Controlling submit button manually

Hi
I have a button which is made as submit type and submit it as PDF and a url was given which is working as per the requirement.
Now the new requirement is the Submit URL should get dynamically change based on the some value in the pdf, so can i control the url manually and also it should act like a submit button(like firing of validations etc).
I tried xfa.event.target="url"; but that button doesn't act like submit button then after.
Pls help.
Thanks
Abhiram

You can modify the URL of the submit button through code. Of course you woudl do this before pressing it.
The command woudl be
submitButtonName.event_click.submit.target = "new URL "
Paul

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Hi,
The Submit buttons validate the from behind the scenes.
You can use execValidate() in an if statement, and if passes then execute script.
See an example here for execValidate():
http://assure.ly/hM2A5y (see last button)
http://assure.ly/flbjXB
Both of the above examples use validationState and cancelAction so are targeted to Acrobat/Reader version 9.1. Please note that execValidate() can be used in earlier versions:
http://assure.ly/lZhrSS
http://assure.ly/dYQFb4
Hope that helps,
Niall

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Re: [iPlanet-JATO] Submit Button in TiledView

John,
Please clarify,
1. You are putting this page together manually? (writing your own JSP and
ViewBean/TiledView classes?)
2. What is the exact location of the button?
Is it below the TiledView but still in the ViewBean (as the traditional
First/Next/Prev/Last buttons are? )
Or
Is it literally within the tiled view itself (in a column, and the button
is displayed repeatedly like any other row member?)
I ask because the latter is a very rare situation, usually people use HREFs
in such cases?
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig V Conover <craig.conover@S...>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [iPlanet-JATO] Submit Button in TiledView
Was this originally an ND project? I don't have the sample you need, butuntil someone else posts a sample, try this: if you have an ND5 Studio,
mimic sample in ND and migrate it and see what is generated.
----- Original Message -----
From: john.teceno@b...
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: [iPlanet-JATO] Submit Button in TiledView
Hey Guys,
I have a submit button that appears in a TiledView. When I click
the submit button, it loops back to the same page. Should I be
delegating the event through the ViewBean to the TiledView? And if so,
could you give me a code snippet to show me how?
Thanx,
John Teceno
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John,
Please clarify,
1. You are putting this page together manually? (writing your own JSP and
ViewBean/TiledView classes?)
2. What is the exact location of the button?
Is it below the TiledView but still in the ViewBean (as the traditional
First/Next/Prev/Last buttons are? )
Or
Is it literally within the tiled view itself (in a column, and the button
is displayed repeatedly like any other row member?)
I ask because the latter is a very rare situation, usually people use HREFs
in such cases?
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig V Conover <craig.conover@S...>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [iPlanet-JATO] Submit Button in TiledView
Was this originally an ND project? I don't have the sample you need, butuntil someone else posts a sample, try this: if you have an ND5 Studio,
mimic sample in ND and migrate it and see what is generated.
----- Original Message -----
From: john.teceno@b...
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: [iPlanet-JATO] Submit Button in TiledView
Hey Guys,
I have a submit button that appears in a TiledView. When I click
the submit button, it loops back to the same page. Should I be
delegating the event through the ViewBean to the TiledView? And if so,
could you give me a code snippet to show me how?
Thanx,
John Teceno
Back Bay Technologies
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Hi there,
My first post. I had the same problem - when I clicked on submit in Compressor the drop down box appeared and in the Cluster box it said "none" and the submit button was greyed out. I've fixed mine and it works perfectly now. Here's how:
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I was previously using Frontpage and I have just recently
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a member on a forum like this will help much more. So any help is
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> Why isn't it as simple as entering in a
"mailto:[email protected]" type of
> thing? Or is it?
It is that simple. However, it is very unreliable. For it to
work, the
visitor filling out the form has to have a properly
configured email client,
that works with the webpage form. That leaves out people
using webmail
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insecure method and
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>
> Everything I seem to read talks about downloading a
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up)
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you can use on
this hosting, and on what script you want to use.

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b. Alternate DNS Server should read. 8.8.4.4
7. Select apply you might get a warning just select okay.
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Let me know how it goes.
I am able to print wirelessly to the printer, print through eprint, scan, and copy things. The only thing that is not working is the printer itself connecting to the hpeprintcenter.com.
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I have a button here http://www.graeagle.com/images/btn_submit.jpg
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Alternatively, I would be happy with just the factory system button for the OS.
I have looked at the modulestylesheets.css file and it appears the 'cat_button' style controlled the submit button.
I have tried to modify the css, yet nothing changed.
The issue seems to be only with the comments submit button since I have successfully changed the button on all my web forms for this site.
I have searched the KB but have found no real guide. So, I would most certainly appreciate a step by step approach since I'm coming up empty.
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Michael

Hey Liam,
Thanks so much! The thing I neglected was changing the code on the Blog Details Module Template. So, from your links, I added new css code to my modulestylesheets.css file with the following:
submit
.submitBtn {
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
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    color: #FFF;
    padding: 5px 40px 5px 40px;
    border: 1px solid #999;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #666;
    text-decoration: none;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #111;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #111;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #111;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    background: #333333;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #333333 0%, #4F4F4F 50%, #333333 51%, #33333B 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#333333), to(#33333B), color-stop(0.4, #4F4F4F), color-stop(0.5, #111111), color-stop(.9, #33333B), color-stop(0.9, #33333B));
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#333333', endColorstr='#33333B', GradientType=0 );
    cursor: pointer;
.submitBtn:hover {
    border: 1px solid #FFF;
Then under the Site Manager:Module Templates:Blog Post Details Layout I changed the following html code:
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
TO
<button type="submit" class="submitBtn"><span>Submit</span></button>
And it worked like a charm!
I wanted to post this here for future reference and help.
Again, thanks for the great tips!
Cheers!

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