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webgyrl -> Prepopulating a form (10/28/2009 18:54:27) I am trying to allow my users to search for a company and once they find it be able to select it and it takes them to a form where it is prepopulated with name of the company so they can rate them instead of having to enter the name manually...using asp and frontpage...help

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TexasWebDevelopers -> RE: Prepopulating a form (10/29/2009 9:29:07) Pass the company name as a hidden variable to the next page and then stick it into the value bit of the form text box. Here is a primer on passing variables from page to page with code... http://www.texaswebdevelopers.com/examples/passingvariables/

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bobby -> RE: Prepopulating a form (10/29/2009 15:35:27) TWD, what a great primer / example of how to do exactly what they asked. Nice tidbit! The other part of the equation here is how they select a company from a list... the easiest way is to make each search result a link containing the company name as a variable passed to the next page... something like: <a href="page.asp?coname=COMPANY" >COMPANY</a> Then you can populate the form field with the variable "coname" on page.asp It is not hidden, but then again your visitor is selecting the company name from a list so who cares if they can see it in the URL? Just another way to pass the data once selected... [;)]

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