Dependant form displays

[Guest]

Hi All

I am normally found over in the access forum where this is standard
procedure BUT it may not be possible in FrontPage – or more likely it may be
possible but way above my skill level in web design.

Oh well worth a try.

I have a FPage form with a few dropdown boxes – is it possible, dependant on
the choice made in a dropdown list to make visible (or not) another sections
of the form (dropdown boxes).

Example
Dropdown box choices = Office House Appartment Studio

If the selection is Office - display the box named Office_Options
If the selection is House - display the box named House_Options
If the selection is Office - display the box named Appartment_Options
If the selection is Appartment - display the box named Studio_Options

The reason for this question is that at the moment "all" the options are
displayed and basically the form is (lloks) too big.

Any assistance with this would be great – I am “very†inexperienced using FP
– but it’s fun so I am trying to learn so simple answers would be really
helpful.

Many thanks

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Sure, you could use javascript to show/hide sections of a document that are
wrapped in div elements. Check out javascript.internet.com and
www.dynamicdrive.com for some possible scripts. I'm not sure if they have
any that will do exactly what you want, but this is possible with DHTML,
it's just a matter of tieing the events correctly.

Sad thing is, there's actually a patent on this exact behavior owned by
Amazon, so I don't know if that has made any of the scripts out there
dissappear.

 

[Guest]

Hi Marks

On the page at the moment I can on mouse over, on click, etc make layer
visible or not. Is there a way to do this from frontpage - say like
if Box selection is = the ABC show layer XYZ.
if Box selection is = the DEF show layer UVW.

Any ideas ?


--
Wayne
Manchester, England.

Sure, you could use javascript to show/hide sections of a document that are
wrapped in div elements. Check out javascript.internet.com and
www.dynamicdrive.com for some possible scripts. I'm not sure if they have
any that will do exactly what you want, but this is possible with DHTML,
it's just a matter of tieing the events correctly.

Sad thing is, there's actually a patent on this exact behavior owned by
Amazon, so I don't know if that has made any of the scripts out there
dissappear.

 

[Ronx]

See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/layered-form.htm for some
examples.

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Hi Marks

On the page at the moment I can on mouse over, on click, etc make layer
visible or not. Is there a way to do this from frontpage - say like
if Box selection is = the ABC show layer XYZ.
if Box selection is = the DEF show layer UVW.

Any ideas ?

 

[Guest]

Hi Ronx

This seems to be just what I need. I have been trying to work out just how
to bring this into the website i have made - but no luck at the moment.

The website you sent me was
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/webfaqs.asp?fl=2005102001

and I have been trying to get it to work on the form I made which
https://www.ukoutdoorpursuits.co.uk/secure/tutc_Booking_Form_ucf.htm

I do know if you can see from that but there are around 50 (almost)
indenticle forms - the charity name is different on each. So if I can get it
to work on the link to the ucf form and can copy it accross to all the others.

Many thanks for your help.

 

[Ronx]

See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/pages/ucf.htm

I have made assumptions as to what you require.

There may be future problems with the form, particularly with collection
of credit card information.
To gather CC info, the data MUST be collected using a secure connection
to the server, and the data must either be stored securely, or processed
immediately.
The FrontPage extensions cannot be used for either of these functions.
CC data cannot be sent through email, unless the email is encrypted on
the server.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp