[SOLVED] Launch Page without RUN button

October 22, 2009, 04:50 AM

bcook278

All the launch pages I have created or seen created require the user to click a button to pass parameters and execute the hyperlinked procedure(s). I have created a small procedure with a single variable prompt for Month. I'd like to have the Month Name on my launch page as a drop down control but have the procedure update immediately upon selection of the Month of the dropdown as opposed to making the user select Month and then also select Run. I looked at the HTML that is associated with the button(onclick) and tried applying this to the dropdown(onclick) action but could not mimic the behavior of the button. Is this possible? I understand that if you have multiple selections it makes more sense to have the user select all their parms and then submit but I would think for something with a single parameter it would be easier for the end user to just have the execute occur upon selection of the value.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: bcook278,

October 22, 2009, 10:03 AM

Francis Mariani

Working example

-*-- run1.fex

-SET &ECHO='ALL';

SET HOLDLIST=PRINTONLY
SET HOLDFORMAT=ALPHA
-RUN

-DEFAULT &COUNTRY = 'ENGLAND';

-*-- Prepare report
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES
BY COUNTRY
WHERE COUNTRY EQ '&COUNTRY';
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE HOLD AS R001 FORMAT HTMTABLE
END
-RUN

-*-- Prepare drop-down

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
COMPUTE OPT1/A200 = '<option value="' | COUNTRY | '">' | COUNTRY | '</option>';
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
ON TABLE SAVE AS S001
END
-RUN

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function selectCountry()
{
for (var i = 0; i < document.forms[0].COUNTRY.length; i++)
  {
  if (document.forms[0].COUNTRY[i].value == '!IBI.AMP.COUNTRY;')
    {
     document.forms[0].COUNTRY.selectedIndex = i;
     break;
    }
  }
}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="selectCountry();">

<!-- form -->

<form action="/ibi_apps/WFServlet" method="get">

<input type="hidden" name="IBIF_ex" value="run1" />

<select name="COUNTRY" onchange="document.forms[0].submit();">
  !IBI.FIL.S001;
</select>
</form>

<!-- Report -->

!IBI.FIL.R001;
</html>
-HTMLFORM END