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Coldfusion CFMESSAGEBOX Passing Variables

What im trying to do is simple, im sure.. Im just a bit rusty when it comes to these things..

Essentially all im trying to do is have a Confirm Delete Message Box popup when a button is pressed next to all my DB rows listed on the page -- then after "Confirm" is pressed it proceeds to reload the page and process the record delete

<head>
<script  type="text/javascript"> 

    var confirmDel = function(btn){ 
        ColdFusion.navigate("ADMIN_LIST_DELETE.cfm?Delete=true&ID=#ID#");
    } 

</script> 
</head>

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and heres the call button code:

   
<cfform action="ADMIN_LIST_DELETE.cfm?Delete=true&ID=#ID#" method="post" name="DelListing">
         <cfinput name="Prompt" type="button" value="DELETE LISTING"  onclick="showMB('confimdelete')"> 
               <cfmessagebox name="confimdelete" type="confirm"  message="Are you sure you wish to Delete this Listing?"  
                  labelNO="CANCEL" labelYES="CONFIRM DELETE"  callbackhandler="confirmDel" icon="warning"/> 
</cfform>

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My problem is that the CF Box is not passing over the #ID# variable when it reloads the page.

another issue i just noticed is that it processes the fucntion regardless of which option you choose! Confirm = Run script and Cancel = also runs same script instead of just cancelling the message box.

Pravin Asar

Hello,

I happened have implemented similar case.
So here is fully functional code. Feel free to modify to your needs.

<cfset id=10/>
<cfset deleteLink = "cfmessageTest.cfm?Delete=true&ID=#ID#">


<cfif isdefined ("url.delete")>
      <cfif url.delete eq true>
            <h1>
            <cfoutput>Now I will delete the file. and show the detailed deletetion message error</cfoutput>
            </h1>
            <cfdump var="#url#"/>
      </cfif>
      <cfexit/>
</cfif>
<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

      var dbgFlag = false;
      //
      // Save Coldfusion value as Javascript variable
      //
      //
      var deleteID = <cfoutput>#id#</cfoutput>;

      //
      // show Message Box
      //
      function showMB(mbox) {
ColdFusion.MessageBox.show(mbox);
};

      //
      // Callback confirmation for Delete
      //
var confirmDel = function(btn){

            //
            if (dbgFlag) {
                  alert ('You clicked on ' + btn + ' Button');
                  alert ("Delete Link " + <cfoutput>"#deleteLink#"</cfoutput> );
            }
            //
            // If yes is pressed, proceed to delete
            //
            if (btn.match("yes")) {
             // Redirect the navigate action to CFWindow.
             // This is optional, but nice to have. User does not have to leave current page
             // This window can be closed.
             //
       ColdFusion.navigate("<cfoutput>#deleteLink#</cfoutput>",'TestWindow');
             //
             // Now show the window.
             //
             ColdFusion.Window.show("TestWindow");
            }
      }
</script>
<style type="text/css">
      * { font-size: 24px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>


<cfform action="#deleteLink#" method="post" name="DelListing">
<cfinput name="Prompt" type="button" value="DELETE LISTING" onclick="showMB('confimdelete')">
<cfmessagebox name="confimdelete" type="confirm" message="Are you sure you wish to Delete this Listing?"
labelNO="CANCEL" labelYES="CONFIRM DELETE" callbackhandler="confirmDel" icon="warning"/>
</cfform>


<cfwindow name="TestWindow" center="true" width="800" height="600" closable="true" title="ImageView" initshow="false">Initial Text Here</cfwindow>

</body>
</html>

JCDesigns

ASKER

Thanks. I understand what you've done there. That should do the trick. I'll give it a try once I'm back Infront of a computer.

JCDesigns

ASKER

Sorry for the delay.. but i finally got a chance to try this.. but the problem is setting that initial #ID# value.
In your example, you simply cfset it to 10, but on my page i have every record being displayed, and each has its own ID & button. I need to pass that ID var into the URL depending on which "Delete" button was pressed.

Thats sorta where my problem lies initially.

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