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Fri Sep 10 16:04:59 CDT 2004
One nice thing about ASP is that you can get the URL of the referring page from:
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
This saves you from having to code and send the "source" parameter.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<092201c49734$99413ea0$a401280a@phx.gbl>...
> Jim :
> Thanks, ASP looks to be the cleanest way to accomplish
> this. I'll go that route, but save your code for any
> future work.
> Thanks,
> Jay
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Paste this script into the receiving page:
> >
> ><script>
> >function qsobj (){
> > var qvbl;
> > var qstring = "" + document.location.search.substring(1);
> > if (qstring != ""){
> > var qpairs = qstring.split("&");
> > for (i=0; i < qpairs.length; i++) {
> > qvbl = qpairs[i].split("=");
> > this["" + qvbl[0]] = unescape(qvbl[1].replace
> >("+"," "));
> > }
> > }
> >}
> >function getqsvar(qsvar){
> > if (qstr[qsvar] == null){
> > return "";
> > }else{
> return qstr[qsvar];
> > }
> >}
> >var qstr = new qsobj();
> ></script>
> >
> >then, if you link to receivingpage.htm?
> >source=www.oursite.com/pagenameleavingfrom.html&site=www.t
> h
> >eirsite.com/pagegoingto.html
> >
> ><script>document.write('<a href="' +
> > getqsvar("sorurce") +
> > '">Stay here</a>');</script>
> >
> >and
> >
> ><script>document.write('<a href="' +
> > getqsvar("site") +
> > '">Go there</a>');</script>
> >
> >should create the sites you want.
> >
> >This is *much* cleaner in ASP or ASP.NET, BTW.
> >
> >Jim Buyens
> >Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> >
http://www.interlacken.com
> >Author of:
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> >|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> >|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> >|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
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> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I have an exit page set up on our site to prompt users
> if
> >>they want to continue off to a 3rd party site or if they
> >>want to stay on our site. I'd like to add 2 parms :
> >>
> >>1) source=www.oursite.com/pagenameleavingfrom.html
> >>2) site=www.theirsite.com/pagegoingto.html
> >>
> >>I need to pass these values into the page. Is there a
> way
> >>to do this ?
> >>
> >>TIA
> >>Jay
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >