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Accessing fields disabled by Javascript

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Mar 25.2009

I have a form where a customer can enter payment information. I present some different payment choices, and the customer must choose via selecting a radio button. Selecting radio button 1 reqiires the customer to enter some data. Let’s say they filled in a few fields, but then select a second radio button to indicate they want to pay in a different manner. I fire off some Javascript to disable all of the fields associated with radio button 1. Now when the form is submitted I’d like to capture the data from the disabled fields, but since they are disabled, it seems they are not available via Request.Form(“Field1”). What can I do to solve this problem?

Thanks,

BB

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@J2NYCMar 25.2009 — Try creating an "On Submit" function that enables the disabled fields.
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@KorMar 25.2009 — Could be something like:
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</i>&lt;form action="" onsubmit="var i=0, e;while(e=this.elements[i++]){e.disabled=false}"&gt;
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@felgallMar 25.2009 — Why not make the fields readonly rather than disabling them.

Both readonly and disabled fields are not able to be update by the person filling out the form but readonly fields are sent with the form whereas disabled fields are not.
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