Webdude, you are, as they say, "Da Man!"
There's a </@FOR> tag missing, but this is exactly what I want. I didn't know there
was a loop tag like <@FOR>
I really wasted a lot of time yesterday...
>Try This...
>
><font size=1>
>Go to page:
><@FOR STOP=<@TOTALROWS> STEP=<@MAXROWS>>
><@IFEQUAL <@CURROW> 1>
><@CALC '<@CURROW>/<@MAXROWS>+1' PRECISION=0></a>
><@ELSE>
><A HREF="<@APPFILE>?function=next/previous4&start=<@CURROW>&<@UserReferenceArgument>"
>onMouseOver="status='Go to page <@CALC '<@CURROW>/<@MAXROWS>+1' PRECISION=0>';return
>true;"><@CALC '<@CURROW>/<@MAXROWS>+1' PRECISION=0></a>
></@IF>
>
>> >Why does it have to be done in Javascript anyway? It
>>>can be done relatively straight forward with Witango
>>>and still look exactly the same to the user as the
>>>Javascript you've given below.
>>
>>OK, I'll admit that there's no real reason to do it in javascript - and in fact
>there are good reasons not to. I'm still on Tango 3.6 and probably will be for some
>time so maybe it seemed easier...
>>
>>I did quite a bit of work on it yesterday; this is how far I've got. I gave up on
>the looping to generate the page numbers (that really seems ideally suited to
>javascript) and worked on the start record and page number logic and on making the
>current page number bold
>>
>>
>>This is the "jump to page number x" code. I've used an ARG "pagenumber" with an ID
>from the link. It also allows the number of records returned to be set
>>
>>
>>
>><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
>>function GoToPage( id )
>>{
>>window.location = ( 'http://www.bolide.co.uk<@CGI><@APPFILE>?link=<@ARG
>link>&rows=10&&pagenumber=' + id);
>>}
>></SCRIPT>
>>
>>
>>The page to be displayed is set up in the Search Builder with
>>
>>"Start Retrieval at Row Number" = <@CALC EXPR="(<@ARG PAGENUMBER> * <@ARG ROWS>) -
><@ARG ROWS> +1">
>>
>>
>>
>>This sets the current page as Bold - except when it's the first page because there's
>no pagenumber ARG... You need a page Onload in the body tag
>>
>> onLoad="javascript:BoldId();"
>>
>>
>>
>><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
>>function BoldId( id ) {
>> document.getElementById("PageNumber"+<@ARG PAGENUMBER>).style.fontWeight =
>"bold";
>>}
>></SCRIPT>
>>
>>
>>
>>Finally the buttons are as follows:
>>
>><a href="javascript:GoToPage('1');" id='PageNumber1'
>onMouseOver='window.status="Page 1" ; return true'>1</a>|<a
>href="javascript:GoToPage('2');" id='PageNumber2' onMouseOver='window.status="Page 2"
>; return true'>2</a>|<a href="javascript:GoToPage('3');" id='PageNumber3'
>onMouseOver='window.status="Page 3" ; return true'>3</a>
>>
>>
>>
>>This is all work in progress so just use it as reference if it's of interest. Of all
>of it I think the Bold script is the most elegant, even though it makes the link code
>more complex
>>
>>The pagenumber arg gives the option of delivering pages by page number, rather than
>record number, which I quite like
>>
>>My final feeling is that it would be easier to do in WiTango. It was the generation
>of the page numbers that attracted me to javascript - despite the fact that I knew I
>couldn't do it!
>>
>>Still, I learnt a bit about Javascript yesterday
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> > I posted a while ago about generating page numbers
>>>> eBay-style for multiple result pages. I'd rather do
>>>> this in javascript on a per-page basis than do it
>>>> with Witango, and this is as far as I've got:
>>>>
>>>> <HEAD>
>>>>
>>>> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
>>>> function GoToPage( id )
>>>> {
>>>> window.location = (
>>>>
>>>'http://www.bolide.co.uk/actions/image.taf?link=&start='
>>>> + id);
>>>> }
>>>> </SCRIPT>
>>>>
>>>> </head>
>>>>
>>>> <BODY>
>>>>
>>>> <!----------------- nav bar starts here
>>>> ------------------>
>>>>
>>>> <a href="javascript: GoToPage('1');">1</A> | <a
>>>> href="javascript: GoToPage('11');">2</A> | <a
>>>> href="javascript: GoToPage('21');">3</A>
>>>>
>>>> <!------------------ nav bar ends here
>>>> ------------------->
>>>>
>>>> etc, etc
>>>>
>>>> What I'd like to do is to calculate the number of
>>>> pages from <@TOTALROWS> / <@NUMROWS>, round this
>>>> total up, then use javascript to populate the nav
>>>> bar automagically with the right numbers, and
>>>> calculate the record number to start from from
>>>> <@NUMROWS>
>>>>
>>>> The id number is the page number, and the start
>>>> record = ((page number x <@NUMROWS>)-(<@NUMROWS>-1))
>> >>
>>>> The final wrinkle would be to make the current page
>>>> number bold
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I know I can't do the javascript - can anyone help?
>>>> I'll post the completed, tested code back to the
>>>> list. The final results would be applicable across
>>>> the board for any dynamically-generated pages
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