I want to use dhtmlxWindow to pop up a information form that will result in adding a record to a database table. To make it easier for the user, I would like to pre-populate as much of the popup form as possible. What is the best way to do this? I am currently building the form as a separate php file that I then call using attachURL.
I am trying to use Session Variables (haven’t found out if it will work yet), but either way I would be interested in knowing if there is a better way.
Thank you.
You may also use our dhtmlxForm:
dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dht … indow.html
Form structure and data can be loaded by Ajax. Here are samples:
dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dht … m_xml.html
dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dht … _save.html
I don’t think those will work. I am calling up the Window on an onClick javascript function. That function is passed the parameters I want to show up in the Window. How can I do this?
Here is the onClick function: function createNewRecord(username, fullname, email){
dhxWins = new dhtmlXWindows();
dhxWins.enableAutoViewport(false);
dhxWins.attachViewportTo("winBody");
dhxWins.setImagePath("/dhtmlx/dhtmlxWindows/codebase/imgs/");
w1 = dhxWins.createWindow("w1", 350, 200, 520, 432);
w1.setText("New Record");
w1.denyResize(true);
w1.button("minmax1").hide();
w1.button("minmax2").hide();
w1.button("park").hide();
w1.setModal(true);
w1.attachURL("NewRecordForm.php",true);
w1.bringToTop();
w1.centerOnScreen();
var pos = w1.getPosition();
var height = document.documentElement.clientHeight?document.documentElement.clientHeight:document.body.clientHeight;
var scrollPosition=(document.body.scrollTop?document.body.scrollTop:(document.documentElement.scrollTop?document.documentElement.scrollTop:window.pageYOffset))||0;
w1.setPosition(pos[0],height/2-210+scrollPosition);
}
w1.attachURL(“NewRecordForm.php”,true);
attachURL(url,true) loads data via Ajax. The content is added as innerHTML of the window. So, you should consider this.
w1.attachURL(url) or w1.attachURL(url,false) loads page into an iframe.