RE: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
Thanks everyone. I guess I will give this AJAX a try. From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:52 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Ben, we use it on HWPC, for ranking, and tested it heavily for all browers. You do have to do it just right to be compatible with IE, FF, and Safari. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Ben Johansen wrote: I agree, Now. When I first tried this, the “.readyState” It was only reliable in IE. It was several years ago and it seems that the other browsers have stepped since them. At that time I had to go with the IFRAME concept. This looks very viable now. Ben From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:38 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Agree, Ajax is best method for this. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Alan Wolfe wrote: Hey webdude, you can use a technique called ajax to do this.ajax stands for asynchronous _javascript_ and xml and that's just a fancy term for what it does, which is use _javascript_ to make calls to pages on your server which return data.for instance, you could have a taf which you passed a client id as an argument too (lookup.taf?id=30405) and it would show all relevant client data in XML as results.then, on your main page that the user sees, when the person is done typing their user id in, _javascript_ could call lookup.taf with the given ID#, grab the XML results and use that to fill the page in with new data or even change that page's appearance.AJAX is awesome.http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/at the bottom of that page, you can put a zipcode in and then when you click somewhere out of the box, the city and state are magicly filled in. it uses ajax to accomplish this.there's a tutorial there too. On 10/6/05, Ted Wolfley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest ofthe form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the twosections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the idnumber on the bottom.Ted-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB CallSorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out.I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from bytyping in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, thatwould be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of thevalues. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this.Has anyone tried anything like this before?Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.tafTO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
Ben, we use it on HWPC, for ranking, and tested it heavily for all browers. You do have to do it just right to be compatible with IE, FF, and Safari. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Ben Johansen wrote:I agree, Now. When I first tried this, the “.readyState”It was only reliable in IE. It was several years ago and it seems that the other browsers have stepped since them. At that time I had to go with the IFRAME concept. This looks very viable now. Ben From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:38 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Agree, Ajax is best method for this. -- Robert GarciaPresident - BigHead TechnologyVP Application Development - eventpix.com13653 West Park DrMagalia, Ca 95954ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040[EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Alan Wolfe wrote:Hey webdude, you can use a technique called ajax to do this.ajax stands for asynchronous _javascript_ and xml and that's just a fancy term for what it does, which is use _javascript_ to make calls to pages on your server which return data.for instance, you could have a taf which you passed a client id as an argument too (lookup.taf?id=30405) and it would show all relevant client data in XML as results.then, on your main page that the user sees, when the person is done typing their user id in, _javascript_ could call lookup.taf with the given ID#, grab the XML results and use that to fill the page in with new data or even change that page's appearance.AJAX is awesome.http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/at the bottom of that page, you can put a zipcode in and then when you click somewhere out of the box, the city and state are magicly filled in. it uses ajax to accomplish this.there's a tutorial there too.On 10/6/05, Ted Wolfley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest ofthe form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the twosections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the idnumber on the bottom.Ted-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB CallSorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out.I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from bytyping in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, thatwould be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of thevalues. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this.Has anyone tried anything like this before?Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.tafTO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
RE: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
I agree, Now. When I first tried this, the “.readyState” It was only reliable in IE. It was several years ago and it seems that the other browsers have stepped since them. At that time I had to go with the IFRAME concept. This looks very viable now. Ben From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:38 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Agree, Ajax is best method for this. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Alan Wolfe wrote: Hey webdude, you can use a technique called ajax to do this. ajax stands for asynchronous _javascript_ and xml and that's just a fancy term for what it does, which is use _javascript_ to make calls to pages on your server which return data. for instance, you could have a taf which you passed a client id as an argument too (lookup.taf?id=30405) and it would show all relevant client data in XML as results. then, on your main page that the user sees, when the person is done typing their user id in, _javascript_ could call lookup.taf with the given ID#, grab the XML results and use that to fill the page in with new data or even change that page's appearance. AJAX is awesome. http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/ at the bottom of that page, you can put a zipcode in and then when you click somewhere out of the box, the city and state are magicly filled in. it uses ajax to accomplish this. there's a tutorial there too. On 10/6/05, Ted Wolfley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest of the form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the two sections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the id number on the bottom. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com Subject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Sorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out. I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from by typing in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, that would be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of the values. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this. Has anyone tried anything like this before? Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
Agree, Ajax is best method for this. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Alan Wolfe wrote:Hey webdude, you can use a technique called ajax to do this. ajax stands for asynchronous _javascript_ and xml and that's just a fancy term for what it does, which is use _javascript_ to make calls to pages on your server which return data. for instance, you could have a taf which you passed a client id as an argument too (lookup.taf?id=30405) and it would show all relevant client data in XML as results. then, on your main page that the user sees, when the person is done typing their user id in, _javascript_ could call lookup.taf with the given ID#, grab the XML results and use that to fill the page in with new data or even change that page's appearance. AJAX is awesome. http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/ at the bottom of that page, you can put a zipcode in and then when you click somewhere out of the box, the city and state are magicly filled in. it uses ajax to accomplish this. there's a tutorial there too. On 10/6/05, Ted Wolfley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest ofthe form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the twosections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the id number on the bottom.Ted-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB CallSorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out.I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from bytyping in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, thatwould be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of thevalues. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this.Has anyone tried anything like this before?Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.tafTO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
RE: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
Yes, this is possible, but it takes a small trick, -You place an iframe size 1x1. -You then submit the url to the iframe on id change -You then get the data back in the iframe. Then the iframe sends the data to the form Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:57 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com Subject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Sorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out. I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from by typing in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, that would be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of the values. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this. Has anyone tried anything like this before? Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
Re: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
Hey webdude, you can use a technique called ajax to do this. ajax stands for asynchronous _javascript_ and xml and that's just a fancy term for what it does, which is use _javascript_ to make calls to pages on your server which return data. for instance, you could have a taf which you passed a client id as an argument too (lookup.taf?id=30405) and it would show all relevant client data in XML as results. then, on your main page that the user sees, when the person is done typing their user id in, _javascript_ could call lookup.taf with the given ID#, grab the XML results and use that to fill the page in with new data or even change that page's appearance. AJAX is awesome. http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/ at the bottom of that page, you can put a zipcode in and then when you click somewhere out of the box, the city and state are magicly filled in. it uses ajax to accomplish this. there's a tutorial there too. On 10/6/05, Ted Wolfley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest ofthe form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the twosections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the id number on the bottom.Ted-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PMTo: witango-talk@witango.comSubject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB CallSorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out.I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from bytyping in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, thatwould be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of thevalues. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this.Has anyone tried anything like this before?Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.tafTO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
RE: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call
How about using a frame with the id number at the top and the rest of the form at the bottom. You can hide the dividing line between the two sections to make it look like on page. Use a hidden field for the id number on the bottom. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com Subject: Witango-Talk: O.T Auto Fill Form from a DB Call Sorry if this is off topic but I have a perplexing problem I am trying to figure out. I was wondering if it is possible to auto fill values into a from by typing in something like a client ID. I don't mean a two page form, that would be easy. But is it possible to have someone fill in the client ID and have the form that is already visable auto fill the rest of the values. I think it would need to do a DB call on a mousedown to do this. Has anyone tried anything like this before? Thanks TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
