I had the need for a similar thing. It is cut n paste does just what you need it to do:
1..Save the following code to a .asp or .html page
2..Create another page at the same dir level and call it postTo.asp
3..Put this line in the postTo.asp page (the values you need):
<%= request.form("selectedValues") %>
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<html>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function moveOver()
{
var boxLength = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.length;
var selectedItem = document.choiceForm.available.selectedIndex;
var selectedText = document.choiceForm.available.options[selectedItem].text;
var selectedValue = document.choiceForm.available.options[selectedItem].value;
var i;
var isNew = true;
if (boxLength != 0) {
for (i = 0; i < boxLength; i++) {
thisitem = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].text;
if (thisitem == selectedText) {
isNew = false;
break;
}
}
}
if (isNew) {
newoption = new Option(selectedText, selectedValue, false, false);
document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[boxLength] = newoption;
}
document.choiceForm.available.selectedIndex=-1;
}
function removeMe() {
var boxLength = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.length;
arrSelected = new Array();
var count = 0;
for (i = 0; i < boxLength; i++) {
if (document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].selected) {
arrSelected[count] = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].value;
}
count++;
}
var x;
for (i = 0; i < boxLength; i++) {
for (x = 0; x < arrSelected.length; x++) {
if (document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].value == arrSelected[x]) {
document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i] = null;
}
}
boxLength = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.length;
}
}
function saveMe() {
var strValues = "";
var boxLength = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.length;
var count = 0;
if (boxLength != 0) {
for (i = 0; i < boxLength; i++) {
if (count == 0) {
strValues = document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].value;
}
else {
strValues = strValues + "," + document.choiceForm.choiceBox.options[i].value;
}
count++;
}
}
if (strValues.length == 0) {
alert("You have not made any selections");
}
else {
alert("Here are the values you've selected:\r\n" + strValues);
document.choiceForm.selectedValues.value = strValues;
choiceForm.submit();
}
}
//-->
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form name="choiceForm" action="postTo.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="selectedValues" value="0">
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" width=175>Available Countries:<br>
<select name="available" size=10 onchange="moveOver();">
<option value="1">Australia
<option value="2">New Zealand
<option value="3">USA
<option value="4">Canada
<option value="5">England
<option value="6">Switzerland
<option value="7">Russia
<option value="8">France
<option value="9">Italy
<option value="10">Samoa
</select></td>
<td valign="top">Your Choices:<br><select multiple name="choiceBox" style="width:150;" size="10"></select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2 height=10><input type="button" value="Remove" onclick="removeMe();"><input type="button" value="Alert Then Post My Values" onclick="saveMe();"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Wind is your friend
Matt
Retrieving unselected items from a select box
