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May 6, 2001, 12:06 PM
Paul
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Automatic Form Filling.....
I saw something simple yet effective the other day and can't for the life of me find it again.

I had to fill in a form and further down the page very similar information was needed but instead of making me re-type it there was a check-box saying "Same as above" and when you checked it the fields were filled with the the correct data from higher up in the form.

Would someone be kind enough to reproduce this for me or tell me where I can find such code. I don't know enough about Javascript myself to attempt it :) - I can only just cope with Perl ad VB/VBS

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May 6, 2001, 12:22 PM
Stealth
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May 6, 2001, 12:22 PM
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http://www.javascripts.com
http://www.javascript.com

Regards,

Eliot Lee
May 6, 2001, 12:58 PM
Paul
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Hmm I kinda asked for that didn't I.

I had looked though but didn't find it. Maybe I overlooked it.

Thanks

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May 6, 2001, 1:26 PM
Paul
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May 6, 2001, 1:26 PM
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Holy cow - I just spent 10 minutes working on this myself and managed to do it! - hehe.

Code:
<script language="javascript">
<!--

function check() {

do = new Boolean;
do = false;

if (Reg.sab.value == "Yes") {
do = true;
}

if (do == true) {
Reg.name2.value = Reg.name.value;
}
}

//-->

</SCRIPT>
Then I have......

<input type="radio" name="sab" value="Yes" onmousedown="check();">

How satisfying Smile

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May 6, 2001, 3:11 PM
jsu
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May 6, 2001, 3:11 PM
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<script language="javascript">
<!--
fuction check () {
Reg.name2.value = Reg.name.value;
}
//-->
</script>

that alone should work..

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May 6, 2001, 3:22 PM
Paul
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May 6, 2001, 3:22 PM
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Oh yes - I didn't think it could be that simple :)

Thanks.

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Jun 3, 2001, 7:35 AM
Chef
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Jun 3, 2001, 7:35 AM
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For a dumb like me:

Could anyone post a whole html-sample?

Thanks!


Jun 3, 2001, 7:52 AM
Paul
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Jun 3, 2001, 7:52 AM
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Code:
<form name="autofill" action="bla.cgi" method="POST">
Part 1:



Name: <input type="text" name="name">

Email: <input type="text" name="email">



Part 2:



Same as above? <input type="radio" onclick="update();">



Name: <input type="text" name="name2">

Email: <input type="text" name="email2">

</form>
Then in the <HEAD> put:

Code:
<script language="javascript">
function update() {
document.autofill.name2.value = document.autofill.name.value;
document.autofill.email2.value = document.autofill.email.value;
}
</script>
That should work.


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