Populating a text box with the value of a variable [Archive]

mblack

02-18-2003, 12:56 PM

Does anyone know how to populate a text box with the value of a variable. I am pulling in values from a cookie created in a previous page and want to populate a textbox with the value the user entered and give them the chance to change it before submitting to the checkout and the database.
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<tr height="10">
<td></td>
<td><b>Change or Delete order </b><input type="text" size="20" name="alterProduct" value="value of variable goes here"></td>
</tr>
....

I have tried several things such as creating a function in which I assigned the value of the variable to the value of the actual text box, which did not work.
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document.formName.textboxName.value = desiredVariable
....

Can anyone shed some light on the problem I am having? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
mblack

gil davis

02-18-2003, 01:13 PM

This works for me:

<head>
<script>
var stuff = "this is some stuff";
function loadit() {
document.f1.t1.value = stuff;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadit()">
<form name="f1" onsubmit="return false">
<input type="text" name="t1">
</form>
</body>