Lists, Buttons and Textboxes

callamac · #1 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2006, 07:41

Hi, need help for the following.

I'm currently using the HTML facility in Front Page 2003 to create a page that would enable me to select an area in England using a drop down list, then by pressing a submit button, a value would appear in the textbox. (eg. if I selected London from the drop down list and pressed 'Submit', LON would appear in the textbox') How would I go about doing this?

Below is the current HTML code on the page

HTML: Select all

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>TAKE PART</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<p><font face="Gill Sans MT" size="2">SELECT AREA </font></p>
 
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" U-File="fpweb:///_private/form_results.csv" S-Format="TEXT/CSV" S-Label-Fields="TRUE" -->
<p><select size="1" name="D1">
<option value="LON">London</option>
<option value="MAN">Manchester</option>
<option value="LIV">Liverpool</option>
<option value="BIR">Birmingham</option>
</select><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1">
<input type="text" name="T1" size="20"></p>
 
</form>

sypher · #2 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2006, 14:13

Lets call your page choose_location.php

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<?php if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
$D1=$_POST['D1']
}
?>
<form method="POST" action="choose_location.php">
<p><select size="1" name="D1">
<option value="London">London</option>
<option value="Manchester">Manchester</option>
<option value="Liverpool">Liverpool</option>
<option value="Birmingham">Birmingham</option>
</select><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1">
<input type="text" name="T1" size="20" value="<?php echo $D1;?>></p>
</form>

This will make it so when you select the country you want in the drop down, press submit it will then put the choice in the text box.

I dunno what you wanna do with this information.

benbramz · #3 (**permalink**) Mar 29th, 2006, 18:05

i think your wanting this done as javascript? but why? give a bit more info plz

callamac · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 6th, 2006, 08:40

Hi again,

On one page I need people to select the name of a town from a drop down list. Where the textbox comes in is that I need the town they select from the list to be displayed in the textbox as a three letter phrase, e.g., London becomes LON. They then take that information from the screen to use elsewhere, (in this case to text using a mobile phone)

It doesn't have to be HTML, it can be javascript or anything. I just need to get it onto a webpage. I created it in early of Visual Basic using a hidden list and the following code:

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Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
 
TextBox1.Text = ListBox2.List(ListBox1.ListIndex)
 
End Sub
 
 
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
 
ListBox1.ListIndex = -1
ListBox1.AddItem ("Liverpool")
ListBox1.AddItem ("Manchester")
 
ListBox2.ListIndex = -1
ListBox2.AddItem ("LIV")
ListBox2.AddItem ("MAN")
End Sub

But how would I do something similar in HTML/Javascript?

sypher · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 6th, 2006, 13:39

Then you should of posted in the javascript forum.

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