Re: ***** <input TYPE="checkbox"> issue -- WEB400

Peter to do what you are trying to do you need to use the checked
property of the checkbox not the value.  On the client side the
form.checkbox.value will always be the value, and since the value does
default to true you are seeing that it is always true.

What was not mentioned in your first post was that you are accessing
this checkbox in on the client side and things are a bit different.

This should demonstrate
The first button will alert the checked status <true|false> the second
button will alert the property value <yes>
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<html>
<body>
<form name="myform">
                
        <input type="checkbox" name="checkbox1" value="yes"/>   
        
        <input type="button" name="b1" value="Test Checked"
onclick="alert(checkbox1.checked)"/>
  
        <input type="button" name="b2" value="Test Value"
onclick="alert(checkbox1.value)"/>
  
</form>
</body>
</html>
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HTH
- Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Peter Vidal
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:56 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] ***** <input TYPE="checkbox"> issue

Thanks Sarah.  I understand your explanation of the checkbox  and its 
behavior with the browser. The issue is that it does not matter if I
check it or not, the value is 
TRUE, always TRUE, no matter what I do.  I also tested your
recomendation 
to use "GET" but with no sucess.

To give you all an idea of how thigns are rolling, this is the code:

===============================================

%HTML(INPUT) {
<html>
<head>


<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

function setParms() {

alert(Form1.rating.value);

  var base = "../Top20CusSum/report?";

  var parms = "&co="      + Form1.co.value +
              "&ioc="     + Form1.ioc.value +
              "&rating="  + Form1.rating.value +
              "&reptyp="  + Form1.reptyp.value ;

  adr  = base + parms;

}
// -->
</script>


<style>
<!--
BODY {font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 
font-size:x-small}
TABLE {font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 
font-size:x-small}
-->
</style>

</head>

<body>

        ... some page headings

<form METHOD="POST" action="javascript:location.href=adr" name="Form1">

        ... some headings

        <input type=checkbox name="rating">

        <input type="submit" value="Display Statistics" name="B1" 
onClick="setParms();">

</form>
</body>
</html>

It is incredible (based on the beginner knowledge I have) that 
Form1.rating.value is always TRUE...



Peter Vidal 
PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group
10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111
http://www.pall.com

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