How can I prefill a form?

[Guest]

I'd like to create a hyperlink to another page that has a form on it, and I'd
like to prefill some of the fields on the form. How can I do this?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Where would the data come from that you would prepopulate the form with?

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[Andrew Murray]

If it's the way I'm thinking you're asking about (I may be wrong), right
click (or double click) the form field(s) and go to "Properties", and fill
in the default value for each field.

 

[Guest]

There would be multiple places (hyperlinks) where the form would be called
from. Based on which hyperlink was selected, I'd like to prefill certain
fields which reflect where the form was called from. Therefore, the data
would be static within each hyperlink.

 

[Mike Mueller]

By using a scripting language (asp, javascript) you could
read the referrer page or the query string and use that to
set the default values of the form

"Larry Landaeta" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
: There would be multiple places (hyperlinks) where the form
would be called
: from. Based on which hyperlink was selected, I'd like to
prefill certain
: fields which reflect where the form was called from.
Therefore, the data
: would be static within each hyperlink.
:
: "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
:
: > Where would the data come from that you would
prepopulate the form with?
: >
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: > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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: > "Larry Landaeta" <Larry
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message
: >
: > > I'd like to create a hyperlink to another page that
has a form on it, and I'd
: > > like to prefill some of the fields on the form. How
can I do this?
: >
: >
: >

 

[Guest]

So I can't pass them in as parameters to the page with the form on it? In
other words, let's say I have a form field named 'MsgType' with two possible
values of 'TypeA' or 'TypeB'. Isn't there a way to make a call like:
http://mydomain.com/myFormPage.htm?MsgType=TypeA

?????

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You would need to use JavaScript to retrieve the values from the querystring.

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[Guest]

I see, thanks.

You would need to use JavaScript to retrieve the values from the querystring.

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