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19-Sep-01 1:20

I have a text area where I will enter some text I want to retrieve the text in same format that I am entering. Can anyone help me?

Thanks in Advance

Bhagya

Re: Adding and retrieving text data

Anders Molin20-Sep-01 11:06

Anders Molin

20-Sep-01 11:06

What do you mean with the same format?

If you mean that linebreaks are not shown on another asp page, just replace \r\n with <br>

- Anders

Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

Javascript variable problem

Paul Goodyear17-Sep-01 5:54

Paul Goodyear

17-Sep-01 5:54

I have a page which I am trying to include my own context menu.

When I click on a link it displays my menu with various option at this time I am able to get information from the tag but when I move the mouse over an item an click i loose that variable Frown | :(

e.g.

Link1
-->Item1
-->Item2
Link2
-->Item1
-->Item2

every menu is the same as all links do the same thing,

i'm using the .srcElement to get the data from the Link tag, but the Item just returns a TD tag as it's in a table. Frown | :(

Any ideas????

regards,

pgudge

Re: Javascript variable problem

mortrr18-Sep-01 14:48

mortrr

18-Sep-01 14:48

Wouldn't the quick solution be to check which kind of element you get, and if it's a TD get the firstChild.

Like:

cElement=window.event.srcElement;
if (cElement.tagName=="TD" && cElement.firstChild)
{
cElement=cElement.firstChild;
}

- Mort Wink | ;)

ASP Session variables

Not Active16-Sep-01 15:22

Not Active

16-Sep-01 15:22

Forgive me if I am repeating myself, I've asked something similar before.

Original question: Setting a session variable on one page has no effect on another page.

I found a clue in that the SessionID changes between each pages. It would make sense then that session variables from one would not be available to the other. The question now is how do I keep the session between pages. Bearing in mind that I don't have complete control over the web server this site is being hosted on. The server is a W2K Server running IIS 5.0

Re: ASP Session variables

Not Active17-Sep-01 7:43

Not Active

17-Sep-01 7:43

Duh, I found the problem (I think). On my test browser I had cookies disabled. Once I accepted cookies the variable was available to all pages.

There is another question this raises though. In my gloabal.asa I created an instance of ADODB.Connection and set a Session variable to hold this.

<br />
var Conn = null;<br />
vat ID = 0;<br />
<br />
function Session_OnStart()<br />
{<br />
  C = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection");<br />
  C.Open(...)<br />
  Session("Conn") = C;<br />
  Session("ID") = 0;<br />
}<br />

With cookies disabled I could not persist the ID variable between pages, yet the Conn object was usable between pages.

Can anyone explain this?

javascript translator

111116-Sep-01 2:43

1111

16-Sep-01 2:43

has anyone got an app that will translate javascript into c or vb. a guide will do. Confused | :confused:

IE Toolbar

Wolfram Steinke15-Sep-01 16:00

Wolfram Steinke

15-Sep-01 16:00

I vaguely remember seeing something one day about changing the toolbar controls on IE with Java script or VB script from an HTML page. I know that will mean locking oneself into IE. If anyone knows how I would be interesting in hearing from you.

Happy programming!!

Re: IE Toolbar

Paul Watson24-Sep-01 5:58

Paul Watson

24-Sep-01 5:58

Not a full answer this but the changes are done using CSS and not JavaScript or VBScript.

Have a look at this article on CNET Builder about how to do it.

Happy scripting Smile | :)

regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."
- Chretien Malesherbes

Re: IE Toolbar

Jason Jystad24-Sep-01 11:40

Jason Jystad

24-Sep-01 11:40

There is a way to do it with JavaScript too.

See the article at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/scrolleffect.htm

Amusing effect. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Have fun!

Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
www.citotech.net

>------------------------------------------------<
"Luckily," he went on, "you have come to exactly the right place with your interesting problem, for there is no such word as 'impossible' in my dictionary. In fact," he added, brandishing the abused book, "everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade' seems to be missing."
-- Dirk Gently (Douglas Adams)
>------------------------------------------------<

Retrieving Internet Explorers FormatBlocks

14-Sep-01 5:48

Hi all,

i am experiencing a tricky problem with Internet Explorer.

To call the function execCommand("FormatBlock" [, bUserInterface] [, vValue]) I need to know the possible vValues, which are different in each language edition!!! According to MSDN these can be retrieved by:
"Call IOleCommandTarget::Exec with the IDM_GETBLOCKFMTS Command ID to obtain the current list of available block formatting commands that can be passed with the FormatBlock Command ID." (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/constants/FormatBlock.asp)

I know JavaScript but this is absolutely beyond my (current) spheres... Please help me, I am willing to learn.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Dominik

ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Paul Watson12-Sep-01 2:56

Paul Watson

12-Sep-01 2:56

Currently we have an online back-end Admin Suite for our site. It allows non-HTML coders to edit content on the site with ease. The control we are using is the built in HTML editor control that comes with Internet Explorer. It is pretty easy but we are finding it has some limitations i.e. Netscape support is lacking and the code it produces is not the best.

