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How do I display totals of form fields on page

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Aug 06.2009

Hi,

I’ve just started writing JavaScript so this is a newbie question. I have a form where user enters a bunch of numbers i.e. shipping charge, sales tax, etc.

I want to total them up and display them at the bottom of the form. I know how to add them up but what I need help with is displaying the total. I don’t want to display the total in an input box which seems to be a common way to do this. I’d rather display it on the page at a specific location. How do I do this? In other words, how do I specify where to display my total? I assume I’ll be using document.write(MyTotal) but not sure how to specify its location.

Thanks for your help.

Sam

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@KDLAAug 07.2009 — Instead of placing the total in a form field, you can place it in a div with an ID, using innerHTML: http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascript-innerHTML.php

It would require, however, a button clicked to update the HTML.

However, using CSS, you can style a form field to look like part of the page. That's how many developers accomplish this.
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@imsamauthorAug 07.2009 — Thanks very much KDLA! I really appreciate your help.

Sam
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