Forms; Input variable for value field

You just need to..

objMail.From = Request.form("sendmail_bcc")

<input type="hidden" name="sendmail_bcc" value="template_mandatory_alpha_space_name">


you mean "hidden" instead of "text"?

The reference to the name is:

document.formname.template_mandatory_alpha_space_name.value

HTML cannot reference a form variable.  You have to use JavaScript off an event:
document.formname.sendmail_bcc.value=document.formname.template_mandatory_alpha_space_name.value
You can use an onCleck event on the submit button to populate the field

In that example you need to change "formname" to whatever name you have given the form.

Cd&

I don't know exactly what's wanted here but if what COBOLdinosaur is saying is the case then wouldn't just

<INPUT type="text" name="sendmail_bcc" size="39" maxlength="256">

be much easier in stead of 2 input-fields?
Or if the cgi-script uses both input fields, adapt it to only use 1?

Doing it server side makes sense.  Depends on how much work there is to modifying the script.

Cd&

Part of my problem is that I don't have access to the original script. Plus I don't feel I have enough experience writing cgi scripts to be able to modify it if I could get my hands on it.

What I am given is a vague list of what the script is "capable" of with very little detail.

What I am faced with is putting together a form on a UNIX server or I would use ASP which I have done in the past.

Not being  too familiar with what options are available with UNIX I was hoping to do the scripting with all html.

I was hoping to be able to have a standard feedback form and when the user sends there feedback they would also receive a "cc" and it's the "cc" part that I am having difficulty with.

If needed I could use JavaScript put was hoping for  straight html.

What Marsman has suggested works put for only 1/2  of the problem.

<INPUT type="text" name="sendmail_bcc" size="39" maxlength="256">

This sends the "bcc" put I am also using a template to format the output and because of the way the script is written I also need;

<INPUT type="text" name="template_mandatory_alpha_space_name" size="39" maxlength="256">

to be compatable with the cgi script's template instructions otherwise the user's name will not appear in the e-mail output.
 

So I understand you want the user to fill in one input-field and send two different named fields with the value entered, right?
Well than you'll need the javascript, like suggested. There's no way to do this by just HTML, I'm absolutely sure of this.

Okay you need to do it client side.  It does not take a lot of JavaScript.  One line on the blur event for the text input:

<INPUT type="text" name="template_mandatory_alpha_space_name" size="39" maxlength="256"
onBlur="this.form.sendmail_bcc.value=this.value">

Automatically populates both fields when the field is filled in.

Cd&

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Doing that on the server can make "you" read the private mail from toher people though...which i hope
won't be happening.
[/quote]
???
please explain?

It's a weird line I wrote there. let me explain in a use case:

I go to a website where I can write a mail to a certain person. I don't know who the website is from though, but assume all is okay. I write a sexually tinted letter to a friend of mine (for clarification purposed) and enter her email also. If the website underlying adds his or her own email address in the BCC (which won't be visible after being sent) that person also gets the same email address. he or she can then read my private letter.

of course this can happen in a lot of other cases also (look at Outlook in a company, or your provider), but from a website it is different. Companies have their guidelines, while people who like to create websites as a hobby have not or do not like to follow them.

I hope I made myself clear :-)

CJ

It HAS to be done server side -- just having a form field doesn't put that value as the cc/bcc field of the e-mail, it just puts it in the e-mail BODY along with the rest of the contents. If you want it to be the cc/bcc address, you MUST alter the server script to put that form field contents into the cc/bcc line.

And if you want them all to have the same cc/bcc, it would make sense to code it into the CGI directly, then not only does it not matter what form is feeding into the CGI, the user can't see the cc/bcc or that it even is being sent to anybody other than the recipient.

true :-)

Thank you to everyone that responded to my question. Trying out the different suggestions, CJ_S's seems to do what I am looking for. Thank you CJ_S!

Seamil

Not contributing to the question:
CJ_S
your example is a bit strange.
Of course you can add your own emailaddress in the serversidescript to the email if you solve this serverside.
But you can also add your own emailaddress in the serversidescript to the email if you solve this clientside.
It's all about trust if you use something like this. Nobody would notice whether you solve this problem clientside or serverside so it wouldn't influence any trustworthyness. I really don't see the difference.