Go back w/o loading the form?

From a page with a form I collect the fields in the next page. The fields
are compared with a database and if a certain condition does not fit, I want
to go back to the first page with the form, and still keep all the other
fields as they were written.

If I use Response.Redirect the form will be loaded empty again. The same if
I use a button on page 2 with onClick="history.Back". Isn't there a way to
go back and keep the already written fields in the form on the first page,
as if the user just had hit the Back icon in IE?

/ Rolf

Re: Go back w/o loading the form?

"Rolf Rosenquist" wrote in message
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> From a page with a form I collect the fields in the next page. The fields
> are compared with a database and if a certain condition does not fit, I
> want
> to go back to the first page with the form, and still keep all the other
> fields as they were written.
>
> If I use Response.Redirect the form will be loaded empty again. The same
> if
> I use a button on page 2 with onClick="history.Back". Isn't there a way to
> go back and keep the already written fields in the form on the first page,
> as if the user just had hit the Back icon in IE?
>

There are a number of ways to do this. Here's one that will cope with the
fact that one page posts to another.

ExampleForm.asp

Re: Go back w/o loading the form?

Mike, do you mean that I should then repopulate the form from the Session(x)
if I come back to the first page?
Isn't it too much waste of server memory to use session variables for normal
data between pages?

If someone uses the back button in the browser, all the fields are still
there. Couldn't I do the same thing with asp code?

/ Rolf



"Mike Brind" skrev i meddelandet
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>
> "Rolf Rosenquist" wrote in message
> news:ObxMbR2THHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > From a page with a form I collect the fields in the next page. The
fields
> > are compared with a database and if a certain condition does not fit, I
> > want
> > to go back to the first page with the form, and still keep all the other
> > fields as they were written.
> >
> > If I use Response.Redirect the form will be loaded empty again. The same
> > if
> > I use a button on page 2 with onClick="history.Back". Isn't there a way
to
> > go back and keep the already written fields in the form on the first
page,
> > as if the user just had hit the Back icon in IE?
> >
>
> There are a number of ways to do this. Here's one that will cope with the
> fact that one page posts to another.
>
> ExampleForm.asp
>
>
>

Enter First name: > value="<%=Session("FirstName")%>">

Enter Second name: > value="<%=Session("SecondName")%>">

Re: Go back w/o loading the form?

You can't rely on the back button maintaining form state. The back button
belongs to the browser, and as such is outside of the control of an asp
developer.

Personally, I get pages to post to themselves in the vast majority of cases.
I usually do this kind of thing:

<%
Sub ShowForm
%>

Enter First name: value="<%=Request.form("FirstName")%>">

Enter Second name: value="<%=Request.Fom("SecondName")%>">

Re: Go back w/o loading the form?

Yes it works now with hidden fields, but I have found it is necessary to use
a submit button to get them back to page1. They do not appear, when I try to
do it in the background with Response.Redirect "page1,asp"

Is there a way to catch the hidden fields without a button?
/ Rolf




"Mike Brind" skrev i meddelandet
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> You can't rely on the back button maintaining form state. The back button
> belongs to the browser, and as such is outside of the control of an asp
> developer.
>
> Personally, I get pages to post to themselves in the vast majority of
cases.
> I usually do this kind of thing:
>
> <%
> Sub ShowForm
> %>
>
>

Enter First name: > value="<%=Request.form("FirstName")%>">

Enter Second name: > value="<%=Request.Fom("SecondName")%>">