Re: [Webware-discuss] waitforreply()

[Aaron H. <aaron@MetroNY.com>]

Ian Bicking wrote:

>Certainly interesting ideas, though.  DHTML might be a better solution
>to many of the problems of intermediate pages, though (i.e., use DHTML
>to avoid intermediate, highly derivative pages).
>
The DHTML angle is very interesting and easy, if you ignore old browsers!

Not 10 minuted ago I wrote a JavaScript function that hints at the 
possibilities:

Here is a pseudo-mockup of client-side code:

<script>
//run this code aftetr page load:
var fname = document.createElement("TEXT");
hitEditButton.value = '%(user.FirstName)s';
hitEditButton.name = 'fname';
document.editForm.appendChild(fname);
//Add more fields...

function Step2(){
fname.style.display="none"
var addressfname = document.createElement("TEXT");
addressfname.value = '%(user.addressfname )s';
addressfname name = 'addressfname ';
document.editForm.appendChild(addressfname );
document.editForm.addressfname.focus()
...More fields here.
}

var step
step = 1
function goToNextStep(){
if (step ==1 )
    if (fname has good data) {
        Step2()
         step = 2
     }
if (step==2){
    if (addressfname has good data){
       either so a javascript submit() call or something like:
       
   
self.location="saveDataPage?uid=%(userID)s&_action_updateRecord=Yes&fname=escape(fname.value)

-Aaron