VBScript, How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page

How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page

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Lee Rogowsk #1 / 4	How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page If I gather a value into a variable through a script on one page and then navigate the user to a different page, how do I pass the value of the variable to the navigated page script? ie The user selects which game they want to play on the opening page, then I navigate them to the page where Merlin comes out and explains the rules etc. but this page needs to know which data file the user selected so I can open the correct tabular data control. --snip from index.html Dim index Public WordFile Grade2.Recordset.MoveFirst for index = 1 to Grade2.Recordset.RecordCount ComboBox2.AddItem("week" & Grade2.Recordset.Fields(0).Value) Grade2.Recordset.MoveNext next Sub G2_Click() call ComboBox2.DropDown() end sub Sub ComboBox2_Click() rem File2OPen = "./G2" & ComboBox2.Value & "/index.html" File2OPen = "./index_merlin.html" WordFile = "G2" & ComboBox2.Value & ".txt" G2.Value = "True" ComboBox3.Value = "Pick Week" ComboBox4.Value = "Pick Week" ComboBox5.Value = "Pick Week" end sub --end snip --snip from Index_merlin.html SUB StartGame_Click() Merlin.MoveTo CenterX-160,CenterY+200 Merlin.Show Merlin.Speak "So you've decided to take the test," Merlin.Speak "Without practicing first?" Merlin.Play "DoMagic1" Merlin.Play "DoMagicReturn" Merlin.Play "Hide" window.navigate "./index_test.htm" End Sub --end snip The value of WordFile set in index.html needs to be passed to index_test.htm so it knows which data file to open. I don't know how to do this. Can you give me some ideas? Lee Rogowski
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Lee Rogowsk #2 / 4	How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page I'm passing the QueryString like this in index.html. WordFile = "G2" & ComboBox2.Value & ".txt" File2OPen = "./index_merlin.asp?wordfile=" & WordFile The url it sends is what I expect, http://iis/spelltest/index_merlin.asp?wordfile=G2week27.txt I'm able to access the QueryString value like this <% Response.Write(Request.QueryString("wordfile")) %> So I thought I'd be able to access the value in index_merlin.asp like; <% WordFile = Request.QueryString("wordfile") %> but passing it to my ActiveX TDC doesn't seem to be working. WordList.DATAUrl = WordFile The value for WordFile doesn't seem to be passing to my Parameter WordList.DATAUrl. WordList is the Tabular DataControl. Is the Active Server variable WordFile different from the VBScript variable I've dimensioned? If so, how do I get the value of WordFile from my Request.QueryString to my TDC? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTDD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <link REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="./common/spelltest.css" TYPE="text/css"> <title>Spelling Test Practice Game</title> <!-- The Tabular Data Control --> <OBJECT ID="Wordlist" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER="0" CLASSID="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83"> <PARAM NAME="UseHeader" VALUE="False"> <PARAM NAME="FieldDelim" VALUE="~"> </OBJECT> <body> <center> <object CLASSID="clsid:99B42120-6EC7-11CF-A6C7-00AA00A47DD2" ID="lbl1" HEIGHT="190" WIDTH="350"> <param NAME="Angle" VALUE="0"> <param NAME="ForeColor" Value="#0000FF"> <param NAME="BackColor" Value="#000000"> <param NAME="Caption"> <param NAME="FontName" Value="Arial Black"> <param NAME="FontSize" Value="20"> <param NAME="Visible" Value="True"> </object> </center> <OBJECT ID="Agent" width=0 height=0 CLASSID="CLSID:F5BE8BD2-7DE6-11D0-91FE-00C04FD701A5" CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/agent/msagent.exe#VERSION=1, 5,0,0"> </OBJECT> <OBJECT ID="TruVoice" width=0 height=0 CLASSID="CLSID:B8F2846E-CE36-11D0-AC83-00C04FD97575" CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/agent/cgram.exe#VERSION=1,5, 0,0"> </OBJECT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE = VBSCRIPT> <!-- Option Explicit Public WordFile Dim Merlin Dim LoadRequest(1) Dim GetRequest(8) Dim MerlinRequest Dim DatapathType Dim CenterX, CenterY Dim TimerID <% WordFile = Request.QueryString("wordfile") %> WordList.DATAUrl = WordFile Sub window_onload On error resume next DatapathType = "UNC" ' set to UNC or URL depending on where character data resides CenterX = 320 CenterY = 240 Agent.Connected = True ' May be needed in some contexts Wordlist.Recordset.MoveFirst lbl1.Caption = "Grade " & Wordlist.Recordset.Fields(0).Value & " - Week " & Wordlist.Recordset.Fields(1).Value LoadMerlin End Sub Lee Rogowski The best way to acheive persistance is through Active Server Pages. If this is not an option, however, you could pass the variable as a query string to the next page. window.navigate "./index_test.htm?" & ComboBox2.value Then, in index_test.htm, you can parse the value from location.search ---------------------------------- John T. Spivey Purdue University Cytometry Labs - Bioscope Initiative
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Lee Rogowsk #3 / 4	How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page This is what worked for me. I passed the value in the QueryString from the game selection Page (index.html) like this. File2OPen = "./index_merlin.asp?wordfile=" & "G2" & ComboBox2.Value & ".txt" The url it sends is what I expect, http://iis/spelltest/index_merlin.asp?wordfile=G2week27.txt In merlin_index.asp I did the Request before I opened the Tabular Data Control <title>Spelling Test Practice Game</title> <% WordFile = Request.QueryString("wordfile") %> <!-- The Tabular Data Control --> <OBJECT ID="Wordlist" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER="0" CLASSID="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83"> <PARAM NAME="UseHeader" VALUE="False"> <PARAM NAME="FieldDelim" VALUE="~"> <PARAM NAME="DATAUrl" VALUE="<% =WordFile %>"> </OBJECT> <body> And it works Great! Thanks to everyone for helping me. Lee Rogowski
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Tommy Higdo #4 / 4	How To - Pass the content of a variable on one page to another page Quote: >If I gather a value into a variable through a script on one page and then >navigate the user to a different page, how do I pass the value of the >variable to the navigated page script? You cannot do this in standard VBScript. Try using ASP and passing a querystring in the URL. You could also use a Session variable, also an ASP thing. If ASP is not an option, you will have to use an ActiveX control to store the value and pass it to another page. I can't think of any other ways to do this right now. Perhaps someone else can... Good luck. ______________________________________ Tommy Higdon - Compaq Computer Corporation NOTE: Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of Compaq.
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:00:00 GMT

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