how to prepopulate a form field

sycryc · September 28th, 2005, 02:19 PM

I would like to learn how to prepopulate a form field on one page using a hyperlink from another.

joefawcett · September 29th, 2005, 08:26 AM

Do you want to use server-side code, e.g. ASP, or client-side?
With ASP you could have the link as:

Code:

<a href="myPage.asp?name=joe">Go to form</a>

and then in your ASP page, assuming VBScript:

Code:

<input type="text" value="<% Server.HTMLEncode(Request.QueryString("name") %>">

Using client-side you would need to parse teh location.search property and use the DOM methods to set the value of the textbox.

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Joe

sycryc · September 29th, 2005, 02:37 PM

Thanks Joe!