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Thread ID: 81774	2007-08-07 00:00:00	2 javascript scripts needed, count up for text field and hide for text field	Morgenmuffel (187)	Press F1

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577198	2007-08-07 00:00:00	Yes i know i can look for them at places such as hot scripts, The reason i ask here is that there is a massive selection so i would rather use a script that is recommended by someone who has actually used it and isn't trying to sell it Script 1 A script that counts the number of characters entered into a text field, simple enough you might say, but i can't find any that count up Script 2 //edit hmm found one just after writing this, sods blinkin law A hide show script I have been asked to do a form with everything on the same page, the problem is there are multiple choices for questions (using radio button) and some of these answers have subquestions depending on the initial answer, and the page will end up rather large, so what i want to do is hide the subquestions until someone selects the relevant radio button answer and then have them appear beneath, i also can't figure how to apply the javascript to the radio button, as i have seen sites that implement this but you think that for the life of me i can find one now whaen i am looking for one	Morgenmuffel (187)
577199	2007-08-07 04:55:00	hey, a small question before i go answering this: for Script 1: Do you want this on-the-fly? i.e. when a user is typing in characters, do you want it to be updating the number of characters as each character is entered, or do you just want a 'total characters' function that counts the number of characters in the text box when the user has finished typing and clicked 'word count' or something? Script 3 much the same as above, do you want the next option to automatically appear after they select an option or do they have to click a 'submit' button first? also, what developing environment are you working in? irrelevant to the questions, just wanting to know. lol	Bozo (8540)
577200	2007-08-08 06:42:00	did you find the answers, or what? still waiting to hear from you before i will post answers.	Bozo (8540)
577201	2007-08-09 22:41:00	Sorry about the delay, I can't figure out how to automatically subscribe to posts I make Anyhow On the fly for both of them is fairly essential as for developing environment dreamweaver MX going into a php based site	Morgenmuffel (187)
577202	2007-08-10 01:54:00	ok, kewl. ill get to work and post as soon as done. for the third script something like: If checkbox1.option1 = checked Then checkbox2.show = true Else checkbox3.show... and so on and so forth right? kewl	Bozo (8540)
577203	2007-08-10 03:35:00	Hi Demonhunter I have just found a hide show (developer.apple.com) script (from apple of all places), i had actually written one years ago but that was 3 houses, 3 computers and 4 harddrives ago so i have been having difficulty locating it, It's mainly the count up thing that i am having issues with, I have written a very basic backend for a Flash/XML slideshow so that the user can change the images, captions, links and the text size and colour, The issue is that if they select a big text size they can't have heaps of characters, the easiest way for them to do this is that the text input field counts the characters so when they have finished enetering the text they want they will be able to select an appropriate size	Morgenmuffel (187)
577204	2007-08-10 04:24:00	ok, am working on it. Personally haven't worked with javascript before, but have used Visual Basic extensively, and have recently started using Java, C# and C++. The javascript syntax is naturally a little different and am just trying to get it all working correctly! Language changes are kinda irritating ae, like if you needed this in Visual Basic i could have the answer is seconds, but learning a new syntax..... well yea! a bit of fun! :cool:	Bozo (8540)
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