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I have seen a couple of web sites that detail how to do this, but seem to be
overlooking the obvious.... I have the following code and have tried
variations to get it working;


<!--#INCLUDE FILE="CommonFunctions.inc"-->
<%
'following is vb script....
if not MyFunction(check_field) then 'This function is in the
include
DisplayError("this failed")
else
ContinueProcess 'This sub routine is
in the include
end if

sub DisplayError(iErr)
%>
<SCRIPT language="javascript">
alert( <%= iErr %>);
history.go(-1);
</SCRIPT>
<%
end sub

%>

I want to pass different messages to the displayerror function, but just
can't seem to make it work... Any ideas?

You're going to have to think about it slightly differently. The main
reason is you think all of this script interacts, when in fact, first the
ASP runs, then the client-side script runs. Let's look at it this way:

<%
sub showError(iErr)
response.write "<script>" & vbCrLf & _
"alert('" & replace(iErr,"'","\'") & "');" & _
"history.go(-1);" & vbCrLf & _
"</script>"
response.end
end sub

' play with making something true
' and somethingElse true

something = false
somethingElse = false

if something then
showError "this failed"
end if

if somethingElse then
showError "that failed"
end if
%>

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Ruskin" <> wrote in message
news:TC4bc.2418$d%...
>I have seen a couple of web sites that detail how to do this, but seem to
>be
> overlooking the obvious.... I have the following code and have tried
> variations to get it working;
>
>
> <!--#INCLUDE FILE="CommonFunctions.inc"-->
> <%
> 'following is vb script....
> if not MyFunction(check_field) then 'This function is in the
> include
> DisplayError("this failed")
> else
> ContinueProcess 'This sub routine is
> in the include
> end if
>
> sub DisplayError(iErr)
> %>
> <SCRIPT language="javascript">
> alert( <%= iErr %>);
> history.go(-1);
> </SCRIPT>
> <%
> end sub
>
> %>
>
> I want to pass different messages to the displayerror function, but just
> can't seem to make it work... Any ideas?
>
>