RE: Re-displaying data back into forms

2002-03-14 Thread Troy May
Thanks! That fixed the first 3 one-line text boxes. But how do I apply that to the textarea box where there is no "value" attribute? Here's what I have now: -- Subject:$eurom -- It only displays the first paragraph. -Original Message- From: K

RE: Re-displaying data back into forms

2002-03-14 Thread Troy May
Thanks! That fixed the first 3 one-line text boxes. But how do I apply that to the textarea box where there is no "value" attribute? Here's what I have now: -- Subject:$eurom -- It only displays the first paragraph. -Original Message- From: R

RE: Re-displaying data back into forms

2002-03-14 Thread Kris Findlay
I had same problem with a preview post form I created.. Problem is that 'value=$dt >' assigns translates to 'value=test test test >' Thus only displaying the first test . To fix it u have to make sure u have ' value="$dt" >' this will solve your problem. Note: if the string $dt has any " char

RE: Re-displaying data back into forms

2002-03-14 Thread Rand Cufley
Maybe the value=$dt Needs to be value="$dt" -Original Message- From: Troy May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:55 PM To: Beginners CGI List Subject: Re-displaying data back into forms Hello, This may be hard to explain, but I have a form consisting o

Re-displaying data back into forms

2002-03-14 Thread Troy May
Hello, This may be hard to explain, but I have a form consisting of 3 one-line text boxes, and 1 multi-line textarea box. When I load the page each and every time, I want the PREVIOUS data to be displayed in the text boxes. Similiar to web forums when you click to EDIT your own post and it show

Using perl cgi scripts to print

2002-03-14 Thread Brian Bratcher
Does anyone know how to print generic text to a remote printer on a local lan? I can print text to the printer from Xwindows, but I don't have a clue as to how to print to same printer with a cgi script. I am also using samba to connect my linux box to 3 windows98 boxes via a router. Thanks in a