Thank you scott. I'll dig out my old trusty (and dusty) javascript book and figure it out.
Skip -----Original Message----- From: Scott Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 7:55 PM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: Re: Getting parameters from outside of a form You could use javascript to pull the value of the drop down and put it into a hidden input inside the form. Regards Scott On 02/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a screen that looks like this: > > ftl menu containing <select name="printerName" class="selectBox"> > and a button > > some more ftl > > a form called createCollectionContact > > some more ftl > > I want the button in the menu to do a post that includes the printerName > variable, but for the life of me, cannot figure out how to do it. > > I have tried these: > > <!-- <a class="subMenuButton" > href="javascript:document.forms > ['createCollectionContact'].action='<@ofbizUr > > l>printCustomerStatement</@ofbizUrl>';document.forms['createCollectionContac > t'].submit()">${uiLabelMap.CoPrintStatement}</a> --> > > <a > href="javascript:document.createCollectionContact.action=' > <@ofbizUrl>printCu > stomerStatement</@ofbizUrl>';document.createCollectionContact.submit();" > class="buttontext">${uiLabelMap.CoPrintStatement}</a> > > <!-- <a class="buttontext" > > href="<@ofbizUrl>printCustomerStatement?partyId=${partyId?if_exists}</@ofbiz > Url>">${uiLabelMap.CoPrintStatement}</a> --> > > <a > href="<@ofbizUrl>customerVendorStatement.pdf > ?partyId=${partyId?if_exists}&fr > > omDate=${fromDate?if_exists}&thruDate=${thruDate?if_exists}&glFiscalTypeId=A > CTUAL&reportType=CUSTOMER</@ofbizUrl>" class="buttontext"> > ${uiLabelMap.CoPDFStatement}</a> > > and nothing seems to work to get printerName down to the service (I have > listed the context to the log file to see what is there). Am I forced to > put the button and dropdown inside the form and do a post from in > there? I > need to have the contents of printerName and te partyId for the service. > > Skip > > > >
