JSP save button and page message

quinnd6

What Im trying to do is have a jsp page with a save button and when this save button is pressed the page shows a message which declares that "the data had been saved" and on the same page as where the button is.

Is there anywhere I can find out how to do that as it involves both javascript and jsp?

smcelhinney

Sounds as if you're looking for Ajax.

You want server interaction without refresh? Im not sure how Ajax works with multipart form data.

Google ajax multipart form data

jessy

sounds like you need to call a javascript function when you click the button,

from there all you need to to is display an alert.

http://www.javascript-page.com/alert.html

quinnd6

Nope Id prefer if it appeared at the top of the same page rather than an alert.
I think thats the way Im supposed to do it.

jessy

quinnd6 wrote:

Nope Id prefer if it appeared at the top of the same page rather than an alert.
I think thats the way Im supposed to do it.

i see, so maybe you could use a hidden div tag? have a lookl here.

http://builder.com.com/5100-6371-5035190.html

quinnd6

There is some code that does a similar thing to what Im trying to do but it uses hidden input types to determine what actions are carried out.

Im finding it hard to understand

jessy

it is definitely possible to do it that way, but perhaps a more simple way would be to write a Java script function and when the save button is clicked it calls this function which will do a document.write “your message.”

quinnd6

ok I think its kinda working now.
was looking through the code that was already there and copying what it did and working through the errors.

What I need to do now is have the radio button update so that when you go back into the same page it is at the same value it was set to previously.

Im guessing theres a way of accessing and changing what radio button is lit up using javascript.

I wonder hows that done?

jessy

quinnd6 wrote:

Im guessing theres a way of accessing and changing what radio button is lit up using javascript.

I wonder hows that done?

heres some help http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/evaluation-radio-buttons.html