Hello everyone!

So, this was bugging me for a while. I just want to change the style of a button to visible = true / false, because if I hide it/show it using a question event I loose the default value and can't set it using another question event unlike a textbox.

I'm aware that a token, for example $(MyButton) is just an abbreviation of document.getElementById('dnn_ctr520_DynamicForms_btn_GUIDbe00093b-9da9-48c5-bda4-2518c7f388c9').value

So, I just want to change that .value into .style like this:

function IdFromToken(token){

var bruja = token.replace("document.getElementById('","");
bruja = bruja.replace("').value","");

return bruja;
}

document.getElementById(IdFromToken($(MyButton))).value = 'HELLO!';


That should change my button text to "HELLO!" (without the quotes) but for some reason it doesn't.

The thing is, is there any better way to do this? Meaning.. to get the element from an ID? I already tried getElementById(MyButton) as I found in the forum but it didn't work =(.

I just happen to do this function which is a really horrible solution but I don't have a lot of time to play around with tutorials and stuff and I wanted to "code my way to victory" =P


By the way, this is the line I'm getting in the source code:

document.getElementById(IdFromToken(document.getElementById('dnn_ctr520_DynamicForms_btn_GUIDbe00093b-9da9-48c5-bda4-2518c7f388c9').value)).value = 'NIACA NIACA';

the whole idea was to remove the whole getElement part and the .value part so the function returns just the id, but it didn't work =(

Thanks in advance!

by the way I tried this

function IdFromToken(token){

var bruja = token;
bruja = bruja.replace(/'/g, '');
bruja = bruja.replace(/[\(\)\.\-\s,]/g, "");
bruja = bruja.replace("value","");
bruja = bruja.replace("document.getElementById","");

return bruja;
}


and it didn't work either =(

Hi Damien,
For this sample we may need to have you place it on www.betasprings.com in the dynamic forms area where the login is host, dnnhost. Then we can look at the code better and go over the matter to see what might be wrong. I have some parts of this message that is cropping so I am sorry to say that part of it is not readable. Can you tell me if you are working with changing the text in the submit button for the form or customized text on a HTML button as a dynamic question?
Thanks

Hi Damien,
On a part of the message that I can read you say you are doing:

document.getElementById(IdFromToken($(MyButton))).value = 'HELLO!'

Please take a look at this demo in dynamic forms. I think what you are doing is going to put "Hello" into the value of the field and not change the text value or html label of the field. See demo 20: http://www.datasprings.com/products...lculations

If you are dealing with the submit button in the dynamic form then you can change the text on that with standard features that are a part of dynamic forms. You can change submit button to read "Bruja" by going to the "submit button/link" section and doing it there. If you have any questions on how to do this let me know but this will not require client side scripting to accomplish.
Thanks

Hello Gee!

First of all, here's my FIRST post in TinyPaste so you can clearly see it:
http://tinypaste.com/78209b

Edit: Here's THIS post in tinypaste. I hate this crop thing!! =P
http://tinypaste.com/9fb33

Second, just for you to know, I've done both that demo and demo 32 I beleve and they helped a lot (they are awesome). However, I'm in the need of something different here which I'm not able to find in the demos I've looked so far =(.

Third, yes: I'm working to change the text of an HTML Button, and also it's visibility. The text thingy is just a test to see if it works. I can't make it change with a question event though. I think that changing html buttons' caption with question events is not supported.

Fourth, I'm aware of what you say. I'm putting 'hello' in the value of the field and not changing the label. I know that. The .value of the HTML button is it's caption. You can try it yourself. Set up an html button with name "TestButton". And then run a javascript with any field like this:

$(MyButton) = 'Hello';

After that, you should see that the button caption (meaning the text inside the button) was changed from "Click Here" to "Hello". Meaning that the whole

document.getElementById('dnn289792_yougetthepoint').value = 'Hello';

Should work. Because the token $(MyButton) is replaced by the whole thing written above. But it doesn't =(.

Anyway, that's not the point anyway. What I want to do is HIDE/SHOW that button using a javascript (NOT a question event, due to the default caption being lost and being unable to set it using a question event because it's a HTML button and not a Textbox/Combobox/etc). That .value thing is just a test to see if it works. I mean: if the .value thing works, the .style.visibility should work too.

If there's any easier way to do this, please let me know. I've done it getting the ID of the button using the source code, but I really want to find a workaround for that, cause it's very untidy and not portable =).

Thanks for your help Gee! Seriously!

Hi Damian,
Would you be willing to make a sample of your problem on BetaSprings where
we can look at it together? This is a Dynamic Forms issue so there is a spot
there to put it. The login there is host, dnnhost. It doesn't look like there is a
lot of code that you are working with to make the HTML button and your attempt
to Hide/show it. There are still some words being cropped so I am reading
only part of the message but please do be ready if the answer is not
"an easier way" to do it as you put it above. If you put this on BetaSprings
please provide me the link so I can go look at it and even change things and get
back with you.
Thanks

Damian,
Also, can you look at this demo on DataSprings and see if any part of it helps
you. It is demo 20 in the support area:
http://www.datasprings.com/products...lculations
There is parts here dealing with javascript and HTML elements
Don