FP98: How to Redirect a Browser from a List Box Choice (194091)

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Example 1

   <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

   <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

   <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

   <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>