[ic] URL DISPLAY

[Ed LaFrance]

At 03:54 PM 04/20/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>is there a way not to display/show the URL i.e.
>
>http://www.usvideocenter.de/cgi-bin/test/search.html?mv_coordinate=1&mv_matchlimit=15&mv_search_file=xyz&mv_sort_field=category&mv_sort_field=description&mv_substring_match=YES&mv_search_field=title&mv_column_op=rm&mv_searchspec=sugar+spoon
>
>in the header/adress of the IE or Netscape for security reasons ?
>
>regards

Long url strings like this are generated when you do a an [area scan...], 
[area form...] or a similar one click search.  The alternative would be a 
form-based search using input fields and form tags with the [area ...] or 
[process ...] action - these types of submissions return an url which 
simply ends with "process" or something similiar. With a little javascript 
you might even be able to simulate a one-click search (the following has 
not been tested):

<form action="[process-target]" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=mv_todo value=search>
<input type=hidden name=mv_search_field value=a_field_name>
<input type=hidden name=mv_matchlimit value=50>
<input type=hidden name=mv_searchspec value="look for me">
<a href="javascript:void 0" onClick="this.form.submit()">Search</a>
</form>

- Ed L.



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