Check out qForms. It'll greatly simplify the syntax of dealing w/JS forms, as well as it'll cut your work down tremendously.
http://www.pengoworks.com/qforms/ There's a number of examples online that will give you an idea of where to get start. Essentially all you need to do this is to set an event to run during the onblur event for each of the first three fields. This should call a function which checks the value of each of the first three fields and if a value exists in each field, it'll update the initials field using something like: oForm.initials.setValue( oForm.firstName.getValue().charAt(0) + oForm.middleName.getValue().charAt(0) + oForm.lastName.getValue().charAt(0) ); -Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Auto-populating form item > > Another suggestion ... > > Store your queries in WDDX packages ... deserialize to JavaScript. > > There's an example on how to do this on my advanced Forta book ... which > is > two editions old ... not sure if it's carried forward ... but if you know > JS > at all, it's not really difficult to figure out once you have the > examples. > > H. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lincoln Milner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 7:31 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Auto-populating form item > > > > Folks, > > > > We've got this data entry form that allows entry, query, record > deletion, > > and a host of other functionality. One thing it needs to do is after > the > > first three form items are completed (it's a subject id.t number), the > > fourth auto-populates with the subject initials. > > > > This should be seamless to the user, i.e., no refresh of the page or > > submitting of data, so my question is how can we take form items 1, 2, > and > > 3 and use them to dynamically call a query to retrieve the initials from > a > > database? Or is this beyond the scope of CF? > > > > Cheers! > > > > Lincoln T. Milner > > Senior Application Programmer/Analyst > > Department of Health Evaluation Sciences > > Pennsylvania State University > > 600 Centerview Drive > > Suite 2200, A210 > > Hershey, PA 17033-0855 > > Ph: 717.531.7178 > > Fax: 717.531.5779 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > *****E-Mail Confidentiality Notice***** > > This message (including any attachments) contains information intended > for > > a specific individual(s) and purpose that may be privileged, > confidential > > or otherwise protected from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. Any > > inappropriate use, distribution or copying of the message is strictly > > prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalty. If you > have > > received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender > indicating > > this error and delete the transmission from your system immediately. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
