Multiple Forms

[Jonathan Amend]

I want to make a page that has 2 forms on it but I can't use any
runat=server controls because there can only be one runat=server form. Is
there a way of having 2 forms with runat=server controls or do I have to
resort to normal forms with submit burrons and processing the request
manually when Page_Load fires?

[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Hi Jonathan,

If you really, really, *really* need two server-side forms, then check out
Paul's[1] site which includes such a control.

[1] [url]http://www.wilsondotnet.com/[/url]

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"Jonathan Amend" <cephas_is@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f14b5f5$1_1@aeinews....

> I want to make a page that has 2 forms on it but I can't use any
> runat=server controls because there can only be one runat=server form. Is
> there a way of having 2 forms with runat=server controls or do I have to
> resort to normal forms with submit burrons and processing the request
> manually when Page_Load fires?
>
>

[Steve C. Orr, MCSD]

You cannot have 2 runat=server forms on the same form unless one of them is
invisible.
One potential workaround is to use an IFrame.
Here's more info on IFrames:
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/IFRAME.asp[/url]

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
[url]http://Steve.Orr.net[/url]

"Jonathan Amend" <cephas_is@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f14b5f5$1_1@aeinews....

> I want to make a page that has 2 forms on it but I can't use any
> runat=server controls because there can only be one runat=server form. Is
> there a way of having 2 forms with runat=server controls or do I have to
> resort to normal forms with submit burrons and processing the request
> manually when Page_Load fires?
>
>

[Dan Anderson]

Is it possible to tell a browser to send form a to URL a and form b to
URL b?

(i.e. post to two different URLS)

Thanks,

-Dan

[Ray at]

Well, one way would be by the data that was submitted.

Another way would be to use two separate action pages.

Another way would be to put a hidden input in both forms with the same name.

<input type="hidden" name="whichForm" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="whichForm" value="2">


Don't go buy values of submit buttons or anything, since they're be empty if
the user ENTERs or Ctrl+Ms to submit.

Ray at work


"Joel Brabant" <joel.brabant@tembec.com> wrote in message
news:0fd001c3813a$c0bfd6f0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> If my page has 2 forms and I use POST on both that calls
> the itself, how can I know from my asp code which form was
> submitted.
>
> Thank You.

[suntin]

Is it possible to tell the name of a form being submitted?

I have 2 forms on a page and want to choose an action depending on which one is submitted...

[Stressed_Simon]

Put a seperate hidden field in each form tha identifies it. Or name your submit buttons different names!!

Make sense?

[suntin]

the hidden form field is something i thought of, just wanted a more elegant way of doing it...

But not following on the button names...

[Stressed_Simon]

You have 2 forms right? So that means you have 2 submit buttons? Well submit
buttons should have a name attribute:-

<input type="submit" name="FirstForm" value="click here" />

Well if you give the two submit different names then you can differentiate
between the forms as depending on which button is clicked you will have a
variable called FORM.ChosenName.

Make sense?

[Bill Goldner]

You say you have two separate forms. Seems to me like you could add a URL
variable in the action attribute of the two <form> tags in order to identify
which form was submitted.

As for the button names, I think he was referring to one form having
multiple submit buttons; each with a different assigned value. Example:
[insert new], [edit], and [delete]. Upon submission of the form, the value
of the form's submit button used could be evaluated and the perscribed
action taken.

~Bill


"suntin" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d5snru$5c3$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> the hidden form field is something i thought of, just wanted a more
> elegant way of doing it...
>
> But not following on the button names...

[odette007]

.....you might want to use if clause...something such...
<cfif ISDefined("FORM.ChosenName")
<cflocation url=sendmethere.cfm>
<else><cfinclude template=theotherform.cfm>
</cfif>