FP: How to Redirect a Browser from a List Box Choice (167594)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh 1.0

This article was previously published under Q167594

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 197959.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194091.

SUMMARY

This article provides four examples of how to use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or JavaScript to create a drop-down control that opens a specific Uniform Resource Locator (URL) based on the choice you make from a list.

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Example 1
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  <p>A drop down scripted URL list</p>

  <form method="POST" name="SendMe">
  <p><select name="DropIt" size="1">
    <option> http://www.microsoft.com </option>
    <option> http://www.msn.com </option>
    <option> http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage </option>
    <option> http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage </option>
  </select> <input type="button" name="B1" value="Go">
   <SCRIPT FOR="B1" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript">
   select case document.sendme.dropit.selectedindex
     case 0
      navigate("http://www.microsoft.com")
     case 1
      navigate("http://www.msn.com")
     case 2
      navigate("http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage")
     case 3
      navigate("http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage")
   end select
   </SCRIPT>
  </form>

Example 2
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  <form method="POST" name="SendMe2">
  <p>
  <select name="Cleaner" size="1">
   <option value="http://www.microsoft.com">
  http://www.microsoft.com </option>
   <option value="http://www.msn.com"> http://www.msn.com </option>
   <option value="http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage">
  http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage </option>
   <option value="http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage">
  http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage </option>
  </select> <input type="button" name="B2" value="Go">

  <SCRIPT FOR="B2" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript">
  dim choice
  choice = document.SendMe2.Cleaner.selectedindex
  navigate document.SendMe2.Cleaner.options(choice).value
  </SCRIPT>
  </form>

Example 3
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  <form name="menuform">
  <div align="center"><center><table border="0">
    <tr>
      <td align="center"><font size="4">Where Do You Want
       to Go Today?</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><select name="section" size="1" width="200"
      language="javascript" onchange="goto_page();">
        <option selected>Where do you want to go
  today?</option>
        <option> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </option>
        <option>Microsoft.com</option>
        <option>FrontPage Home Page</option>
        <option>FrontPage Support Page</option>
        <option>Microsoft Office Home Page</option>
        <option>Microsoft Windows 95 Home Page</option>
        <option>Microsoft Windows NT Home Page</option>
        <option>Microsoft IIS Home Page</option>
      </select></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </center></div>
  </form>

  <p><script language="JavaScript"><!--
  function goto_page() {
    if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 0)
  window.parent.self.status=" Goes Nowhere";
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 1)
  window.parent.self.status=" Goes Nowhere";
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 2)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com", target="_top")
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 3)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage", target="_top");
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 4)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage",
  target="_top");
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 5)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/Office", target="_top");
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 6)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/Windows95", target="_top");
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 7)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsNT", target="_top");
    else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 8)
  window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/IIS", target="_top");
  }
  // --></script>

Example 4
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  <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
  <!--
  function setaction(jumpto)
  {
    if (jumpto == 0) window.location = "example1.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 1) window.location = "example2.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 2) window.location = "example3.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 3) window.location = "example4.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 4) window.location = "example5.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 5) window.location = "example6.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 6) window.location = "example7.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 7) window.location = "example8.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 8) window.location = "example9.htm";
  else if (jumpto == 9) window.location = "http://www.example.com";
  else window.location = "http://www.example.com/donotuse.htm";
  }
  // --></Script>
  <form method="POST">
  <div align="center"><center>
  <pre><select name="dest" size="1">
  <option>Example One</option>
  <option>Example Two</option>
  <option>Example Three</option>
  <option>Example Four</option>
  <option>Example Five</option>
  <option>Example Six</option>
  <option>Example Seven</option>
  <option>Example Eight</option>
  <option>Example Nine</option>
  <option>ExampleHome Page (Do Not Use)</option>
  <option>Really, Do Not Use This!</option>
  </select>
  <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE="Submit Example"
  ONCLICK=setaction(form.dest.selectedIndex)></pre>
  </center>
  </div>
  </form>
				

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/18/2005
Keywords:kbhowto kbProgramming KB167594