Form problems

[ecnarongi]

I am trying to pass the data of one form inside hidden tags of another like so:

<input type="hidden" name="val" value="+ document.anotherformsname.formelement.value+">

but this isn't working. I remember I answered this on the old forum but when I searched for it I got nothing :(

all help is apperciated, thanks.

[premshree]

Try this:

<input type="hidden" name="val" value="document.anotherformsname.formelement.value">

The value will be passed on. Why use the '+' sign ?

[tamienne]

function updateInfo(newVal) {
document.form2.hiddenfield.value = newVal;
}

<FORM NAME="form1">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="visiblefield" VALUE="" onChange="updateInfo(this.value)">
</FORM>
<FORM NAME="form2">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="hiddenfield" VALUE="">
</FORM>

[ecnarongi]

Originally posted by premshree
Try this:

<input type="hidden" name="val" value="document.anotherformsname.formelement.value">

The value will be passed on. Why use the '+' sign ?

this passes the string instead of the value. I will try tamienne's solution it looks to be a fix. Thanks to you both

[ecnarongi]

that's still not a fix because sometimes the values are populated and don't change. so I am still lost...

[tamienne]

then call it onSubmit on the form versus onChange on the text box

[ecnarongi]

I figured it out. :cool: