nothing is wrong. <input type="hidden" name="abc" value="#VARIABLES.someVar#" /> is designed and understood to hide the form object, not the values. Try using session vars to store your value in a different hidden context, your servers memory, cookies, etc...
Doug >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:43 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Dynamic Variable in a Hidden Form Field > > >I want to pass an encrypted dynamic variable in a hidden form >field to a >second page. > >Problem is with the hidden form field, if I don't wrap the >form field with ><cfoutput></cfoutput> all that's passed is the literal string >#VARIABLES.somVars#. If I do wrap it with <cfoutput>, the value of >VARIABLES.someVar is passed correctly. However, the <cfoutput> >causes the >hidden field to be displayed in the client browser (so it >doesn't act as a >hidden var). This seems to me to be really odd behavior. > >What am I doing wrong? > >=================================== ><cfset VARIABLES.fooVar = "1234"> > ><cfset VARIABLES.someVar = #Encrypt(VARIABLES.fooVar, key)#> > ><form action="secondpage.com" method="post"> ><input type="hidden" name="abc" value="#VARIABLES.someVar#" /> ><input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" /> ></form> >==================================== > >Thanks, Mark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
