Form Dilemma
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a dilemma. I want to make a multiparted form, lets say 5 mini-forms to eliminate = one large form. You would get put into the first mini-form and be able = to move throughout these parts by clicking on graphic buttons instead of = submit buttons. It would update any changes if made. Then on the last = mini-form it would actually process it and do what I need it to do. The kicker is that I have 30 or so large forms. Some of these parts = would be the same in all forms, others would be different. So I would = love to be able to re-use the code. I have some ideas, like tossing all the form. variables to session = variables, but have no idea exactly how to actually convert them to = session variables since I don't know how to do it without a submit = button AND not being able to know WHICH form they will go to next to be = able to set the form. variables to session. variables.=20 I figured I would toss this out on here to see if anyone had done this = before and could shed some light on this for me. Thanks, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I have a dilemma./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I want to make a multiparted form, lets = say 5=20 mini-forms to eliminate one large form. You would get put into the first = mini-form and be able to move throughout these parts by clicking on = graphic=20 buttons instead of submit buttons. It would update any changes if=20 made.nbsp;Then on the last mini-form it would actually process it and = do what I=20 need it to do./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2The kicker is that I have 30 or so = large=20 forms.nbsp;Some of these parts would be the same in all forms, others = would be=20 different. So I would love to be able to re-use the code./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I have some ideas, like tossing all the = form.=20 variables to session variables, but have no idea exactly how = tonbsp;actually=20 convert them to session variables since I don'tnbsp;knownbsp;how to do = it=20 without a submit button AND not being able to know WHICH form they will = go to=20 next to be able to set the form.nbsp;variables to session. variables.=20 /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I figured I would toss this out on here = to see=20 if/FONTnbsp;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2anyone had done this before = and could=20 shed some light on this for me./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Thanks,/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Jeff/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2A=20 href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A/FONT/DIV= /BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0-- -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
Re: Form Dilemma
Jeff, check out an article in a recent issue of CFDJ which talked about creation of form wizards. That will get you pointed in the right direction. The tricky part will be deciding where to put querys: on each page of the form as needed, or all done at once during the initial wizard screen in which case you will have to pass along the query result set (probably with WDDX) I want to make a multiparted form, lets say 5 mini-forms to eliminate = one large form. You would get put into the first mini-form and be able = to move throughout these parts by clicking on graphic buttons instead of = submit buttons. It would update any changes if made. Then on the last = mini-form it would actually process it and do what I need it to do. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: Form Dilemma
Jeff, In Ben Forta's "Advanced ColdFusion Application Development 4.0" starting on page 118, there is a custom tag called CF_EmbedFields that allows you to automatically embed any form fields from a previous page with a single tag. By the end of the 20th form all the info would be on the same page as hidden input fields. I've found it to be a simple and elegant solution to problems such as yours. Sincerely, Danny Zigrino [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Form Dilemma This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a dilemma. I want to make a multiparted form, lets say 5 mini-forms to eliminate = one large form. You would get put into the first mini-form and be able = to move throughout these parts by clicking on graphic buttons instead of = submit buttons. It would update any changes if made. Then on the last = mini-form it would actually process it and do what I need it to do. The kicker is that I have 30 or so large forms. Some of these parts = would be the same in all forms, others would be different. So I would = love to be able to re-use the code. I have some ideas, like tossing all the form. variables to session = variables, but have no idea exactly how to actually convert them to = session variables since I don't know how to do it without a submit = button AND not being able to know WHICH form they will go to next to be = able to set the form. variables to session. variables.=20 I figured I would toss this out on here to see if anyone had done this = before and could shed some light on this for me. Thanks, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I have a dilemma./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I want to make a multiparted form, lets = say 5=20 mini-forms to eliminate one large form. You would get put into the first = mini-form and be able to move throughout these parts by clicking on = graphic=20 buttons instead of submit buttons. It would update any changes if=20 made.nbsp;Then on the last mini-form it would actually process it and = do what I=20 need it to do./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2The kicker is that I have 30 or so = large=20 forms.nbsp;Some of these parts would be the same in all forms, others = would be=20 different. So I would love to be able to re-use the code./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I have some ideas, like tossing all the = form.=20 variables to session variables, but have no idea exactly how = tonbsp;actually=20 convert them to session variables since I don'tnbsp;knownbsp;how to do = it=20 without a submit button AND not being able to know WHICH form they will = go to=20 next to be able to set the form.nbsp;variables to session. variables.=20 /FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONTnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I figured I would toss this out on here = to see=20 if/FONTnbsp;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2anyone had done this before = and could=20 shed some light on this for me./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Thanks,/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Jeff/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2A=20 href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A/FONT/DIV= /BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_01A1_01BFADD5.6515A5A0-- -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
