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Reply posted by owen on Thu 9 May 2002 in response to Creating a simple search box

Re: ACL for searchbox to work...

I tried capturing key presses and stuff but in the end the simplest solution
(for me..) was to capture and redirect the submission process: this idea came
from some other part of Jakes site.


var query = document.forms[0].BodySearchString.value ;
if (query == "enter search here" | query == "") {
return false;
} else {
buildurl( query );
return false;
}


in the onSubmit event for the form and (simplified)


function buildurl (query){


if (query == "enter search here" | query == "") {
alert( "please enter text to search"); return false;
}
else { //default alternative
top.location.href ="./SearchFrameset?OpenForm&SearchString=" + query;
//url opens new frameset with search string embedded in the search field in
system navigator
}
}


On the page/form there is a button


<INPUT NAME=Search TYPE=button VALUE="Go" style="color='#000000';"
onClick="buildurl(document.forms[0].BodySearchString.value);"/>


Note the return false statements in the querybuilder function and onSubmit
event - they are the equivalent of exit sub in script.


feel free to contact me if you have any questions.