Rob Hunter

I'm trying to open a new window in Javascript :
   var exampleWin = window.open("", "_blank");
Then I'm creating a new form and adding some hidden fields.
   var redirectForm = document.createElement("form");    redirectForm.setAttribute("method", "post");    redirectForm.setAttribute("action", urlInsert);    redirectForm.setAttribute("name", "redirectForm");        var repType = document.createElement("input");    repType.setAttribute("type", "hidden");    repType.setAttribute("name", "RepType");    repType.setAttribute("value", category);    redirectForm.appendChild(repType);      exampleWin.document.body.appendChild(redirectForm);    example.document.close();    exampleWin.document.forms[0].submit();
Running this I get a new tab and mouse over shows Loading... I need this page to load and the form to execute automatically. Any suggestions would be appreciated. (I've tried a number of approaches but this is the one I would have expected to have worked)

I was thinking that it but in a way it isn’t :-) one says multiple elements under an id but another is a specific id only, not “generic” underneath. If I have 3 levels of elements but one if’s doesn’t an element type nested which would be chosen? The more levels or the one having an id included? Thanks Bear as well ;-)

Okay, I'll try and keep this simple. I've begun looking into more complex CSS setups and I have a question about hierarchy. What's the easiest way to determine where a setting lies?

I have the following piece of HTML code.
<div id="someID">     <div id="someID2">            <a >Some Link</a>     </div> </div>

I also have CSS code that formats this HTML such as (I removed some code to simplify what is there)
#someID { display: flex; flex-direction: row; height: (2vmin + 8px); justify-content: space-between; padding: 4px; position: relative; width: 100%; } #someID div { background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #000000; color: #000066; cursor: pointer; font-size: 2vmin; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 20vw; }
Now if I introduce some CSS for the ID of someID2 it has no effect (whether I place it before or after the assignment above)
#someID2 { border: 1px solid #FF0000; }
I would have thought that a specific ID such as this would override any other CSS assignment (unless an inline CSS). What is the easiest way to determine how to set up additional CSSs that will take effect? I'm pretty sure I know why this is happening but I'd like to hear suggestions / reasons from other people without my thoughts influencing potential comments. TIA.

AF

Probably not the best location for this but the SSI is within a HTML page (if needed to be moved please do :-)). I have a SSI

<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/dir1/myscript.pl" -->

that is included in a HTML Page. I want to pass in a parameter or two into this script but trying to add on an argument results in a SSI failure. How can I pass in parameters into this script via SSI? TIA for any helpful advice.

The same server is being used for the main html page (generated by a server-side Perl script) and the content within an iframe (a call to another Perl script on the same server). I have a perl script being called in my iframe. The script works fine, I've tried it on it's own within the browser and it works within the iframe EXCEPT when the script calls a query on a MySQL database that is rather lengthy. In my case I search my records that have IDs containing "11" (returns like 1,000 records) and it works fine. If I search for "1" only it should return like 5,000+ but instead I get a "The Connection was reset" message and that sad face icon. It does not take the error message long to come back, within 2 seconds so I'm left wondering what is causing this to happen and how I can fix the issue? If I redirect the output from the Perl script on the server to a file the content is completely sent there -  ruling out an issue with the script or aborting because of number of records or something.

And the answer (or type of answer) I wasn't hoping for :-) Thank you for the response, I'll give it a try. I was hoping that it be a more straightforward

When pasting content into a textarea I want to immediately evaluate "all" of the content in the textarea after a paste (using the mouse or key shortcut). How can I accomplish this? Onchange is not immediate enough, I need it to happen immediately following the paste when the content has already gone into the textarea. How can I accomplish this? The onpaste appears to happen before the content gets placed in the textarea. Any help would be appreciated.

.... so the lines in the numbered DIV element line up with the lines of the textarea (like an IDE)

Hey Bear, I'm familiar with :-) I have two DIV elements, one has numbers listed in it and separated by break elements, and the other has a text area. I want the "lines" DIV element to display next to the textarea and have the textarea display entirely BUT I only want them to take up so much of the screen. I have a container DIV element that is set to a certain size and has scrollbars on it to allow scrolling. The textarea I have the scrollbars turned off because I don't want a nested set of scrollbars as well. The issue is when I type in the textarea the content goes off the textarea but the scrollbar for the container doesn't change. I can maneuver up and down the textarea with no issues using the arrow buttons on the keyboard but the scrolling area remains "fixed" at the size of the original content of the DIV elements when the page loaded. Is there a way to "update" the status of the parent DIV element without having to reload the page or similar?

I'm won't get too in depth (unless asked) but I have a few DIV tags which includes a textarea. The textarea basically fully displays (no scrollbars) within a DIV element. The DIV element does has scrollbars. If I start entering into the textarea the content of the textarea is pushed downwards, out of sight because the textarea does not have scrollbars. Can someone suggest a way for me to keep things the way they are (DIV element does the scrolling) but have the textarea expand as needed? Hopefully that makes sense. I'm kind of scrambling to find a solution (note: I am still trying to find the solution on my own as well).

I have a box displayed in my canvas object. The box is a solid square that is 20px off from the edge of the canvas on all sides. I have a label that runs along the top of the box, middle of the canvas - 1/2 the width of the text to center the label and basically the y-coordinate is set to 18. I'd like text to run vertically up the side of the box as well starting at y-coordinate (1/2 of the height - 1/2 of the width of the text) with x being something like 18 as well. I can't seem to figure out how to do this, vertically display text along the side of the box, going up along the side. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the note Bear. So you're suggesting to use HTML5 and JavaScript to draw images and labels along with various graphs (i.e. box and whisker, etc..,)? I was leaning towards actually trying to replicate the code in Flash - you think that's on it's way out as well or has it already begun? Any info you can pass on would be greatly appreciated since I need to determine the next step to take to handle all of this.

Rob

I've heard that Chrome and all other major browsers plan to follow suit on removing Java plugins from use within their browsers. I have a number of applet classes I've developed that generate various shapes and associated labelling, diagrams that use jFreechart, etc.., and I was wondering what approach should I take to ensuring my code still works? Will there be some sort of workaround or a possible solution in the works to handle this or should I take an entirely different approach to doing what I'm already doing in my applets. If so, what are my options? Thanks again.

Rob

I have a select list that when chosen from passes a value to an AJAX script that looks up other values. These additional values are then put into another select list. The user then chooses a value from this dropdown and submits the page. If the user uses the browser's back button (IE) the dynamically populated select list has no values. How can I preserve the values in this select list?

Hey Bear,
Yes, it prints this in the first 2 lines of the perl script that is called :

print "Content-type: text/xml\n\n"; print "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding = \"UTF-8\" ?>\n";

The remaining xml content is well-formed as well. This all works when "running" the webpage after going directly to it. The issues seem to lie with if an user goes "Back" to the page and the onblur event gets hit for the lookup field. If on the page and entering values and leaving fields it seems to work regardless. Coming back to the page it doesn't appear to work. Thanks for the reply as well, appreciate it.

Rob