[thelist] Re: [thelist]Can you submit to two different pages from a form?

[Wade Armstrong]

Well I can't take responsibility for the JavaScript and window suggestion,
just for the XMLHTTP suggestion.

And I can't guess as to why it wasn't working for you, but if you were
having trouble with the XMLHTTP, there's one thing off the top of my head
I'd troubleshoot:

<tip type="asp components, xmlhttp">
Having trouble with Microsoft's MSXML XMLHTTP component working right?
Microsoft has been happy to change the name of the object in small and not
entirely predictable ways for each version of the component.
Documentation for MSXML 3:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk30/ht
m/xmobjxmlhttprequest.asp

Documentation for MSXML 4:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk30/ht
m/xmobjxmlhttprequest.asp
</tip>

on 7/29/02 2:40 PM, Janet Nabring-Stager at jnabring at yahoo.com wrote:

> Many many many thanks to Anthony, Chris and Wade for their
> suggestions!  After fiddling around with the XMLHTTP object without
> success (because I'm submitting to a server that I know
> next-to-nothing about, I'm not certain what is blocked and what
> isn't), Wade's JavaScript and window suggestion is working
> beautifully.  Just wanted to say thanks again (and offer up a
> somewhat basic tip):
> <tip>
> Are those frustrating single and double quotes giving you fits?  One
> thing that has always helped me check and double-check them is to
> work from the end of the statement in, meaning comparing quotes from
> the beginning and end and working my way directly back into the
> middle.
> </tip>
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:19:59 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Janet Nabring-Stager <jnabring at yahoo.com>
>> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>> Subject: [thelist] [thelist]Can you submit to two different pages
>> from a form?
>> Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>>
>> Hi all-
>> This could possibly be an ignorant question, but I'm trying to do
>> something and can't think my way around it - any guidance would be
>> great and much appreciated!
>> We are using Vertical Response (an online ASP) to track and
>> database
>> opt-ins to our online newsletter.  The sign-up form must submit to
>> a
>> URL on the Vertical Response website.  The trouble is, in some
>> cases,
>> the user will also be querying our research center when they sign
>> up
>> for the newsletter.  These messages need to go directly to the
>> research center in e-mail format AND to the Vertical Response
>> online
>> system.
>> I was trying to see if there was a way to submit to two different
>> pages from the same form?  I'm not super-skilled in JavaScript
>> (yet)
>> but if someone can lead me in the correct direction, I would be
>> ecstatic.  I was originally trying to use an onSubmit() function in
>> JavaScript that called two other functions.  The first function
>> would
>> create a CDONTS email and send to the research center and the
>> second
>> would go to the Vertical Response URL.  But I couldn't get it to
>> work.
>> Any ideas?  Am I heading in a dangerous direction?  If anyone need
>> clarification (this may be a lot long-winded) please let me know -
>> any help is appreciated.
>> (and I may not be online much after today, but will definitely
>> respond when I can over the weekend - I love apartment-hunting in
>> Chicago!!)
>> Thanks-Janet