[Javascript] Form Elements Show Through My Layer?

Andrew Gibson andyg at ihug.co.nz
Sat Jun 23 19:58:34 CDT 2001


Have a feeling that is right, a form element always shows thru, I found
the only option was to redesign

 > Hello,
 > 
 > When I make a layer visible on top of a form element, the form element
 > shows through.  Is there a browser-independent way of curing that one?
 > 
 > Thanks.
 > 
 > Jay
 > 
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 >    1. Email validation question (Neal, Craig)
 >    2. RE: Email validation question (Josiah Gordon)
 >    3. Automated Reload (Reuben D Budiardja)
 >    4. Re: Automated Reload (Peter-Paul Koch)
 >    5. RE: Automated Reload (Andrew Dunn)
 >    6. RE: Automated Reload (Andrew Gibson)
 >    7. RE: Automated Reload (Peter-Paul Koch)
 >    8. Re: Automated Reload (Reuben D Budiardja)
 >    9. Re: Automated Reload (Peter-Paul Koch)
 >   10. Re: Automated Reload (TomMallard)
 >   11. Know which video to play (Peter Liu)
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 > Message: 1
 > From: "Neal, Craig" <CNeal at dthr.ab.ca>
 > To: "'javascript at LaTech.edu'" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:20:43 -0600 
 > Subject: [Javascript] Email validation question
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > I'm having trouble finding the answer I need in my JavaScript books
 > regarding client-side JavaScript validation.
 > 
 > Typical email validation routines include:
 > 
 > if (document.form.formfield.value.indexOf("@") == -1)
 > 
 > However I need to make sure that a user doesn't enter 2 or more email
 > addresses in the form field and this only tests to see if there are no @
 > characters. How do I code it to test for 0 and 2 or more?
 > 
 > Thanks
 > 
 > 
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 > 
 > Message: 2
 > From: "Josiah Gordon" <jgordon at directfile.com>
 > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Subject: RE: [Javascript] Email validation question
 > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 10:35:49 -0700
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > Try a regular expression search for multiple occurrences of "@".
 > 
 > var pattern = new RegExp("/@{2,}/"); 
 > var fieldValue = "john at aol.com, kim at aol.com";
 > var result = fieldValue.match(pattern);
 > if (result != null) {
 > 	//multiple @s found
 > }
 > 
 > 
 > --Josiah Gordon
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
 > Behalf Of Neal, Craig
 > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:21 AM
 > To: 'javascript at LaTech.edu'
 > Subject: [Javascript] Email validation question
 > 
 > 
 > I'm having trouble finding the answer I need in my JavaScript books
 > regarding client-side JavaScript validation.
 > 
 > Typical email validation routines include:
 > 
 > if (document.form.formfield.value.indexOf("@") == -1)
 > 
 > However I need to make sure that a user doesn't enter 2 or more email
 > addresses in the form field and this only tests to see if there are no @
 > characters. How do I code it to test for 0 and 2 or more?
 > 
 > Thanks
 > 
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 > Message: 3
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 00:14:17 -0500
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > From: "Reuben D Budiardja" <reubendb at goshen.edu>
 > Subject: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > Hi,
 > Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically reload
 > 
 > after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be automatically 
 > reload every 30 minutes?
 > 
 > Thanks in advance.
 > Reuben D. Budiardja
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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 > 
 > Message: 4
 > From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 10:27:01 -0000
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > >Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically
 > reload 
 > >after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be automatically 
 > >reload every 30 minutes?
 > 
 > <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1800;URL=thepage.html">
 > 
 > refreshes to thepage.html after 1800 seconds.
 > 
 > ppk
 > 
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 > Message: 5
 > From: "Andrew Dunn" <adunn at mail.interworx.com.au>
 > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Subject: RE: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 21:03:32 +1000
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > Hi,
 >    I have a problem along this line as well. I have a page that allows
 > users
 > to update a field in a database. When the field has been updated the
 > user is
 > sent back using the history.back(); function. When they are sent back i
 > want
 > a hidden form to submit so it will refresh the page, with the updated
 > information. I wanted to use the history.next property to check if the
 > user
 > came from the update page but it seems IE does not support this. Is
 > there
 > anyway to check what page the user came from to see whether the info has
 > to
 > be updated?
 > 
 > Andrew
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
 > Behalf Of Peter-Paul Koch
 > Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2001 8:27 PM
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > >Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically
 > reload
 > >after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be automatically
 > >reload every 30 minutes?
 > 
 > <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1800;URL=thepage.html">
 > 
 > refreshes to thepage.html after 1800 seconds.
 > 
 > ppk
 > 
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 > Message: 6
 > From: "Andrew Gibson" <andyg at ihug.co.nz>
 > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Subject: RE: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:05:02 +1200
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > Instead of history.back()
 > why don't you redirect them and append a querystring to
 > the page. In asp I'd do it like this
 > 
 > ' do database stuff
 > response.redirect "first.asp?done=yes"
 > 
 > then on the original page first.asp
 > 
 > if request.querystring("done")="yes" then
 >  ' populate page with new data
 > end if
 > 
 > 
 >  > Hi,
 >  >    I have a problem along this line as well. I have a page that
 >  > allows users
 >  > to update a field in a database. When the field has been updated
 >  > the user is
 >  > sent back using the history.back(); function. When they are sent
 >  > back i want
 >  > a hidden form to submit so it will refresh the page, with the updated
 >  > information. I wanted to use the history.next property to check
 >  > if the user
 >  > came from the update page but it seems IE does not support this. Is
 > there
 >  > anyway to check what page the user came from to see whether the
