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I have a form that I need to control with code. This is what I mean... I have a drop down field called status with option of in progress, completed, and deferred. I want a second drop down field named completeddate to remain disabled UNLESS the status drop down is set to completed. Does anyone have any code that could help me establish this???
thanks,
brian.
This would require JavaScript. Moving there...
Mike
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<script>
document.formName.fieldName.disabled = true;
</script>
<script>
document.formName.fieldName.readonly = true;
</script>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Frekschmekistan</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<select name="status" id="status" onchange="completeddate.disabled=!(this.selectedIndex==1)">
<option>...in progress</option>
<option>completed</option>
<option>deferred</option>
</select>
<select name="completeddate" id="completeddate" disabled="disabled">
<option>Tadzikistan</option>
<option>Uzbekistan</option>
<option>Frekschmekistan</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<option>completed</option> is the second option, so its index position is 1 (count from zero).
ok.. i had to set the initial state of the completeddate field to disabled.. but that worked... now the completeddate field is actually 3 fields comprised of month, day, and year... how, using the code you provided:
<select name="status" id="status" onchange="completeddate.disabled=!(this.selectedIndex==1)">
would i disable all three fields?
Your use of the word 'field' is confusing (to me, anyway). Be specific: what types of controls (select, text, etc.) are we talking about? Any HTML?
more dropdowns, but nevermind.. i got it. i do have one more related question, how would i change the selected option of one dropdown based on the selected option of another dropdown.
for example: say i have a '%complete' dropdown with values from 10%-100%, if the user selects the 100% option, I would like the 'status' dropdown to automatically be set to completed.
thanks for the help.
brian.
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