ASP (VB) Login + Additional URL parameter?

[Herrie|2]

I have a basic ASP VB login page from DW MX, works great. Eventhough on the
login page I also got a dropdown menu with language selection. The selected
value should be passed on to the "Logon Successfull"-page too, so the user gets
the "Logon Successfull"-page in his/her own language :)

So far I've looked around for possible extensions but weren't able to find any
so far. I believe it should be do-able in some way with Session("Lang") =
Request.Form("Lang") or Lang = Request.Form("Lang"), but I haven't been able to
make it work in order to pass it onto the "Login Successfull"-page.

Anyone got an idea?

[Manuel Socarras]

i'm assuming you're using the DW login behavior. as it creates a
recursive page (a page that calls itself) you can pass the selected
language to the "Login successful page" as a URL parameter. find the
MM_redirectLoginSuccess var and add:

MM_redirectLoginSuccess="Login_successful_page.asp ?lang=" &
Request.Form("language")

…

<SELECT name="language">
<OPTION value="english" selected>English</OPTION>
<OPTION value="spanish">Spanish</OPTION>
</SELECT>


then you'll be able to recover it in the "Login successful page" with a
Request.QueryString("lang")

another option could be to store the selected language in a session var
to have it accessible in all pages

HTH,

Manuel



Herrie|2 wrote:

> I have a basic ASP VB login page from DW MX, works great. Eventhough on the
> login page I also got a dropdown menu with language selection. The selected
> value should be passed on to the "Logon Successfull"-page too, so the user gets
> the "Logon Successfull"-page in his/her own language :)
>
> So far I've looked around for possible extensions but weren't able to find any
> so far. I believe it should be do-able in some way with Session("Lang") =
> Request.Form("Lang") or Lang = Request.Form("Lang"), but I haven't been able to
> make it work in order to pass it onto the "Login Successfull"-page.
>
> Anyone got an idea?
>

[CarlGrint]

A Session would probably be the best way to go or you can pass the Language
identifer in every page.

You can set additional Sessions in the Login behaviour, and as you have a form
drop down in your login form, then this is simple enough.

Have a look at my tutorial on setting additional sessions in the Login
behaviour
([url]http://www.cgw3.co.uk/tutorials/tutorial.asp?TutorialID=37&CategoryID=3[/url])
although it uses information from the database rather then the form you are
using, you will be able to see how it works and use it for your project.



Originally posted by: Herrie|2
I have a basic ASP VB login page from DW MX, works great. Eventhough on the
login page I also got a dropdown menu with language selection. The selected
value should be passed on to the "Logon Successfull"-page too, so the user gets
the "Logon Successfull"-page in his/her own language :)

So far I've looked around for possible extensions but weren't able to find any
so far. I believe it should be do-able in some way with Session("Lang") =
Request.Form("Lang") or Lang = Request.Form("Lang"), but I haven't been able to
make it work in order to pass it onto the "Login Successfull"-page.

Anyone got an idea?