Graphics Buttons and Forms

Came forth ->>see above <<- saying:

 >I did a stupid thing...I told someone, if they wanted, I'd use graphics
 >buttons in place of the usual submit button on a form. I had a form with
 >three different submit buttons...each with a different value and each value
 >passed to a php script, then a mysql query.
 >
 >As a rule I never use graphics for submit buttons. The problem I have now is
 >I can't seem to figure out how to pass different values using the 3 different
 >graphic submit buttons. There is no value field if the imput type is image.
 >
 >I recall way back when, there was a way to do this...for the life of me I
 >can't remember and my ref book has nothing nor do the docs I downloaded from
 >w3.
 >
 >What am I missing???
 >
 >any help appreciated.
 >
 >kb

You didn't say if you are using asp or php (or elsewhat) so here's an
asp example. BTW, you might want to do a test prog to loop through
all variables & values sent/rec'd; helps in debugging.

Code to make button, w/in html:
<input type="image" value=1 name="btnNewPost" src="sitepics/_new.gif"
alt="Make a New Post">

Code w/in receiving .asp prog to test for that button:

If len(request.form("btnNewPost.x"))>0 OR _
len(request.form("btnNewPost") & "")>0 then
'......statements
End if


I used to only test for btnName.x (or btnName.y) but I ran tests
through several browsers and found a combination of both tests was
needed. I lurve standards Don't ask me which and why, I don't
remember. And I'm grumpy.

hth,



Sherry
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"Lexx" <mysterian_1 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > <INPUT TYPE="image" NAME="submit" SRC="/yourimages/formsubmit.gif"
 > WIDTH="60" HEIGHT="20"
 > BORDER="0" ALT="SUBMIT!">

Where's the value?
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Decided to do two things....just re-write the damn script and not use a form
and two, keep my mouth shut from now on after I complete a client's job.

kb
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