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I have a javascript history object (javascript:history.go(-1)) that
goes back to previous page when I trigger a button event to go back to
that last page :
<form action="javascript:history.go(-1)" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="yes" name="awc" id="awc">
<input type="submit" value="BACK">
</form>

...but doing a test to response write to see if it's posting to the
previous page:
if request.form("awc") = "yes" then
response.write "yes "'
end if

....I do not see the "yes" displayed. wondering if combining this
javascript object with this simple ASP is valid, tho it looks like it
should be. Even doing method="get" , I don't get my "yes" display

??
chumley

On 04/03/2010 22:57, chumley wrote:
> I have a javascript history object (javascript:history.go(-1)) that
> goes back to previous page when I trigger a button event to go back to
> that last page :
> <form action="javascript:history.go(-1)" method="post">
> <input type="hidden" value="yes" name="awc" id="awc">
> <input type="submit" value="BACK">
> </form>
>
> ..but doing a test to response write to see if it's posting to the
> previous page:
> if request.form("awc") = "yes" then
> response.write "yes "'
> end if
>
> ...I do not see the "yes" displayed. wondering if combining this
> javascript object with this simple ASP is valid, tho it looks like it
> should be. Even doing method="get" , I don't get my "yes" display

Your page won't submit the form data, as your using Javascript to
effectively press the back button. I would use a session variable on the
previous page, call it previous page. Define it as
Request.ServerVariable("SCRIPT_NAME"), then set your action to your form
as the session variable.

Dooza

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed chumley <>
writing in news:fd1d0523-833c-4767-95aa-
:

> I have a javascript history object (javascript:history.go(-1)) that
> goes back to previous page when I trigger a button event to go back to
> that last page :
><form action="javascript:history.go(-1)" method="post">
><input type="hidden" value="yes" name="awc" id="awc">
><input type="submit" value="BACK">
></form>
>
> ..but doing a test to response write to see if it's posting to the
> previous page:
> if request.form("awc") = "yes" then
> response.write "yes "'
> end if
>
> ...I do not see the "yes" displayed. wondering if combining this
> javascript object with this simple ASP is valid, tho it looks like it
> should be. Even doing method="get" , I don't get my "yes" display
>
> ??
> chumley

ASP has no idea about what's happening on the client, so would never get
that information.

By the way, you're reinventing the wheel. There is a back button on the
user's browser, as well as a handy dandy backspace key that does the same
trick, not to mention the mouse gesture, should the client be so enabled.

There is another suggestion in this thread about using session variables.
That can work, but I prefer to explicitly state the name of the file for
the action attribute, or better yet, have the form submit to itself.

YMMV

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Adrienne Boswell wrote on 05 mrt 2010 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> By the way, you're reinventing the wheel. There is a back button on
> the user's browser, as well as a handy dandy backspace key that does
> the same trick, not to mention the mouse gesture, should the client be
> so enabled.

Or the ALT-LeftArrow.

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On Mar 5, 6:50*am, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed chumley <blueberry...@yahoo.com>
> writing in news:fd1d0523-833c-4767-95aa-
> 5473dad00...@y7g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
> > I have a javascript history object (javascript:history.go(-1)) that
> > goes back to previous page when I trigger a button event to go back to
> > that last page :
> ><form action="javascript:history.go(-1)" method="post">
> ><input type="hidden" value="yes" name="awc" id="awc">
> ><input type="submit" value="BACK">
> ></form>
>
> > ..but doing a test to response write to see if it's posting to the
> > previous page:
> > if request.form("awc") = "yes" then
> > response.write "yes "'
> > end if
>
> > ...I do not see the "yes" displayed. wondering if combining this
> > javascript object with this simple ASP is valid, tho it looks like it
> > should be. Even doing method="get" , I don't get my "yes" display
>
> > ??
> > chumley
>
> ASP has no idea about what's happening on the client, so would never get
> that information.
>
> By the way, you're reinventing the wheel. *There is a back button on the
> user's browser, as well as a handy dandy backspace key that does the same
> trick, not to mention the mouse gesture, should the client be so enabled.
>
> There is another suggestion in this thread about using session variables.*
> That can work, but I prefer to explicitly state the name of the file for
> the action attribute, or better yet, have the form submit to itself.
>
> YMMV
>
> --
> Adrienne Boswell at Home
> Arbpen Web Site Design Serviceshttp://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share

No, has to be customizeable button that carries querystrings upon
conditions. I have a lot of these figured out now, thanks for looking/
replying , may hav more questions regarding this
chumley

chumley wrote:

> No, has to be customizeable button that carries querystrings upon
> conditions. I have a lot of these figured out now, thanks for looking/
> replying , may hav more questions regarding this
> chumley

Well, you'll get more people looking at them if you post them to relevant
newsgroups. Client-side questions should be asked at .scripting.jscript or
comp.lang.javascript.

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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed chumley <>
writing in
news:252c6bbe-aa99-4212-a913-:

> On Mar 5, 6:50*am, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed chumley
>> <blueberry...@yahoo.com> writing in news:fd1d0523-833c-4767-95aa-
>> 5473dad00...@y7g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I have a javascript history object (javascript:history.go(-1)) that
>> > goes back to previous page when I trigger a button event to go back
>> > to that last page :
>> ><form action="javascript:history.go(-1)" method="post">
>> ><input type="hidden" value="yes" name="awc" id="awc">
>> ><input type="submit" value="BACK">
>> ></form>
>>
>> > ..but doing a test to response write to see if it's posting to the
>> > previous page:
>> > if request.form("awc") = "yes" then
>> > response.write "yes "'
>> > end if
>>
>> > ...I do not see the "yes" displayed. wondering if combining this
>> > javascript object with this simple ASP is valid, tho it looks like
>> > it should be. Even doing method="get" , I don't get my "yes"
>> > display
>>
>> > ??
>> > chumley
>>
>> ASP has no idea about what's happening on the client, so would never
>> get that information.
>>
>> By the way, you're reinventing the wheel. *There is a back button on
>> th
> e
>> user's browser, as well as a handy dandy backspace key that does the
>> same trick, not to mention the mouse gesture, should the client be so
>> enabled.
>>
>> There is another suggestion in this thread about using session
>> variables.
> *
>> That can work, but I prefer to explicitly state the name of the file
>> for the action attribute, or better yet, have the form submit to
>> itself.
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>> --
>> Adrienne Boswell at Home
>> Arbpen Web Site Design Serviceshttp://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
>> Please respond to the group so others can share

Please don't quote signatures.

>
> No, has to be customizeable button that carries querystrings upon
> conditions. I have a lot of these figured out now, thanks for looking/
> replying , may hav more questions regarding this
> chumley

And what are you going to do if the user has client side scripting
disabled or unavailable? Just make sure that you're covered server side.

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