microsoft.public.frontpage.programming

Jim Buyens

4/25/2004 4:59:00 AM

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello All,

Howdy.

>I am using a dropdown list box to select criteria which
>in turns fills a data results table on the same page. Is
>there some way to persist the selection in the dropdown
>so that after the post back the dropdown will show
>what was selected rather that the default selection?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>John

Add a script such as this to the bottom of your page.

<script>
for (i = 0;
i < document.forms[0].myfield.options.length - 1;
i++) {
if (document.forms[0].myfield.options[i].value
== "<%=request("myfield")%>"){
document.forms[0].myfield.selectedIndex = i;
break;
}
}
</script>

When you do this, be sure to change myfield (in four
places) to the name of your drop-down box. For drop-down
boxes that the DRW creates, this is usually the name of
the database field.

Alternatively, if the Database Results Wizard *isn't*
generating the drop-down box, you can add an ASP block to
each Option tag like this

<select name="myfield">
<option value="e"
<%if request("my field") = "e" then
response.write " selected"
end if%>
>East</option>

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
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