Multiple Selected Options

[orionbrock32]

I am trying to create two listboxes, one containing a list of email addresses and the other an empty box that i will pass those addresses to. I then want to send those addresses to the next page to be used in a mail script. how do i get the addresses on the second page. i use js to pass from one box to the other. will that affect my posting on the form?

These are the two boxes:

			<td height="85">
			<select size="5" name="lcl19" id="lcl19" multiple>
			</select>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
			<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="<-" ONCLICK="delIt();"></INPUT><br>
			<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="->" ONCLICK="addIt();"></INPUT>
			</td>
			<td>
			<select  NAME="PickList" ID="PickList" SIZE="5" multiple align="right" >
				<option></option>
				<option value="evan.moon@marisolintl.com,check">evan.moon@marisolintl.com</option>
				<option value="jason.descamps@marisolintl.com,">jason.descamps@marisolintl.com,</option>
				<option value="terri.howard@marisolintl.com,">terri.howard@marisolintl.com,</option>
				<option value="bruce.chilton@marisolintl.com,">bruce.chilton@marisolintl.com,</option>
				<option value="marty.mitchell@marisolintl.com,">marty.mitchell@marisolintl.com,</option>
			</select>
			<br>
			</td>

And this is how I'm trying to call it:

email=request("lcl19")

If you need to see the javascript involved let me know.

Thank you

[buntine]

Depending on how JS handles this type of thing (I cannot be certain without first testing it), I would assume only the selected items will be passed to the server. So, you may need to modify your JS to also generate a value for a hidden field in your form on the fly.

So, when a new address is added to the empty selectbox, also add that address to a <input type="hidden"> element on the page. You will have to rewrite the contents of the hidden field each time a new address is added or removed.

There is definately a more elegant way of solving this problem, but it's past midnight and this the best I can come up with!

Cheers,
Andrew Buntine