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jazzer |
02-08-2005 @ 3:16 PM |
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This has got to be an easy question - how do I pass an item from the first page of a form into the second and third pages?
I'm making an app that is like an e-card. You choose a graphic and type in text, preview the card, then email it. I can get it all to work fine if I do the preview and email in one action page. But when I try to seperate the preview and then click through to a third page to email I lose the results from the first page.
Do I use hidden fields? Or cfset to define a variable?
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GrowlyBear |
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02-08-2005 @ 3:23 PM |
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Actually we need more info from you.
sample code...
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JJfutbol |
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02-08-2005 @ 3:34 PM |
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Well you could use hidden fields but you would have to continously pass it between each form and you know what that sounds real REAL icky! So we'll stick with a much much better answer to this problem: Session variables.
Store all your form vars once the user hits submit on each of the 3 forms in Session variables. But first as my good fruity friend GrowlyBear (what a terrible name lol) says please show us some sample code. Also my big question for this that would make using Session variables key is do you provide the user with a Back button from each of the forms?? If so Session vars are definetly the way to go.
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jazzer |
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02-08-2005 @ 3:37 PM |
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OK, and Thanks,
Here is the second page, the first is a form that displays the input choices:
<form action="mail.cfm" method="post">
<cfoutput>
<p>Here is your electronic Thank You card: </p>
<p><img src="#form.card#"> </p>
<p>#form.name#</p>
<p><#form.message#</p>
</cfoutput>
<input type="submit" value="Email my Card">
</form>
This page works fine for displaying the results, but it doesn't work for the email action page:
<CFMAIL TO="sjed@osc.state.us"
FROM="test@osc.state.us"
Subject="E Card"
TYPE="HTML">
<img src="http://webntinter3/ecard/#form.card#"><br>
#form.message#
</cfmail>
Note: this email code works fine in the second page to mail the results.
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maquiladoras |
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02-08-2005 @ 3:58 PM |
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i think it'd be far easier just to do
<form action="mail.cfm" method="post">
<cfoutput>
<p>Here is your electronic Thank You card: </p>
<p><img src="#form.card#"> </p>
<p>#form.name#</p>
<p><#form.message#</p>
<input type="hidden" name="card" value="#form.card#">
<input type="hidden" name="name" value="#form.name#">
<input type="hidden" name="message" value="#form.message#">
</cfoutput>
<input type="submit" value="Email my Card">
</form>
no point wasting resources on session vars for something that simple
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jazzer |
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02-08-2005 @ 4:03 PM |
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That's pretty much what I'm doing, but my email is coming back with:
#form.message#
instead of processing the value.
Here's my email page:
<CFMAIL TO="sjed@osc.state.us"
FROM="test@osc.state.us"
Subject="E Card"
TYPE="HTML">
#form.message#
</cfmail>
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GrowlyBear |
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02-08-2005 @ 4:07 PM |
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Looks like you have to put cfoutput around it
<CFMAIL TO="sjed@osc.state.us"
FROM="test@osc.state.us"
Subject="E Card"
TYPE="HTML">
<cfoutput>
#form.message#
</cfoutput>
</cfmail>
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jazzer |
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02-08-2005 @ 4:10 PM |
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Error Diagnostic Information
Invalid tag nesting configuration
A CFOUTPUT tag is nested inside a CFMAIL tag with no GROUP= or QUERY= attributes . This is not allowed.
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GrowlyBear |
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02-08-2005 @ 4:16 PM |
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your right, in my own cfmail I do not use cfoutput.
sorry should have checked my own app first.
So is the email page that has the cfmail reveiving the info via a form? From your post you seem to have hardcoded your email into the cfmail so that will work.
The form.message has to sent to the cfmail page via a form submit. unless you are using a session variable.
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JJfutbol |
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02-08-2005 @ 4:27 PM |
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maquiladoras, watch it son! lol Thats my word, shame on you for taking my line.  lol A good laugh, moving on, you won't need a cfoutput when using cfmail. Well I've never used one as it always works just fine. Its just like a cfquery tag. If you use CF Vars in there you don't need a cfoutput. I guess we can say cfouput is mainly for outputting CF vars on a page only?? Correct me if I'm wrong but I do know jazzer that you shouldn't need a cfoutput in your CFMAIL tag, its always worked just fine for me. Let us know what you find out.
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