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Jan 18.2005

I want to be able to send the URL (and preferably just a segment of the URL – namely the html filename) to a form and have it entered as a text field value.

The same form page will be accessed from multiple prouct pages and it is important that the product page that the user came in from be added to the form data.

Is this possible?

Steve (aka Javadog)

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@StashXJan 18.2005 — do you mean that you want to have in a text fild the url(html name) of the page that send a user to that page???
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@javadogauthorJan 18.2005 — Yes. That is exactly what I mean.

Steve
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@StashXJan 18.2005 — I don't remember if is posible and how to take the url of a history page BUT you can do that if your page is opened to a new window....

Page1 (Opener):
[CODE]<html>

<head>
<title>tPage1</title>
</head>

<body>

<p><a target="_blank" href="Page2.htm">Open Page2.htm in new window</a></p>
<p><a href="Page2.htm">Open Page2.htm in same window</a></p>

</body>

</html>[/CODE]

Page2 (Your Page):
[CODE]<html>

<head>
<title>Page2</title>
</head>

<body>

<form name="form_name">
<p><input type="text" name="fild_name" size="50"><p>
</form>
<script language="javascript">
if (window.opener){
form_name.fild_name.value=window.opener.location.pathname;
}
else{
form_name.fild_name.value="";
}
</script>
</body>

</html>[/CODE]
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@javadogauthorJan 18.2005 — I would like it if the page did not have to open a new window. Could the value history(-1) be used within this code somehow?

Steve
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@StashXJan 18.2005 — try this....

I just found it in my files....

Localy it doesn't work but if you upload the page it must work....
[CODE]<html>

<head>
<title>Page2</title>
</head>

<body>

<form name="form_name">
<p><input type="text" name="fild_name" size="60"></p>
</form>
<script language="javascript">
if (window.opener){
form_name.fild_name.value=window.opener.location.pathname;
}
else{
form_name.fild_name.value=document.referrer;

}
</script>
</body>

</html>[/CODE]
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@PittimannJan 18.2005 — Hi![i]Originally posted by javadog [/i]

[B]I would like it if the page did not have to open a new window. Could the value history(-1) be used within this code somehow?



Steve [/B][/QUOTE]You cannot access the urls contained in the history array. But (as far as the server sends it), you can use document.referrer to get the referring page. I put a little example here: http://www.pit-r.de/scripts/referrerFrom.htm

Cheers - Pit
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@javadogauthorJan 18.2005 — That solution works great. Thanks Pittimann. One more question. Is ther any way to strip the file extension .htm from the variable?

Steve

PS Thanks StahX for your input.
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@StashXJan 19.2005 — yes,by using [b].replace(".htm","")[/b]
[CODE]<html>

<head>
<title>Page2</title>
</head>

<body>

<form name="form_name">
<p><input type="text" name="fild_name" size="60"></p>
</form>
<script language="javascript">
if (window.opener){
form_name.fild_name.value=window.opener.location.pathname[b].replace(".htm","")[/b];
}
else{
form_name.fild_name.value=document.referrer[b].replace(".htm","")[/b];

}
</script>
</body>

</html>[/CODE]
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@javadogauthorJan 20.2005 — Thanks again StashX.

Steve
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