1 Reply Latest reply: May 16, 2011 7:11 PM by cfwild RSS

    post key from array into value upon submit

    sLe2222 Community Member
    sLe2222 May 13, 2011 5:17 PM

      Hello,

       

      I am new to ColdFusion and new to this forum, so be kind please.  I have a form the gets a select list from an array and I need the key of the array to post into another hidden field upon submission of the form.  I have some javaScript validation before the array, so maybe I could include something there, but I just can't figure it out.  This is what I have so far:

       

      <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
      <!--
      function OnButton1()
      {
          var x=document.forms["Form1"]["name"].value
              if (x==null || x=="")
        {
        alert("Name must be filled out");
        return false;
        }
          var x=document.forms["Form1"]["email"].value
          var atpos=x.indexOf("@");
          var dotpos=x.lastIndexOf(".");
              if (atpos<1 || dotpos<atpos+2 || dotpos+2>=x.length)
        {
        alert("Not a valid e-mail address");
        return false;
        }
        var x=document.forms["Form1"]["message"].value
              if (x==null || x=="")
        {
        alert("Message must be filled out");
        return false;
        }
              else
          document.Form1.action = "http://fp1.formmail.com/...."    // First target
         
          document.Form1.target = "iframe1";

       

          document.Form1.submit();        // Submit the page
         
          document.Form1.action = "contact_us_ty.cfm"    // Second target
         
          document.Form1.target = "contact_us_ty.cfm";

       

          document.Form1.submit();        // Submit the page
         
          return true;
      }
      -->
      </script>
      <cfset subject[1] = "Choose Subject or Recipient" />
      <cfset subject[2] = "Alexis de Tocqueville Society" />
      <cfset subject[3] = "Campaign" />
      <cfset subject[4] = "Donations" />
      <cfset subject[5] = "Feedback" />
      <cfset subject[6] = "Getting Help" />
      <cfset subject[7] = "Planned Giving" />
      <cfset subject[8] = "UW Community Fund" />

       

      <html>

      <head></head>

      <body>
              <form name="Form1" action="contact_us_ty" method="post">
                  <input type="hidden" name="_pid" value="0" />
                  <input type="hidden" name="_fid" value="0" />
                  <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value= "NEED THE KEY HERE" />
                  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value= "Website Contact Us Email" />
                  <table width="*" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
                      <tr valign="middle">
                            <td align="right"><strong>Name: </strong></td>
                            <td><input type="text" name="name" size="30" value="" /></td>
                        </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                            <td align="right"><strong>Email Address: </strong></td>
                            <td><input type="text" name="email" size="30" value="" /></td>
                        </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                            <td align="right"><strong>Subject: </strong></td>
                            <td>
                              <select name="subject" id="subject"><cfloop array="#subject#" index="i"><cfoutput><option>#i#</option></cfoutput></cfloop>       </select>
                           </td>
                        </tr>
                      <tr valign="top">
                            <td align="right"><strong>Message: </strong></td>
                            <td><textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="message"></textarea></td>
                        </tr>
                      <tr valign="top">
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="left"><input type="submit" name="button1" value="Submit" onclick="return OnButton1();" /></td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
             </form>

      <div style="visibility:hidden"><iframe name="iframe1" width="40" height="40"></iframe></div>
        </body>

      </html>

       

      Any help is greatly appreciated.

      Thanks,

      sLe2222

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        • 1. Re: post key from array into value upon submit
          cfwild Community Member
          cfwild May 16, 2011 7:11 PM (in response to sLe2222)

          Hi,

           

          1).  I'm assuming that you're naming the select, and passing the array value in the value field.

           

          2).  On the posting page, you should be able to obtain that value.

           

          3).  If you want to then move it into a hidden field, I'd make sure the hidden tag is inside a form tag group, and around that, I'd place <cfoutput> tags.  The value in the hidden tag that you'll want to set to should be inside of #...#.

           

          So page 1: (I'm using input, you should use select)

           

          <form action="two.cfm" method="get">
              <input name="bill" type="text" value="8">
               <input type="submit" value="go">
          </form>

           

          Page 2:

           

          <cfoutput>#bill#</cfoutput>

           

          <cfoutput>
          <form action="three.cfm" method="get">
              <input name="newbill" type="hidden" value="#bill#">
              <input type="submit" value="go">
          </form>
          </cfoutput>

           

          Page 3:

           

          <cfoutput>#newbill#</cfoutput>

           

          If you're going to be using this field many times, I'd sugges setting the value equal to a SESSION.variable.  That way you can eliminate all of the hidden tags, which can get really out of hand, and are VERY hard to debug.

           

          something like:  <cfset SESSION.newbill = bill />   Then anytime you need the value, just call the SESSION.newbill.  You would do this on page 2.

           

          Hope this helps,

           

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