I was wondering if anyone had an alternative control or any alternative ideas?

thanks

regards,
Paul Watson
Cape Town, South Africa

e: paulmwatson@email.com

w: vergen.org

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Nikhil Dabas23-Sep-01 8:47

Nikhil Dabas

23-Sep-01 8:47

the code it produces is not the best

If you want finer control over the HTML, create it yourself, using the contenteditable attribute in IE 5.5 and above. Eg: <div contenteditable="true">Some editable text</div>
You can then use stuff like innerHTML do write your own HTML.

If you are using IE 5.5 or higher, you can edit this text.

What's Netscape? Poke tongue | ;-P

"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."
- Senator Palpatine

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Paul Watson25-Sep-01 22:21

Paul Watson

25-Sep-01 22:21

Well the whole point of the WYSIWIG back-end tool is so that non-HTML gurus can enter in content. But thanks Smile | :)

LOL and I must have been on drugs when I wrote that bit about that funny programme called Netscape, I think I just made the name up... hallucinations again... Wink | ;)

regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."
- Chretien Malesherbes

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Nikhil Dabas25-Sep-01 22:58

Nikhil Dabas

25-Sep-01 22:58

Sorry for not being clear in what I said. What I meant by 'create it yourself' was that the scripts on your edit page should create the HTML and put it in the DIV you marked as contenteditable.

There are some good articles on MSDN about this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/en-us/dnmshtml/html/createwp.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnhtmau/html/leverageediting.asp?frame=true

A list is only as strong as its weakest link. - Don Knuth

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Jason Jystad24-Sep-01 12:11

Jason Jystad

24-Sep-01 12:11

Any chance I could get you to post some relevant links or some general info on using the IE control? I have a project in the offing that it might be useful in and I haven't seen any docs on using it.

Thanks!

Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
www.citotech.net

>------------------------------------------------<
"Luckily," he went on, "you have come to exactly the right place with your interesting problem, for there is no such word as 'impossible' in my dictionary. In fact," he added, brandishing the abused book, "everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade' seems to be missing."
-- Dirk Gently (Douglas Adams)
>------------------------------------------------<

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Paul Watson25-Sep-01 22:30

Paul Watson

25-Sep-01 22:30

I am off to London now for two weeks so I wont be able to post until I get back. Soon as I get back though I will write up an article on the whole thing and notify you of it Smile | :)

If you need it really urgently then email me directly and I will see what I can do.

regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."
- Chretien Malesherbes

Re: ActiveX WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Jason Jystad26-Sep-01 5:50

Jason Jystad

26-Sep-01 5:50

That would be great. I need to write a highly controlled content editing system for an intranet. They all have IE so it sould like a good solution for me.

As far as when I need it, no rush. When you get back would be fine. Just reply on here to something of mine so that I get the reminder e-mail. Or just e-mail me directly.

Thanks a lot! Smile | :)

Two weeks in London. Man I need to get out of this country for a while. I really do need to find another country to work in for a few years.

Anyhow, thanks again and I look forward to the article!

Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
www.citotech.net

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how to use asp to upload a file to the remote server?

Tea CH11-Sep-01 17:36

Tea CH

11-Sep-01 17:36

can somebody tell me how to use asp language to write an upload function to upload a file to the remote server?

thanks.

Re: how to use asp to upload a file to the remote server?

Jon Sagara13-Sep-01 8:38

Jon Sagara

13-Sep-01 8:38

You can't do it with just plain ASP, you have to use COM, too. Take at look at this article.

Jon Sagara
Sagara Software

setup

kushidost11-Sep-01 3:42

kushidost

11-Sep-01 3:42

how can i set up home which refer to my web site in explorer or netscape for those people who visit my web site

Saving ASP Output to HTML

Paul Watson7-Sep-01 5:35

Paul Watson

7-Sep-01 5:35

Just thought I would share this piece of useful know-how with the world... even though many ASP developers probably already know it.

Basically accesing a HTML file is a good site quicker than accessing an ASP file, thats pretty obvious with ASPs overheads, database calls etc.
So it is often useful, with an ASP page that does not change a lot, to save the ASP output as pure HTML and then get your visitors to hit the HTML page and not the ASP page. Then, whenever you want the HTML page to change you just re-run the ASP page to re-save the HTML.

ASPTear is a great, free, little component which does the job with aplomb. You can get it here.

