'if a student logs in for the first time
if RSA4.EOF then
FLAGNEW="TRUE"
response.write "<font color=#800080 size=6>" & session("logged_name") & " you are coming for the first time and hence you have no stories written till now"
%>
<html>
<head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" /> </head>
<body BGCOLOR="pink">
<p align=center><input class="button" type="button" onClick="location='welStudent.asp'"; value="Click to write a new story" style="width:230"> </p>
<%
response.end
end if
%>

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body BGCOLOR="pink">
<center><font color="#800080" size="6"><b>"<%=session("logged_name")%>" you have written following stories </b></font></center>
<p><center></p>
<form method="post" action="viewEditedStory.asp" name="teacher">
<table border>
<thead valign="top" >
<tr>
<th>Student ID</th>
<th>Student Name</th>
<th>Story ID</th>
<th>Story Name</th>
<th>Student Story Status</th>
<th>Story Submitted Date</th>
<th>Teacher Story Status</th>
<th>Teacher Story Comment</th>
<th>Teacher Story Grade</th>
<th>Story Corrected Date</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<%
'if the student has written at least one story
do while not RSA4.EOF

FLAGNEW="FALSE"
response.write "student has at least written a story"
session("story_id") = RSA4.Fields ("story_id")

'retrieving story name
set RSA5 = Server.createObject("Adodb.recordset")
QUERY5="Select story_name from story_table where story_id="&session("story_id")&""
RSA5.OPEN QUERY5, "DSN=SCHOOL"

'retreiving whether teacher has corrected any of the stories written by student
set RSA = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
QUERY = "SELECT status_teacher,story_edited_date,story_comment,story_grade FROM teacher_content where student_id ="&session("loggedID")&" and story_id= "&session("story_id")&""
RSA.OPEN QUERY, "DSN=school"

if RSA.EOF then
'do nothing but set a variable
flgStudStoryCorrected = "no"
response.write "there are no matching record in teacher table"
else
flgStudStoryCorrected = "yes"
response.write "there is a mactching record in teacher table"
end if
%>
<tr>
<td><input type=radio name=RR value=<%=session("story_id")%>;<%=session("loggedID")%>></input> <%= session("loggedID") %></td>
<td> <%= session("logged_name") %></td>
<td> <%= RSA4.Fields ("story_id").Value %></td>
<td> <%= RSA5.Fields ("story_name").Value %></td>
<td> <%= RSA4.Fields ("status_student").Value%></td>
<td> <%= RSA4.Fields ("story_status_date").Value%></td>
<%
'assigning status student to a session variable
'session("statusStudent") = RSA4.Fields ("status_student").Value
'response.write session("statusStudent")
'if teacher has corrected the story then come here
if flgStudStoryCorrected="yes" then
%>
<Td> <%= RSA.fields("status_teacher").value%></td>
<Td> <%= RSA.fields("story_comment").value%></td>
<Td> <%= RSA.fields("story_grade").value%></td>
<Td> <%= RSA.fields("story_edited_date").value%></td>
<%
end if
%>
</tr>
<%
iCount2 = iCount2 + 1
rsa4.movenext
loop
%>

<p align="center"><input class="button" type="button" onClick="location='welStudent.asp';" value="Click to write a new story"></p>
<p align="center"><input class="button" type="button" onClick="location='draftedStory.asp';" value="Click to complete the drafted story"></p>
<p align="center"> <input class="button" type="submit" value="Click to view your grade sheet" name="submit"> </p>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

September 18th, 2003, 12:51 PM

Vlince

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Ok so you have 3 buttons, and depending on which one is clicked you want to send the data of the <form>...</form> to a different ASP page right?

This is my *suggestion*:
remove from your <form>...</form> the action attribute and create 3 *regular buttons* NOT submits buttons, regular buttons.

Each *buttons* should have an onclick attribute like this:

<input type="button" name="btn1" value="Button1" onclick="MyButton1();">
<input type="button" name="btn2" value="Button2" onclick="MyButton2();">
<input type="button" name="btn3" value="Button3" onclick="MyButton3();">

Then inside the <head>...</head> portion of your code, you declare these 3 functions like so:
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function MyButton1()
{
//using javascript you'll submit the <form>...</form>
document.teacher.action = "welStudent.asp";
document.teacher.submit();
}

function MyButton2()
{
//using javascript you'll submit the <form>...</form>
document.teacher.action = "draftedStory.asp";
document.teacher.submit();
}

function MyButton3()
{
//using javascript you'll submit the <form>...</form>
document.teacher.action = "viewEditedStory.asp";
document.teacher.submit();
}
</script>
</head>

Now, the method I'm showing you here is NOT necessarily the best/only way, but it is a way so try it if you like!

Hope this helps!
Sincerely

Vlince

September 18th, 2003, 01:22 PM

aspuser25

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thanks for ur wonderful promt response. i implemented what u said but its giving error ...property not supported at:

document.teacher.submit();

September 18th, 2003, 02:29 PM

Vlince

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Are you wainting for a reply???

If so I dunno what to tell you...DEBUG DEBUG

Create a simple ASP page with a <form>...</form>, then add a regular button with an *onclick* attribute calling a javascript function like in the example.

Start by making some *alert()* inside the function
then move towards, something like:
document.form_name.action = "test.asp"
document.form_name.submit();

See if it goes to test.asp ?
You need to try and DEBUG until *you* find out what's wrong!

Here nevermind, I'll do it...copy/paste this I've tested it an it works!

-------------------------------------------------
<%@ Language=VBScript %>

<html>
<head>
<script language=javascript>

</script>
</head>
<body>

<form name="frmMain" method="post">

<input type="button" value="Button" name="btn1" onclick="Button1();">
</form>

</body>
</html>
----------------------------------------------------------------

I obviously didn't create the test.asp so I'm getting an HTTP 404 - File not found error!

Hope this helps!
Sincerely

Vlince

September 18th, 2003, 04:34 PM

aspuser25

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thanks vlince..it worked now.

gr8!!!
thanks for the superb help!

September 18th, 2003, 10:38 PM

unatratnag

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So you know what Vlince did,

<form name="frmMain" method="post">

you need the frmMain.submit()

you never named your form let alone sign a method or action to it. I think you need to review some basic post/get tutorials....

September 20th, 2003, 11:41 PM

JHouse

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I'm going to read those tuts. This thread has be very helpful. Thanks all.

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