If possible (in your environment), use JS to dynamically do the calculations while th euser is on the form. It gives them a visualization of the total cost.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Toby King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering what the easiest way might be to complete the following task > > I have a client that has requested that they display an order form on their > website. > > Basically they want the form to look like the following: > > Product Name Price QTY Total > Product 1 3.00 2 6.00 > Product 2 5.00 1 5.00 > Product 3 6.00 3 18.00 > > Total 29.00 > > Developing the form is easy - just wanting to know what the best way would > be to do the calculations in the form prior to the user submitting the form. > > Thanks in advance > > > Here is the code that I have so far: > > <form action="##" id="orderform1"> > <cfoutput> > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> > <tr> > <th>Product</th> > <th>Description</th> > <th>Unit Price </th> > <th>Quantity</th> > <th>Subtotoal</th> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Product 1 </td> > <td>Prod 1 desc </td> > <td align="center">3.00</td> > <td align="center"><input name="qty1" type="text" value="#1#" size="3" > onBlur="cleanField(this)"></td> > <td align="center">3.00 * qty1 </tr> > <tr> > <td>Product 2 </td> > <td>Prod 2 desc </td> > <td align="center">5.00</td> > <td align="center"><input name="qty2" type="text" value="##" size="3" > onBlur="cleanField(this)"></td> > <td align="center">5.00</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Product 3 </td> > <td>Prod 3 desc </td> > <td align="center">6.00</td> > <td align="center"><input name="qty3" type="text" value="##" size="3" > onBlur="cleanField(this)"></td> > <td align="center">18.00</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center">Total</td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center">29.00</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > </tr> > </table> > </cfoutput> > </form> > > Thanks in advance. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312751 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
