Frontpage: export value from htm to Formfields

[Franky]

Frontpage 2000

Hi everybody,

I got a normal html hyperlink on a webpage and with the click on this hyperlink I open a new (_blank) webpage in which I have a form field.

I need to transfer an value from the first webpage to the second webpage that I can fill an Formfield value automaticly.

Is there any chance? Any ideas?

nice greetings to everyone

[penagate]

pass the field value as a get parameter, then do server side processing to put the value into the form field.

Example in PHP, if you sent the value like this

mypage.php?food=Sausages

Then you can add it to the destination form like this

Favourite food: <input name="favourite" type="text" value="<?=$_GET['food']?>" />

[Franky]

Hi penagate,

thanks for the fast answer. I dont use php and anything. I just use until now Frontpage, no asp, no php and not anything else. Is there a chance to transfer in html any values?

[penagate]

No, you could try Javascript but remember never to rely on it.

Can you explain what you're doing with this? Maybe there is a better method. Many people dislike new windows.

[Franky]

I have an webpage. On this page I have an hyperlinktext. I use Frontpage 2000 and I write for example "Press here to go to the next page". If the customer press then the hyperlink, this hyperlink get executed and he will be on a new page. The problem is that I have different hyperlinks with different text. And depending on the text I need to have an different text in the other page. Or i need to have different values in the other page in formfields.

Example:

Webpage1

Press here to go to Canada

Press here to go to Mexico

... if the customer press on button "Canada" then I want to go to the same webpage as when he press on the button "Mexico", but with the difference that you see here:

Webpage2

Your Name:
Your Address:
Destination: "Canada"
(This destination is already filled, but can be overwritten from the customer)


I could use VBScript, but then I have to change a lot of things. Is there any way how to get the informations to the other webpage and that I can find out what button he pressed in the webpage before?


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I checked now a little more the hyperlink in Frontpage. The Button "Parameters" give me the chance to include Path and Query_strings.

Is there a chance to read the values of this Query_Strings into a value of an Form field WITHOUT using a database or ASP?

[penagate]

I really strongly advise you not to use Frontpage. It spews out crappy HTML. But anyway, in answer to your question, no it is not possible to read a query string without using any kind of scripting (server side or client side).

For what you sound like you're doing, I recommend that you do use server-side scripting to make the pages dynamically generated. Static pages really are just that, static and unchanging. For a decent server side setup I recommend PHP. Your host should support it and it is extremely easy, simply change the document extension to .php and you can insert PHP code anywhere you like within <?php - ?> tags. ASP is clumsier for simple pages.