microsoft.public.frontpage.programming

Jim Buyens

4/21/2004 6:14:00 PM

Howdy. Try this:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
style="border-collapse: collapse" width="28%">
<form method="GET" target="_top"
action="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/PriceResults...
>
<input type="hidden" name="method" value="get">
<input type="hidden" name="template" value="F1001">
<tr>
<td width="26%" align="left"><b>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3">ASX Stock
Quote</font></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="26%" align="left"><b>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#808080"
size="-1">Enter Symbol(s) </font></b>&nbsp;
<input type="TEXT" size="8" maxlength="255"
name="ASXCodes" value> <input type="SUBMIT"
value="Go"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>

Basically, because the method and template fields are
constant, you should make them hidden form fields. the
name of the text bos is then ASXcodes.

In a quqery string such as:

?method=get&template=F1001&ASXCodes=anz

? marks the beginning of the query string.
& separates each name=value pair.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
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>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to look
at
>my html coding below and tell me where I'm going wrong. I
>am attempting to create a stock quote web component that
>retrieves prices from the Australian Stock Exchange.
>
>If it were to work correctly the component should take me
>to the following screen (using stock code ANZ as an
>example):
>http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/PriceRe...
>method=get&template=F1001&ASXCodes=anz
>
>However this screen
>appears:http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/PriceR...
?
>F1001%26ASXCodes=anz
>
>Close but no cigar!! My HTML code for this component is
as
>follows:
><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
>style="border-collapse: collapse" width="28%">
><form METHOD="GET&template" TARGET="_top"
>action="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/PriceR...
"
>>
><tbody><tr>
><td width="26%" align="left"><b><font
>FACE="Arial,Helvetica" SIZE="3">ASX Stock
>Quote</font></b></td>
></tr><tr>
><td width="26%" align="left"><b><font FACE="Arial,
>Helvetica" COLOR="#808080" SIZE="-1">Enter Symbol(s)
></font></b> <input TYPE="TEXT" SIZE="8"
>MAXLENGTH="255" NAME="F1001&ASXCodes" VALUE><input
>TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Go"></td>
></tr></tbody></form></table>
>
>Many thanks for your help.
>
>.
>