Auto-submit forms

[Droopers]

Hi,

I have two forms I'm using to manage data for an online store. The first form
is an input form, and the second is a formatting form (amoung other things).
What I want to do is have users input their info, have them click submit, then
pass them to the second form which will then automatically resubmit without
pause. What is the best way to do this? The second form only uses <cfinput
type="hidden"> fields and the odd bit of Coldfusion logic here and there.

Appreciate the help.

[Dan Bracuk]

I would do it without a 2nd form. I would just use variables to format the form fields, and use those variables for whatever you were going to do with the fields from the 2nd form.

[Droopers]

Thanks for the response. In an earlier forum I was trying to figure out how to
format a variable before submitting it to a third party site, and the general
sentiment was that another transitional form is the best way to do that. Maybe
I'll put the question out there again.

I have a <cfinput> in a flash form and need two decimal points added to the
variable if the user doesn't input them. I'm fine with requiring decimals to be
added is there's a way to add this kind of validation, but I've yet to find out
if that's possible. So I need two decimal points and a potentially limitless
number of digits to the left of the decimal (which is why a mask doesn't really
work for me).

Help :)

[Stressed_Simon]

Use regular expressions:-

<cfinput validate="regular_expression" pattern="[0-9]*\.[0-9]{2}"....................>

[Stressed_Simon]

Oh crap that doesn't work in flash forms sorry, it would work great in HTML though.

I'll have a rethink!

[Droopers]

Heh, stupid flash forms. Did the 7.1 upgrade add any increased support for Reg Expressions?

[Stressed_Simon]

You can probably write a function in AS using the new scripting abilities in
7.01:-


[url]http://simb.net/index.cfm?do=blog.entry&entry=9A62134E-DF0C-6B95-A88A586DA682E13[/url]
FHaven't used Flash forms in anger yet.

[Droopers]

Hmm, if it would work, that'd be hot. Can you (or anyone else) help me out with writing this AS? I'm still very green with CF and haven't had a chance to dip my finger into AS.

Thanks