 >  > info has to
 >  > be updated?
 >  >
 >  > Andrew
 >  >
 >  > -----Original Message-----
 >  > From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu
 > [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
 >  > Behalf Of Peter-Paul Koch
 >  > Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2001 8:27 PM
 >  > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 >  > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > >Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically
 > reload
 >  > >after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be
 > automatically
 >  > >reload every 30 minutes?
 >  >
 >  > <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1800;URL=thepage.html">
 >  >
 >  > refreshes to thepage.html after 1800 seconds.
 >  >
 >  > ppk
 >  >
 >  >
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 > Message: 7
 > From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > Subject: RE: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 13:41:59 -0000
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > >    I have a problem along this line as well. I have a page that allows
 > 
 > >users to update a field in a database. When the field has been updated
 > the 
 > >user is sent back using the history.back(); function. When they are
 > sent 
 > >back i want a hidden form to submit so it will refresh the page, with
 > the 
 > >updated information.
 > 
 > I think it's easier to submit the form to the same page, where a script 
 > first stores the input in the database and then prints the HTML page, 
 > including the new info. This way you don't have these complex refresh 
 > problems.
 > 
 > In fake syntax:
 > 
 > <server side script>
 > if (form submitted)
 > {
 > store value in databse
 > }
 > 
 > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
 > print "<HTML>etc.";
 > print "<FORM METHOD=POST>"; // no ACTION, submits to itself
 > print "<INPUT VALUE="<% get from database %>">";
 > </server side script>
 > 
 > If the user doesn't submit the form (if he enters the page through a
 > normal 
 > link) he sees the old value, if he submits the form he sees the new
 > value.
 > 
 > ppk
 > 
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 > Message: 8
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 09:38:58 -0500
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > From: "Reuben D Budiardja" <reubendb at goshen.edu>
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > Thanks. But, something has changed in my application design. I need to 
 > reload the page automatically as well as submiting some informartion to
 > the 
 > database back end.
 > 
 > So, what I really want is to be able to automatically submit every 30 
 > minutes, for example. How do I do that?
 > 
 > MY first thought was to put the argument / query string in the URL, but
 > I 
 > wonder if that's the only way, because I don't really want to
 > necessarily 
 > display all my query string.
 > 
 > Thanks a lot.
 > Reuben D. Budiardja
 > 
 > At 10:27 AM 6/9/01 +0000, you wrote:
 > 
 > 
 > >>Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically
 > reload 
 > >>after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be automatically 
 > >>reload every 30 minutes?
 > >
 > ><META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1800;URL=thepage.html">
 > >
 > >refreshes to thepage.html after 1800 seconds.
 > >
 > >ppk
 > >
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 > Message: 9
 > From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 15:43:43 -0000
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > >Thanks. But, something has changed in my application design. I need to 
 > >reload the page automatically as well as submiting some informartion to
 > the 
 > >database back end.
 > >
 > >So, what I really want is to be able to automatically submit every 30 
 > >minutes, for example. How do I do that?
 > >
 > >MY first thought was to put the argument / query string in the URL, but
 > I 
 > >wonder if that's the only way, because I don't really want to
 > necessarily 
 > >display all my query string.
 > 
 > Or a script that's called onLoad
 > 
 > function submitIt()
 > {
 > setTimeout('document.forms[0].submit()',1800000)
 > }
 > 
 > (time in milliseconds)
 > 
 > ppk
 > 
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 > Message: 10
 > From: "TomMallard" <mallard at serv.net>
 > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:10:51 -0700
 > Organization: Individual
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > "reload the page automatically"...like refresh? A meta tag should take
 > care
 > of this.
 > 
 > tom
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Reuben D Budiardja" <reubendb at goshen.edu>
 > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
 > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 7:38 AM
 > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Automated Reload
 > 
 > 
 > > Thanks. But, something has changed in my application design. I need to
 > > reload the page automatically as well as submiting some informartion
 > to
 > the
 > > database back end.
 > >
 > > So, what I really want is to be able to automatically submit every 30
 > > minutes, for example. How do I do that?
 > >
 > > MY first thought was to put the argument / query string in the URL,
 > but I
 > > wonder if that's the only way, because I don't really want to
 > necessarily
 > > display all my query string.
 > >
 > > Thanks a lot.
 > > Reuben D. Budiardja
 > >
 > > At 10:27 AM 6/9/01 +0000, you wrote:
 > >
 > >
 > > >>Could someone point out to me on how to make a page automatically
 > reload
 > > >>after some interval of time? say, I want the page to be
 > automatically
 > > >>reload every 30 minutes?
 > > >
 > > ><META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1800;URL=thepage.html">
 > > >
 > > >refreshes to thepage.html after 1800 seconds.
 > > >
 > > >ppk
 > > >
 > >
 > >_______________________________________________________________________
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 > Message: 11
 > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 16:49:50 -0000
 > From: "Peter Liu" <cpl874 at optimum.com>
 > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > Subject: [Javascript] Know which video to play
 > Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
 > 
 > I have a HTML, functions as a menu, with multiple video links. 
 > Instead of creating multiple HTMLs to house each individual video, 
 > I'd like to have just 1 HTML that knows what the user has clicked. 
 > Based on what's clicked, embed the right video (WMV) in another page 
 > with video interface.
 > 
 > Please give me a pointer for link to sample javascript that can 
 > achieve this!!
 > 
 > Thanks a lot for the help,
 > 
 > 
 > Liu 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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