Hi All,

Is there a way to grab the selectedIndex NUMBER from a select menu and put that number into a variable using ASP(VBScript)? NOTE: I am NOT looking for the VALUE or the TEXT from the select options. Just the INDEX number; just like from an array.

For example, here are my options:

<select size="1" name="D1">
    <option value="test">TEST</option>
    <option value="test2">TEST2</option>
    <option value="test3">TEST3</option>
</select>


If the user select TEST2 from the menu, I want to be able to grab that selectedIndex number(in this case, it would be 1).

Thanks!

You want to grab it, or you want to grab it and send it to ASP?

Either way, you need JavaScript. Here's an example:


<script language=javascript>

//this function gets the SelectedIndex
function getSelectedIndex(sel)
{
 return sel.selectedIndex;
}

//this function passes the SI to ASP
function passToASP(sel)
{
 var si = getSelectedIndex(sel);
 document.forms.f.SI.value = si;
 document.forms.f.submit();
}
</script>
<form id=f method=post onsubmit=passToASP(this.SI) action=getformvalues.asp>
<input type=hidden id=SI name=SI>
<select size=1 name="D1" id="D1">

</select>
</form>


Then you could refer to the field with ASP as a form element. (something like Request.Form("SI") (I don't know ASP))

HTH,

Snib

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Hi, Thank you for your detailed codes! I am not too familiar with JavaScript. But let me see if I can interpret what you did here. You grab the index number from the select menu, and then put this number into a hidden field. Then, you assign the value of this hidden field into the form, so that you can grab the index number from the form using asp?

Just wanted to make sure what I am doing.

Thanks again.

Leon

You got it exactly! ;)

HTH,

Snib

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One last question. What does these codes do?

function getSelectedIndex(sel)
{
 return sel.selectedIndex;
}

Where is "sel" coming from? Aren't you grabbing the selectedindex from the list menu? If so, shouldn't "sel" be "D1" instead, since D1 is the name of your select option.

Thanks again.

sel is a temporary variable local to the function getSelectedIndex(). The way I constructed this code, you can use it with any form just the way I put it here. If you directly referred to the form, you would have to change the function for every form you wanted. This way, the form object is passed to the function (whichever form you want) every time you call it, and it uses that handle as a kind of shortcut to the form.

Hope I've helped you understand it better.

Snib

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Thanks for all your help Snib! Your codes make sense now. :-)

Leon