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Daniel G
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I am trying to pass a selected value, in a select list element, from an html page to a procedure. When I press the submit button the element's selected value does not pass through as an amper variable. I have given the element a name and a unique identifier. After reading forum post people are saying that all I need to do is place the element on page and it will be passed through when the page is submitted. Any ideas how to make this work?

Daniel

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George Patton
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Did you add the amper variable to your FEX after making the html page? If so, you'll have to re-link with your run button.

There are ways they say of adding unbound variables, but I wouldn't try it.


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Twanette
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There are two other possibilities (if you created your own HTML as opposed to using Dev Studio/HTML composer).

It depends on how you are calling your FOCEXEC from your HTML:
If you are using 
<form action="/ibi_apps/WFServlet"> </form>
syntax, then you need to make sure that your Submit button and select list element are both with the form /form block.
If however your submit button calls javascript which then runs your FOCEXEC, you will need to pass the variable through on the "hrefr" string that calls the FOCEXEC.


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Waz
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Did you create the page or Dev Studio ?

To pass values to WebFOCUS, the objects containing your values should be wrapped in a form element as Twanette says.

Can you post the html ?


Waz...

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Daniel G
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George, I have an amper variable in my FEX file and I'm not sure how to re-link the run button in the HTML Composer.

Twanette, I will check to see if the element is with in the form tags.

Daniel


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Daniel G
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I figured out how to re-link the run button and that fixed the issue. Thanks everyone.

Daniel


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