RE: radio buttons and passing variable question
a side question, can anyone tell me what #form.variable name# is supposed to do?...i mean what does the # sign signify and what does "form" tell the computer? The # signs tell the CF server to interpret what's inside them as a variable name or function, and not just as a text string. The form specifies the category of variable. Some other category names are: variables (local page variables) URL (variables embedded in URL query string) session (session variables stored on server) #dollarformat(tax)#? This tells the server to interpret dollarformat(tax) as a function, not as a string. The argument to the function, "tax", is probably a local variable on the page. You can specify local page variables by typing "variables." first (e.g., variables.tax), but in the case of local page variables, you don't need the prefix. In any case, this function should return the value of the local page variable "tax" in dollar format, that is, to two decimal places, with a thousands separator, and a leading dollar sign. Matthieu ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: radio buttons and passing variable question
You need to have the value for the radiobuttons set to light and dark instead of yes! Allan Pichler Machine Dreams Inc. -Original Message- From: C Kong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:40 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: radio buttons and passing variable question hi alli'm trying to pass a variable selected by a user via a radio button...basically if a customer wants a light or dark color for a car.here is the coding for my radio button: TdBDo You Prefer A Light Or Dark Color:/B BLight/bINPUT TYPE="radio" VALUE="yes" NAME="color" CHECKED="true"BDark/bINPUT TYPE="radio" VALUE="yes" NAME="color" /td here is some coding for CFMail page (different cfm file) where the variable is sent: Light or Dark Color : #form.color# and here is the resulting e-mail i get when testing if my system works or not. Light or Dark Color: yes my other variables pass except for the radio button variables. they all come up "yes" as opposed to "light" or "dark" (i.e. Light or Dark Color: dark) like i would like. can anyone help?...what am i doing wrong? a side question, can anyone tell me what #form.variable name# is supposed to do?...i mean what does the # sign signify and what does "form" tell the computer? #dollarformat(tax)#? thank you all in advanced. colin ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
