[sharijl]

I am looking for a javascript that for a form I am creating. The form should have a box that requires the person to enter in a number between 1-50. Once done, the forum will duplicate that number of field boxes. For example field box is for the fname, lname, and number. I have three people so I enter the number 3 - press enter. Then three groups will appear prompting me to enter the name and number for each person. Then they can submit the info.

If that is not an option then maybe some type of (add) button to add another group of fields. Something like this. I have been checking around and have yet to find anything quite like this but I know it should be possible with java. Any ideas or links/data that I should review?

[TwoD]

I've seen a script like this around here somewhere.
Have you tried searching for "adding field" or "insert field" etc?

Btw, Java isn't JavaScript, there's a big difference.

[sharijl]

Thanks. I did try but I will look a little harder.

[sharijl]

Still can not find the java script to do this. I know your probably right about seeing it but I could not find anything. Any Suggestions.

[TwoD]

The code at
http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17660
gives you an example of how to do this.
You could make the script look for the value in a textfield and use that as the limit in the loop creating the new fields. Just make sure you use parseInt() on the value to get it in numbers. Then use isNan() after parse int to find out if it could be converted to a number, this is to avoid getting an error if the user enters text instead.

[sharijl]

Thanks for the link. I did see that but that is really not at all what I am looking for. I know this is probably confusing and I do appriciate the help. I will keep looking.

[sharijl]

Here is the form as it is now. http://home.triad.rr.com/sharijl/test4.htm

What I am looking for specifically is a function that will duplicate the "Number" and "Type of Change" depending on the number that is selected from the drop down box. By default the number is one and those two fields specified are only shown once, but that should change depending on the number selected.

The Enduser name and FAN fields are going to be hidden and a condition only to show if end user name is chosen from the type drop down. I will work on that later.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[TwoD]

Actually, the basic idea is the same. You print out the "Number" and "Type of Change" fields with JavaScript x number of times using a loop. All this is wrapped up in a function and executed when the user changes the number of field "sets" to display.
If you want to have an End User and FAN field for each set, and have them displayed if the corresponding option is selected, that's possible too by creating a show/hide function. That function would take an argument specifying in which set to display/hide the End User and FAN fields, as well as an argument specifying if it should be hidden or visible (the value of the dropdown box Type of Change in that set.)

Btw, you should try having a <style> tag in the header with all the styles defined, and only set the class attribute for each element on the page. It would make the source much less cluttered up and easier to generate using a script.