And a good article on how to use the component is situated on 4GuysFromRolla.com here.

If anyone wants a full article on this from me explaining things better then just ask Smile | :)

regards,
Paul Watson
Cape Town, South Africa

e: paulmwatson@email.com

w: vergen.org

Using <xsl:variable> with group transform

5-Sep-01 21:11

Dear All,
Here is a xsl to transform the xml by grouped by "cost_type" and displays
group summary "avg hourly cost" for each cost_type, by matching to
respective <gpr_aggr> node of XML file. For purpose of matching to a specific <grp_aggr> node, I used <xsl:variable>.

Can somebody help me out with this transform and tell me why the 2nd
<xsl:value-of> meant to display value of <grp_aggr> node matching with
respective cost_type, is not matching with any node.
Any timely solution is appericiated.

Desired Output
-------
Cost type Hourly CostCTC
Billable
200 378000
150 0
50 0
Avg HCost: 133
Avg HCost: 133 (-->showing blank in actual output)
Actual
100 189000
Avg HCost: 133
Avg HCost:129 (--> showing blank in actual output)

<xsl:for-each select="./record[count(.|key('key_1',cost_type)[1]) =
1]">
<xsl:value-of select="cost_type">
<xsl:for-each select="key('key_1', cost_type )">
<xsl:value-of select="Hourly_Cost"> <xsl:value-of select="CTC">

<xsl:variable name="variable_1" select="cost_type">

Avg HCost:
<xsl:value-of select="//group[@colvalue='Billable']/grp_aggr[@id='1']">

Avg HCost:
<xsl:value-of select="//group[@colvalue=$variable_1]/grp_aggr[@id='1']">

-->

Using <xsl:variable> with group transform

5-Sep-01 20:50

Dear All,
Here is a xsl to transform the xml by grouped by "cost_type" and displays
group summary "avg hourly cost" for each cost_type, by matching to
respective <gpr_aggr> node of XML file. For purpose of matching to a specific <grp_aggr> node, I used <xsl:variable>.

Can somebody help me out with this transform and tell me why the 2nd
<xsl:value-of> meant to display value of <grp_aggr> node matching with
respective cost_type, is not matching with any node.
Any timely solution is appericiated.

Desired Output
-------
Cost-type Hourly-Cost CTC
Billable
200 378000
150 0
50 0
Avg HCost: 133
Avg HCost: 133 (----> showing blank in actual output)
Actual
100 189000
Avg HCost: 133
Avg HCost:129 (----> showing blank in actual output)

XML
------

<root>
<recordset>

<record>
<hourly_cost>200
<ctc>378000
<cost_type>Billable

<record>
<hourly_cost>150
<ctc>0
<cost_type>Billable

<record>
<hourly_cost>50
<ctc>0
<cost_type>Billable

<record>
<hourly_cost>100
<ctc>189000
<cost_type>Actual

<group id="1" colname="cost_type" colvalue="Billable">
<grp_aggr id="1">133
<grp_aggr id="2">1000
<grp_aggr id="3">61944.5454

<group id="2" colname="cost_type" colvalue="Actual">
<grp_aggr id="1">129
<grp_aggr id="2">589
<grp_aggr id="3">111474.2857

XSLT
-------

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html">
<xsl:key name="key_1" match="record" use="cost_type">

<xsl:template match="text()">

<xsl:template match="//recordset">

<xsl:for-each select="./record[count(.|key('key_1',cost_type)[1]) =
1]">
<xsl:for-each select="key('key_1', cost_type )">

<xsl:variable name="variable_1" select="cost_type">

Cost type	Hourly Cost	CTC
<xsl:value-of select="cost_type">
	<xsl:value-of select="Hourly_Cost">	<xsl:value-of select="CTC">
		Avg HCost: <xsl:value-of select=" group[@colvalue="Billable" ]="" grp_aggr[@id="1" ]"="">
		Avg HCost:<xsl:value-of select=" group[@colvalue="$variable_1]/grp_aggr[@id='1']"/">

ASP Session variables

Not Active5-Sep-01 18:33

Not Active

5-Sep-01 18:33

I have encountered a problem with a session variable I have been trying to use.
I create the variable in the global.asa file along with other variables.
var ID = 0;

I have a one page that does validation for my site with the following type of code

<br />
if( page1 )<br />
   insert record...<br />
   Session("ID") = RecordSet("id");<br />
   // Session("ID") is fine here<br />
   Redirect("page2.asp");<br />
else if( page2 )<br />
   var temp = Session("ID");<br />
   // Session("ID") does not exist<br />
<br />
Anyone have any insite into this? I use other session variables and they through this and other variables and there doesn't seem to be a problem.

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