[ic] Which mv_todo to use?

Ron Phipps interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Tue Aug 21 00:44:01 2001


> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
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> users-admin@interchange.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike Heins
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:03 AM
> To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [ic] Which mv_todo to use?
> 
> Quoting Ron Phipps (rphipps@reliant-solutions.com):
> > I'm trying to accomplish the 'Send a link to a friend' on a new site
> > design.  I was able to send the link using a hard coded email
address
> > however I would like to allow the user to enter their name and the
> > destination address.  The problem is that if I use [value
email_address]
> > the value does not exist yet since the form has not been submitted.
> > Which mv_todo can be used to submit the form before the rest of the
code
> > in the button tag is ran?  Or is there a way to access the form
fields
> > before the form has been submitted?  Would a better way be to use an
> > intermediate page which sends the email then bounces back to the
current
> > page?  I have included the code here for everyone to view.  Thanks!
> 
> You can either:
> 
> 	1. Use [cgi email_address] to access the address.
> 	2. Use mv_check instead of mv_click.
> 


I chose to use [cgi email_address] and it works well.  Thanks for the
idea.  I'll post the code for "email a link" later on this week when
it's tweaked.

Take it easy,
-Ron