ill respond later, but you are close, just not 100% on it. tw
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > So let me see if I got this right. > > You have a left column which contains a bunch of checkboxes. A right column > with divs to display content. > When a checkbox is checked/unchecked you want the content div on the right > to update and reflect what's been chosen. > Is that all or is there a database update in between those two steps? > > Let me know if I'm understanding this right. > > If I am we'll just add an onClick event to the checkboxes to fire a js > function to update the div content (innerHTML). > > Let me know, cheers. > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Rastafari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> hahaha, all good manits hard to impart context >> sometimes, and if you were in front of me, you'd a been laughing >> while i asked the question. the reason being, i had been >> debugging my VERY FIRST ajax stuff for ~7 hrs, and you shouldnt >> try to pen an email at that point. hennyway. >> >> i am using ajaxCfc to update the innerHtml value for a div. i have it >> jacked >> into my cfc which returns the data perfectly, displays it perfectly >> and all is well! >> >> however :) i want to setInterval()-ize it. and the way i work on things, i >> was >> going to try to pull it off myself with little tidbits of help. i >> understand and can >> read *most* javascript, i can write SOME, but its limited. i can usually >> hack >> multiple things together and come up with a perfect situation, or i >> resort to the list (charlie griefer) ahhaah >> >> anyway, i was working on getting the # of elements that i had so that i >> could do >> the - for loop - to start all of the setInterval() ping's to the cfc >> to update the divs >> at which point i emailed the list since i was stuck at ground zero on the >> update >> to my currently working schtuff. >> >> i realize that i could do two columns of radio buttons, a on/off >> column if you will >> on the page, and have the user click from "no" to "yes" but id rather >> just use checkboxes >> and name/id them all the same value and have the form.field value come back >> as >> a comma delimited list of values, i dont care about the order of them, >> just the inclusion >> of them is all i need. >> >> anyway, i can do it all in coldfusion with a mix of javascript for the >> ajax stuff, but >> id rather try to make it all javascript. you know, i could: >> >> 1. get the count, by the record set that comes back (supplant the >> value in the for loop with cf) >> 2. build a javascript array with cf code that does the iterating >> (clunky but it works) >> 3. and then do the setinterval() etc >> >> all that would be fine, but id rather do it with javascript :) >> >> tw >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Yw rasta, >> > >> > I mean no offence by over explaining. I don't know you or your skill sets >> > very well and am just trying to help. Based on your most recent >> description >> > of what it is you want I don't see why you need javascript at all. That >> > being said I know js quite well and would be happy to help you when >> you're >> > ready. >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Rastafari <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> :) come on man, this is basic html/cf stuff i know this stuff... i >> >> guess im just a bit >> >> lost in the javascript side of things, and thats where im hungup... >> >> ill explain more >> >> later, im trying to figure some other things out now... >> >> >> >> but thank ye... i think your original reply will be the best help. >> >> >> >> thanks too ian! >> >> tw >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > It looks like you are confusing the input parameters "name" and "id." >> >> They >> >> > are different. ID is part of the DOM and has nothing to do with forms >> >> > specifically. You can't get the id value from a form when it's >> submitted >> >> to >> >> > CF, only the name. That's what form.fieldNames consists of, names. >> >> > >> >> > I'm also a little confused as to whether you are talking about >> checkboxes >> >> or >> >> > radio buttons. Radio buttons can only have one selection per named >> group, >> >> > whereas checkboxes allow multiple selections within a group. >> >> > >> >> > Getting at them via cfml is simple. If the name of your checkbox group >> is >> >> > "myGroup" for instance, you would simply read #form.myGroup# on your >> cfm >> >> > page the form is submitted to. The value of form.myGroup will be a >> comma >> >> > delimited list of the values of each checked checkbox. >> >> > >> >> > So as an example your form page might have four checkboxes in the >> myGroup >> >> > group: >> >> > >> >> > checkbox #1: value=a checked=true >> >> > checkbox #2: value=b checked=false >> >> > checkbox #3: value=c checked=true >> >> > checkbox #4: value=d checked=true >> >> > >> >> > the value of form.myGroup would be: a,c,d >> >> > >> >> > If all you want to do is get the values using CF there's no need for >> >> > javascript at all. >> >> > Does that help or am I missing the question here? >> >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Rastafari <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> ok, first of all, thanks mike. >> >> >> second of all... >> >> >> >> >> >> how do you handle this then? >> >> >> i have a set of checkboxes that i want to get the value >> >> >> on the next page, via cfml. >> >> >> i also want them to be able to be checked as well >> >> >> as unchecked. and on my subsequent page, get to all of them. >> >> >> if i make them all the same id, then i can get them in a list >> >> >> from the form.fieldName, value. >> >> >> >> >> >> how would i do this same easy thing without the same id/name? >> >> >> >> >> >> tw >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > ...or you could just loop through it like I said. Three lines of >> code, >> >> >> zing >> >> >> > zing. Why does everyone always try to over complicate this stuff? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> but in a situation where you only want one to be checkd >> >> >> >> at a time, how else do you do that? >> >> >> > Well radio buttons SHOULD have the same name. That's the whole >> point >> >> of >> >> >> the >> >> >> > name, to define a group of radio buttons. Radio buttons by >> definition >> >> >> only >> >> >> > allow one checked at a time within the group. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Rastafari <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> k... thanks chowlee. >> >> >> >> ill be back with more questions >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> tw >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Charlie Griefer >> >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Tony <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> i want that alert to tell me how many checkboxes with the >> >> >> >> >> id="updateFirmware" there are. >> >> >> >> >> its telling me that fields is null :( >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" >> >> >> >> >> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> >> >> >> >> >> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> >> >> >> >> >> <head> >> >> >> >> >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; >> charset=utf-8" >> >> /> >> >> >> >> >> <title>Untitled Document</title> >> >> >> >> >> <script type="text/javascript"> >> >> >> >> >> var fields = >> >> document.getElementById('updateFirmware') >> >> >> >> >> alert(fields.length); >> >> >> >> >> </script> >> >> >> >> >> </head> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <body> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <form name="peripheralForm" action="tony.cfm" >> >> method="post"> >> >> >> >> >> Test >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <input type="checkbox" id="updateFirmware" /> >> >> >> >> >> <br /> >> >> >> >> >> Test >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <input type="checkbox" id="updateFirmware" /> >> >> >> >> >> <br /> >> >> >> >> >> Test >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <input type="checkbox" id="updateFirmware" /> >> >> >> >> >> <br /> >> >> >> >> >> Test >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <input type="checkbox" id="updateFirmware" /> >> >> >> >> >> <br /> >> >> >> >> >> </form> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> </body> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> </html> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > 2 things: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > 1) your <script> is running before the page renders, so there's >> >> >> nothing >> >> >> >> > there to report. either put it in a function and call it >> onload, >> >> or >> >> >> run >> >> >> >> the >> >> >> >> > <script> at the bottom of the page. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > 2) id is meant to be unique. you won't get an array of values >> out >> >> of >> >> >> >> that. >> >> >> >> > the browser expects IDs to be unique, and when it sees an >> element >> >> >> with a >> >> >> >> > given ID (via document.getElementById()), it just returns the >> first >> >> >> one. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > So... you can try something like this: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > var fields = >> >> >> >> document.forms['peripheralForm'].getElementsByTagName('input'); >> >> >> >> > alert(fields.length); >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > but of course, that won't give you what you want if there are >> other >> >> >> >> elements >> >> >> >> > in the form. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > could be a job for jQuery and selectors :) >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> >> > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. 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