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Greetings-

Hard one to explain here:

I am doing a custom form for a client but not sure how to tell the code to
do it!

- They want a drop down menu that has a series of selections.
- They have another drop down menu that needs to show series of selections
'based on' what is selected in the first menu.

For example:
- Say I have a drop down menu that has: Atari/Playstation in menu
- Second menu has list of games: River Raid/Pitfall/Resident Evil

If I choose Atari in the first menu I want the second menu to only show
River Raid/Pitfall (Resident Evil is not an Atari game). Or if I chose
Playstation the second menu would only contain Resident Evil) etc.

(Theirs is based on parts for a race car only certain parts can go with
other parts)

I assume there's a java script that tells it to compare or ASP or something.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks
Erik

(This is the site: www.howeracing.com)

"VastFear" <> wrote in message news:<M7mYa.57148$. net>...
> Greetings-
>
> Hard one to explain here:
>
> I am doing a custom form for a client but not sure how to tell the code to
> do it!
>
> - They want a drop down menu that has a series of selections.
> - They have another drop down menu that needs to show series of selections
> 'based on' what is selected in the first menu.
>
> For example:
> - Say I have a drop down menu that has: Atari/Playstation in menu
> - Second menu has list of games: River Raid/Pitfall/Resident Evil
>
> If I choose Atari in the first menu I want the second menu to only show
> River Raid/Pitfall (Resident Evil is not an Atari game). Or if I chose
> Playstation the second menu would only contain Resident Evil) etc.
>
> (Theirs is based on parts for a race car only certain parts can go with
> other parts)
>
> I assume there's a java script that tells it to compare or ASP or something.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!

http://developer.irt.org/script/form.htm#4

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Hywel

VastFear wrote:>>

> Greetings-

> Hard one to explain here:

> I am doing a custom form for a client but not sure how to tell the code
> to do it!

> - They want a drop down menu that has a series of selections.
> - They have another drop down menu that needs to show series of
> selections 'based on' what is selected in the first menu.

> For example:
> - Say I have a drop down menu that has: Atari/Playstation in menu
> - Second menu has list of games: River Raid/Pitfall/Resident Evil

> If I choose Atari in the first menu I want the second menu to only show
> River Raid/Pitfall (Resident Evil is not an Atari game). Or if I chose
> Playstation the second menu would only contain Resident Evil) etc.

> (Theirs is based on parts for a race car only certain parts can go with
> other parts)

> I assume there's a java script that tells it to compare or ASP or
> something.

> Any help would be much appreciated!

> Thanks
> Erik

> (This is the site: www.howeracing.com)

What you need is a multilevel menu array.
menuitem[0] as you know is single level.
menuitem[0,0] is a two level array.
menuitem[0,0,0] is three.

The trick is, keeping all the items lined up so that menu 1 directs the
proper response to menu 2 and so on.
I've only seen a few sites use this feature.
Another problem is, will it work in all browsers? Maybe not.
You probably should look for a cgi script that does it.