forms

How to process forms in Java?

Using Swing in Java I wrote a form containing radio buttons, text fields and so on. In the very end I have a "Submit" button. Now I want to "send" the information given by the user to the program. How do I do that? Is there a good tutorial about that? Is it kind of similar to PHP? (I am asking just because I know how to do it in PHP....

How do I add descriptive text to form link .gif ?

I want to make the descriptive text around a form link also open the form. I want to make it so you can click on "Some Text Here" (below) and open the form on somesomite.com just as if you clicked on the image below this text (somebut.gif, below) <DIV style="position: absolute; top:10px; right:10px; width:70px; height:25px"> <font color...

Best Practice: Access form elements by HTML id or name attribute?

As any seasoned JavaScript developer knows, there are many (too many) ways to do the same thing. For example, say you have a text field as follows: <form name="myForm"> <input type="text" name="foo" id="foo" /> There are many way to access this in JavaScript: [1] document.forms[0].elements[0]; [2] document.myForm.foo; [3] d...

Marking multi-level nested forms as "dirty" in Rails

I have a three-level multi-nested form in Rails. The setup is like this: Projects have many Milestones, and Milestones have many Notes. The goal is to have everything editable within the page with JavaScript, where we can add multiple new Milestones to a Project within the page, and add new Notes to new and existing Milestones. Everythi...

Problems using jQuery $.ajax to pass data

I'm using ASP.NET and attempting to call a method with a signature of [WebMethod] public static string GetInfo(string id){...} using the following javascript: var elementValue = $("#element").attr('id'); var d = "{id : " + elementValue + "}"; $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "../WebPage.aspx/GetInfo", ...

Best Practice: Accessing radio button group

Looking for the best, standards compliant, cross browser compatible, forwards compatible way to access a group of radio buttons in the DOM (this is closely related to my other most recent post...), without the use of any external libraries. <input type="radio" value="1" name="myRadios" />One<br /> <input type="radio" value="2" name="myR...

remove specific field after clicking back in browser or using history.go(-1)

i have a form with a capacha, if the capacha was entered wrong, after submit the page is doing a "history.go(-1)" and all fields include the capacha input are back on the screen right now i have a js that clear that - but now that i need it in several places, i want to know if it possible to clear a form field after back with something...

Keeping dates in order when using date_select and discarding year in Rails?

My app has users who have seasonal products. When a user selects a product, we allow him to also select the product's season. We accomplish this by letting him select a start date and an end date for each product. We're using date_select to generate two sets of drop-downs: one for the start date and one for the end date. Including ye...

Best way to distribute form that can be printed or saved?

I need to develop a simple form (intended only for printing) to be filled in by arbitrary end users (i.e. no specialized software). Ideally, I'd like the end-user to be able to save their inputs to the form and update it periodically. It seems that (at least without LiveCycle Enterprise Suite) Adobe Reader won't save data input in a PDF ...

Validating form dropdown in CodeIgniter

Hi, I am using CodeIgniter's form helper and form validation library to build my forms. I'm having trouble making the dropdown 'sticky' and also finding appropriate validation rules. This is how I'm populating the drodown: foreach($events as $event){ $options[$event->event_title] = $event->event_title; } $firstItem = '<option>Please s...

Get Data from Windows Form into C# program

I want my C# program to collect data. Then, when the OK button is clicked, I want this data to be loaded into my program -- such as into variables in Main(), or into data members of a class I have constructed, and I want the form to then go away -- not be hidden, but actually closed. Alas, read as I might in the book I have, the data c...

Multiple forms on a single page

I've got an app that's in invite-only beta right now. Problem is, I can't get the invite system to work. :( On my root page there's a login form (which works just fine), and I'm trying to add a "request invite" form on the same page. I started doing it by putting the form for InviteRequest (ActiveRecord) inside a partial, in the "views"...

Why isn't my submit button centered?

For some reason my submit button isn't centered. http://prime.programming-designs.com/test_forum/viewboard.php?board=0 #submitbutton{ margin: auto; border: 1px solid #DBFEF8; background-color: #DBFEF8; color: #000000; margin-top: 5px; width: 100px; height: 20px; } here's the html. <form method=post action=add_thread.php?board=<?...

SharePoint 2010: Set field value from query triggered by choice box selection

How do you link a form field to a choicebox selection so that the field's value is set by the information referenced by the ID of the choicebox selection? I have a choicebox in a custom list form which is bound to a "Client" list which contains client names, IDs, reference numbers, addresses, etc. The choicebox displays the client name a...

Hide form forever once submitted

Hi Is it possible to create a form that only displays if the user hasn't ever completed it? Once it has been completed, the form should never display again. Thanks ...

Fill a rails form with a hashmap

Hey, I have a difficult situation. I let the the user create a form through a Rich Text Editor and then I save this. So for example, I save this literally into my DB: http://pastebin.com/DNdeetJp (how can you post HTML here? It gets interpreted, so now I use pastebin...) On another page I wrap this in a form_tag and it gets presented as ...

Django formset doesn't validate

Hello, I am trying to save a formset but it seems to be bypassing is_valid() even though there are required fields. To test this I have a simple form: class AlbumForm(forms.Form): name = forms.CharField(required=True) The view: @login_required def add_album(request, artist): artist = Artist.objects.get(slug__iexact=artist) A...

Using a combo box in access to list all the available sql servers and connected databases

Is there a way I can set up combo box in an access form to list all the available sql servers and then an associated combo box to list the related databases? Can this be done in access? ...

CSS to Replace Table Layout for Forms

I've looked at other questions and am unable to find the solution to this. Consider this image: I want to wrap divs and stack them vertically. The GREEN div would be a wrapper on a line. The BLUE div would contain an html label and maybe icon for a tooltip. The ORANGE div would contain some sort of entry (input, select, textarea)....

How to insert multiple check-box values inside database when one or more will be left unchecked?

I have a form that contains 5 check boxes. The user may select one or more of these check boxes. The user may select 2 and leave 3 unchecked or select 4 and leave one unchecked and so on, in that case how can I write the php/mysql code that will insert the form data into the database. With just one selection it's easy, I would do: $chec...