Hi, qForms has a very nice way to handle related select boxes called Containers. It's very simple to use and if you call the compressed versions of qForms as opposed to the other the JS has a minimal footprint.
http://www.pengoworks.com/qforms/docs/examples/containers.htm Byron On May 17, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Paul Henderson wrote: > As far as I know it is running, I do not receive any browser errors > I'm not > sure how else to tell if it is actually running or not. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Javascript / Listbox Form Problem > > > Is this function executing without error. Javascript will fail > silently and just allow the form to submit. Maybe its not running? > > Adam H > > On 5/17/05, Paul Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks Adam and Rebecca for the response, Adam I do have the listbox >> set > up >> to allow multiple selections: >> >> <select name="lbxSelectedTheme" multiple size=5> >> >> But because the user is adding items from one listbox into another, >> at the >> time the form is submitted the items are not selected. >> >> Apparently this code I'm trying to work with has worked properly in >> the >> past, it sure won't work for me. >> >> // Get selected themes >> for (i=1; i< document.frmImageAdm.lbxSelectedTheme.length; >> i++) { >> if (vThemes == "") { >> vThemes = > document.frmImageAdm.lbxSelectedTheme.options[i].value >> } else { >> vThemes = vThemes + "," + >> document.frmImageAdm.lbxSelectedTheme.options[i].value >> } >> } >> document.frmImageAdm.hdnThemes.value = vThemes >> >> Despite this above code, hdnThemes is always NULL when I try to >> reference >> it, but maybe because OnSubmit hdnThemes is passed as NULL however, >> this >> function SHOULD update it's value. >> >> Thanks again for all the help, hopefully you can find your past code >> Adam. >> >> -Paul >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:28 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Javascript / Listbox Form Problem >> >> I'll search for my page that does that but the gist of it is move the >> items over then select all items onSubmit. The key to getting this to >> work is make sure the second select box has the ability to select >> multiple items. >> >> Adam H >> >> On 5/17/05, Rebecca Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't think that's possible. I have built pages that have the >>> multiple >> select option. What you have to do is submit the selected items from >> the >> list1 to the action page (using an "Add" or "-->" button), which >> inserts >> eacho of the selected items to a db table, then return to the display >> page >> with the selected items added to, or subtracted from, the list2. The >> user >> can use a "Delete" or "<--" button to remove selected items from >> list2, > and >> it works the same way as the add button. They make their choices from > list2, >> select the Delete button, which submits to the action page, detects >> that > the >> Delete button was selected and loops over the list2 form members, >> deleting >> them from the db table, and returns to the display page showing those > items >> gone from list2. Yes, that may seem like a lot of work, but I haven't >> figured out any simpler way to do this kind of user interface. I hope >> that >> makes sense. >>> >>>> It seems to only output the value if an item has been selected, but >>>> my >> goal >>>> is to on one submit get the value of everything that's been added to > the >>>> list box? >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206916 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
