Displaying A Url From A Cascading Dropdown

[egilley]

I'm trying to display the results of a cascading dropdown box.

 

In an HTML block, this seemed to me like the simplest of tests:

 

 

<script type="text/javascript">

 

clientweb = document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0]

 

document.write(clientweb)

 

</script>

 

 

but I'm getting this:

 

[object HTMLSelectElement]

 

Also, once I get the value of the field to display, I plan to make it a clickable URL - would appreciate any input on that, but I'm not even there yet, still just trying to just access the data!

 

Help please?

 

[egilley]

Been tearing my hair out trying to find the right syntax.  Tried this:

 

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

 

var clientweb = (document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0])

 

document.write(clientweb)

 

 

</script>

 

 

Same result.

[LWSChad]

clientweb = document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0]

 

Try:

clientweb = document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0].value;

[egilley]

Thanks, but that didn't work either.  After hours of struggling with this silly syntax, I called Support and she pointed out that I needed a function to call the cascade dropdown after it populates.  So she tried this...

 

<script>

var clientweb;

 

function test(){

 

var clientweb = document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0].value;

 

}

 

document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0].onchange=test;

 

</script>

 

 

But still could not get a working URL to display on the page.  She's going to email me ... eventually, LOL.

 

I can't believe how many hours I have struggled over this tiny, tiny item!

[egilley]

Well, I got the email.  She sent me a script to use. 

 

Still didn't work.  OMG.

[egilley]

I took what she sent me and made a couple tweaks - and it worked, YAAAAAY!!

 

In case anyone is interested, here is the script (inside an HTML block) that worked:

 

 

 

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>

 

function test(){

 

var t1=document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0].value;

 

str="CUSTOMER URL";

var result=str.link(t1);

 

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML=result;

    

}

 

document.getElementsByName("InsertRecordCustomer_URL")[0].onchange=test;

 

</script>

[egilley]

Sigh... I said, "I need this URL link to open a new target window."  And this doesn't do that.

 

Any ideas?