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Dec 18, 2008, 5:47 AM

katabd

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Dec 18, 2008, 5:47 AM

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Form design

Hello

We are looking for a form handler or script that will allow the following:

When the user enters a value and hit submit the form will redirect them to:

"http://www.urlto/page.cgi?p=custom_page&the_value_they_entered"

Is that possible?
Regards
KaTaBd

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Dec 18, 2008, 6:11 AM

Andy

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Dec 18, 2008, 6:11 AM

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Hi,

Would javascript be ok?

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Dec 18, 2008, 6:28 AM

Andy

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Dec 18, 2008, 6:28 AM

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Hi,

Heres some sample code (the window.location doesn't seem to be working - but this should give you the general jist of how it should go :))

Code:
<html> 

<head> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 
<title>New Page 2</title> 
</head> 

<script> 
  function gotoPage(theval) { 
    if (!theval) { 
      alert("Please enter a value!!"); 
      return false; 
    } else { 
      var theurl = 'http://www.google.com/?q=' + theval; 
/*      alert(theurl);*/ 
      window.location = theurl; 
      return false; 
    } 
  }  
</script> 

<body> 

<form name="gotopage" method="POST" onsubmit="gotoPage(this.form_value.value);"> 
	<p><input type="text" name="form_value" size="20"> 
	<input type="submit" value="Go" name="B1" ></p> 
</form> 

</body> 

</html>

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Dec 18, 2008, 7:08 AM

Andy

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Dec 18, 2008, 7:08 AM

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Hi,

This code should work ( wasn't using .href, and also a "return" =))

Code:
<html> 

<head> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 
<title>New Page 2</title> 
</head> 

<script> 
  function gotoPage(theval) { 
    if (!theval) { 
      alert("Please enter a value!!"); 
      return false; 
    } else { 
      var theurl = 'http://www.google.com/?q=' + theval; 
/*      alert(theurl);*/ 
      window.location.href = theurl; 
      return false; 
    } 
  }  
</script> 

<body> 

<form name="gotopage" method="POST" onsubmit="return gotoPage(this.form_value.value);"> 
	<p><input type="text" name="form_value" size="20"> 
	<input type="submit" value="Go" name="B1" ></p> 
</form> 

</body> 

</html>

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk