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30 Oct 2007 9:15 AM

Nicola Attico

Hi

I'm trying to buld a select form for a country with a button, and when
the button is pressed a msgbox is displayed with the name of the
country

This is the code I'm not able to make it run.. can you give me some
hint?

Thanks!

Nicola

<html>
<body>

<select name="country"> <option value="" selected="selected">Select
Country</option> <option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option> <option
value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option> <option
value="Albania">Albania</option> <option value="Algeria">Algeria</
option> <option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option> <option
value="Andorra">Andorra</option> <option value="Angola">Angola</
option> <option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option> <option
value="Antarctica">Antarctica</option> <option value="Antigua and
Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</option> <option
value="Argentina">Argentina</option> <option value="Armenia">Armenia</
option> <option value="Aruba">Aruba</option> <option
value="Australia">Australia</option> <option value="Austria">Austria</
option> <option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option> <option
value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option> <option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</
option> <option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option> <option
value="Barbados">Barbados</option> <option value="Belarus">Belarus</
option> <option value="Belgium">Belgium</option> <option
value="Belize">Belize</option> <option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option> <option
value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option> <option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</
option> <option value="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</
option> <option value="Botswana">Botswana</option> <option
value="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</option> <option
value="Brazil">Brazil</option> <option value="British Indian Ocean
Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</option> <option
value="Brunei Darussalam">Brunei Darussalam</option> <option
value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option> <option value="Burkina
Faso">Burkina Faso</option> <option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option> <option
value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option> <option value="Canada">Canada</
option> <option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option> <option
value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option> <option value="Central
African Republic">Central African Republic</option> <option
value="Chad">Chad</option> <option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option> <option value="Christmas
Island">Christmas Island</option> <option value="Cocos (Keeling)
Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option> <option
value="Colombia">Colombia</option> <option value="Comoros">Comoros</
option> <option value="Congo">Congo</option> <option value="Congo, The
Democratic Republic of The">Congo, The Democratic Republic of The</
option> <option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option> <option
value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option> <option value="Cote
D'ivoire">Cote D'ivoire</option> <option value="Croatia">Croatia</
option> <option value="Cuba">Cuba</option> <option
value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option> <option value="Czech Republic">Czech
Republic</option> <option value="Denmark">Denmark</option> <option
value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option> <option value="Dominica">Dominica</
option> <option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option> <option value="Egypt">Egypt</
option> <option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option> <option
value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option> <option
value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option> <option value="Estonia">Estonia</
option> <option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option> <option
value="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</
option> <option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option> <option
value="Fiji">Fiji</option> <option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option> <option value="French
Guiana">French Guiana</option> <option value="French Polynesia">French
Polynesia</option> <option value="French Southern Territories">French
Southern Territories</option> <option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option> <option
value="Georgia">Georgia</option> <option value="Germany">Germany</
option> <option value="Ghana">Ghana</option> <option
value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option> <option value="Greece">Greece</
option> <option value="Greenland">Greenland</option> <option
value="Grenada">Grenada</option> <option
value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option> <option value="Guam">Guam</
option> <option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option> <option
value="Guinea">Guinea</option> <option value="Guinea-bissau">Guinea-
bissau</option> <option value="Guyana">Guyana</option> <option
value="Haiti">Haiti</option> <option value="Heard Island and Mcdonald
Islands">Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands</option> <option
value="Holy See (Vatican City State)">Holy See (Vatican City State)</
option> <option value="Honduras">Honduras</option> <option value="Hong
Kong">Hong Kong</option> <option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option> <option value="India">India</
option> <option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option> <option
value="Iran, Islamic Republic of">Iran, Islamic Republic of</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option> <option value="Ireland">Ireland</
option> <option value="Israel">Israel</option> <option
value="Italy">Italy</option> <option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option> <option value="Jordan">Jordan</
option> <option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option> <option
value="Kenya">Kenya</option> <option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</
option> <option value="Korea, Democratic People's Republic of">Korea,
Democratic People's Republic of</option> <option value="Korea,
Republic of">Korea, Republic of</option> <option
value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option> <option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</
option> <option value="Lao People's Democratic Republic">Lao People's
Democratic Republic</option> <option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option> <option
value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option> <option value="Liberia">Liberia</
option> <option value="Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</
option> <option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option> <option
value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option> <option
value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option> <option value="Macao">Macao</
option> <option value="Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic
of">Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of</option> <option
value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option> <option value="Malawi">Malawi</
option> <option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option> <option
value="Maldives">Maldives</option> <option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option> <option value="Marshall
Islands">Marshall Islands</option> <option
value="Martinique">Martinique</option> <option
value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option> <option
value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option> <option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</
option> <option value="Mexico">Mexico</option> <option
value="Micronesia, Federated States of">Micronesia, Federated States
of</option> <option value="Moldova, Republic of">Moldova, Republic of</
option> <option value="Monaco">Monaco</option> <option
value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option> <option
value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option> <option
value="Morocco">Morocco</option> <option
value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option> <option
value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option> <option value="Namibia">Namibia</
option> <option value="Nauru">Nauru</option> <option
value="Nepal">Nepal</option> <option value="Netherlands">Netherlands</
option> <option value="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</
option> <option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option> <option
value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option> <option
value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option> <option value="Niger">Niger</
option> <option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option> <option
value="Niue">Niue</option> <option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk
Island</option> <option value="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern
Mariana Islands</option> <option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option> <option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</
option> <option value="Palau">Palau</option> <option
value="Palestinian Territory, Occupied">Palestinian Territory,
Occupied</option> <option value="Panama">Panama</option> <option
value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option> <option
value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option> <option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Philippines">Philippines</option> <option
value="Pitcairn">Pitcairn</option> <option value="Poland">Poland</
option> <option value="Portugal">Portugal</option> <option
value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option> <option value="Qatar">Qatar</
option> <option value="Reunion">Reunion</option> <option
value="Romania">Romania</option> <option value="Russian
Federation">Russian Federation</option> <option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</
option> <option value="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</option> <option
value="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option> <option
value="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</option> <option value="Saint Pierre
and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option> <option value="Saint
Vincent and The Grenadines">Saint Vincent and The Grenadines</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option> <option value="San Marino">San
Marino</option> <option value="Sao Tome and Principe">Sao Tome and
Principe</option> <option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option> <option value="Serbia and
Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</option> <option
value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option> <option value="Sierra
Leone">Sierra Leone</option> <option value="Singapore">Singapore</
option> <option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option> <option
value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option> <option value="Solomon
Islands">Solomon Islands</option> <option value="Somalia">Somalia</
option> <option value="South Africa">South Africa</option> <option
value="South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and
The South Sandwich Islands</option> <option value="Spain">Spain</
option> <option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option> <option
value="Sudan">Sudan</option> <option value="Suriname">Suriname</
option> <option value="Svalbard and Jan Mayen">Svalbard and Jan Mayen</
option> <option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option> <option
value="Sweden">Sweden</option> <option
value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option> <option value="Syrian Arab
Republic">Syrian Arab Republic</option> <option value="Taiwan,
Province of China">Taiwan, Province of China</option> <option
value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option> <option value="Tanzania, United
Republic of">Tanzania, United Republic of</option> <option
value="Thailand">Thailand</option> <option value="Timor-leste">Timor-
leste</option> <option value="Togo">Togo</option> <option
value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option> <option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option> <option
value="Turkey">Turkey</option> <option
value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option> <option value="Turks and
Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</option> <option
value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option> <option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option> <option value="United Arab
Emirates">United Arab Emirates</option> <option value="United
Kingdom">United Kingdom</option> <option value="United States">United
States</option> <option value="United States Minor Outlying
Islands">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option> <option
value="Uruguay">Uruguay</option> <option
value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option> <option
value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option> <option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</
option> <option value="Viet Nam">Viet Nam</option> <option
value="Virgin Islands, British">Virgin Islands, British</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands, U.S.">Virgin Islands, U.S.</option>
<option value="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</option> <option
value="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</option> <option
value="Yemen">Yemen</option> <option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option> </select>

<form action="Lancia()">
<input type="button" value="Submit" onClick="Lancia()">
</form>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "VBScript">
<%
Sub Lancia()
x = Request.Form("country")
MsgBox(x)
End Sub
%>
</SCRIPT>

</body>
</html>

30 Oct 2007 10:58 AM

McKirahan

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"Nicola Attico" <nicola.att***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193735747.904916.152630@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to buld a select form for a country with a button, and when
> the button is pressed a msgbox is displayed with the name of the
> country
>
> This is the code I'm not able to make it run.. can you give me some
> hint?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nicola
>
> <html>
> <body>
>
> <select name="country"> <option value="" selected="selected">Select
> Country</option> <option value="United States">United States</option>
> <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>

[snip]

You didn't need to post all of the Country options to make your point!

</select>

Show quote

>
> <form action="Lancia()">
> <input type="button" value="Submit" onClick="Lancia()">
> </form>
>
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "VBScript">
> <%
> Sub Lancia()
> x = Request.Form("country")
> MsgBox(x)
> End Sub
> %>
> </SCRIPT>
>
> </body>
> </html>

You're mixing client-side with server-side....

"MsgBox" won't work in ASP as it would be displayed
on the server for which there is no comsole.

VBScript on the client-side won't work in all browsers.

The "action=" of a form element is a server-side
form handler -- not a subroutine or function.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html

The "<select>" statement must appear inside of the form.

What are you really trying to do?

Here's a version that displays the selected country on top of
the the selection list if one was picked before hitting Submit.

<%@ Language="VBScript" %>
<% Option Explicit
    Dim strSEL
        strSEL = Request.Form("country")
    If strSEL <> "" Then Response.Write(strSEL)
%>
<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
<select name="country">
<option value="" selected="selected">Select Country</option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>

</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

30 Oct 2007 8:17 PM

Nicola Attico

What I want to do is to create a demo asp that runs a script server-
side

I'm almost able to do that thanks to your help with the following
script

What I would like to understand:
- How can I modify to execute the batch only onclick
- which user execute the script? I get permission denied everywhere

Nicola Attico

***

<%@ Language="VBScript" %>
<% Option Explicit
Dim strSEL
Dim myexec
strSEL = Request.Form("country")
Set myexec = Server.Createobject("Dynu.Exec")

Response.Write("<PRE>")
If strSEL <> "" Then Response.Write(myexec.execute("c:\univ52\exec
\uxordre ses=SEQ upr=TEST mu=ITLPMNAT parm=" & country))
Response.Write("</PRE>")

Set myexec = nothing
%>

<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
<select name="country">
<option value="" selected="selected">Select Country</option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>

</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

30 Oct 2007 11:32 PM

Evertjan.

Nicola Attico wrote on 30 okt 2007 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> What I want to do is to create a demo asp that runs a script server-
> side
>
> I'm almost able to do that thanks to your help with the following
> script
>

What and Who are you responding on?

[please always quote on usenet]

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

31 Oct 2007 1:14 AM

McKirahan

"Nicola Attico" <nicola.att***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193775421.633110.298180@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> What I want to do is to create a demo asp that runs a script server-
> side
>
> I'm almost able to do that thanks to your help with the following
> script
>
> What I would like to understand:
> - How can I modify to execute the batch only onclick

I don't understand what this means.

Show quote

> - which user execute the script? I get permission denied everywhere
>
> Nicola Attico
>
> ***
>
>
> <%@ Language="VBScript" %>
> <% Option Explicit
> Dim strSEL
> Dim myexec
> strSEL = Request.Form("country")
> Set myexec = Server.Createobject("Dynu.Exec")
>
> Response.Write("<PRE>")
> If strSEL <> "" Then Response.Write(myexec.execute("c:\univ52\exec
> \uxordre ses=SEQ upr=TEST mu=ITLPMNAT parm=" & country))
> Response.Write("</PRE>")
>
> Set myexec = nothing
> %>
>
> <html>
> <body>
> <form action="" method="post">
> <select name="country">
> <option value="" selected="selected">Select Country</option>
> <option value="United States">United States</option>
> <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
> 
> </select>
> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>

A Google of "Dynu.Exec" found this:

    DynuExecT ASP Component
    http://www.dynu.com/dynuexec.asp

    "Using this component you can execute any DOS commands
     and and start up windows applications from within your ASP
     pages and get the entire result as a string."

    "DynuExecT has been tested to be 100% compatible with
     IIS 4.0/5.0, Personal Web Server(PWS) running on all versions
     of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP."

However, it doesn't say that it is compatible with IIS 6.0 --
what IIS version are you running?

Not sure why you need it..

Also, it refers to your C: drive which may not be available
under ASP -- that's probbaly your permission issue.

31 Oct 2007 6:52 AM

Nicola Attico

On 31 Ott, 02:14, "McKirahan" <N***@McKirahan.com> wrote:
> I don't understand what this means.

Yep, sorry - I realize I didn't explained it clearly
This is what I need:
I need a web page with a select form and a button, and when I press
the button I need to execute a script server-side passing the
selection as first command line parameter
This is supposed to run on XP (IIS 5.1) and 2003 (IIS 6.0)

> A Google of "Dynu.Exec" found this:
>
>     DynuExecT ASP Component
>    http://www.dynu.com/dynuexec.asp
>     "DynuExecT has been tested to be 100% compatible with
>      IIS 4.0/5.0, Personal Web Server(PWS) running on all versions
>      of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP."

I found this component to execute server-side, because I made a few
tries with the Vbscript Run method of the Wshell object but I wasn't
able to do that (it's explained here but I'm not able to make it work:
http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/general/how-do-i-execute-a-dos-command/batch-file/exe-from-asp.html
)

> However, it doesn't say that it is compatible with IIS 6.0 --
> what IIS version are you running?

Hum, this is a problem..

> Also, it refers to your C: drive which may not be available
> under ASP -- that's probbaly your permission issue

What can I put instead of C: ?

Thanks,

Nicola Attico

31 Oct 2007 11:03 AM

McKirahan

Show quote

"Nicola Attico" <nicola.att***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193813571.821391.5610@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> On 31 Ott, 02:14, "McKirahan" <N***@McKirahan.com> wrote:
> > I don't understand what this means.
>
> Yep, sorry - I realize I didn't explained it clearly
> This is what I need:
> I need a web page with a select form and a button, and when I press
> the button I need to execute a script server-side passing the
> selection as first command line parameter
> This is supposed to run on XP (IIS 5.1) and 2003 (IIS 6.0)
>
> > A Google of "Dynu.Exec" found this:
> >
> >     DynuExecT ASP Component
> >    http://www.dynu.com/dynuexec.asp
> >     "DynuExecT has been tested to be 100% compatible with
> >      IIS 4.0/5.0, Personal Web Server(PWS) running on all versions
> >      of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP."
>
> I found this component to execute server-side, because I made a few
> tries with the Vbscript Run method of the Wshell object but I wasn't
> able to do that (it's explained here but I'm not able to make it work:
>

http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/general/how-do-i-execute-a-dos-command/batch-fi
le/exe-from-asp.html

> )

Did you see the part in the above referenced page that states:
"If you receive the following error:" re "Permission denied "?

> > However, it doesn't say that it is compatible with IIS 6.0 --
> > what IIS version are you running?
>
> Hum, this is a problem..

Probably not -- but maybe...

> > Also, it refers to your C: drive which may not be available
> > under ASP -- that's probbaly your permission issue
>
> What can I put instead of C: ?

Either change your IIS configuration to allow access to your C: drive
(not recommended) or move the executable under your web server's root.