Re: [mv] Setting variables inside <a href> or similiar function?

[". c . o . r . y . t . r . e . s . e" <digital@frognet.net>]

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what about this ...?

<a href="[area form="mv_todo=return
mv_nextpage=yourpage
variable_1=yourvalue
variable_2=yoursecondvalueforfuturereference
"]
">Click here to set your values for future reference</a>

You can encode variable settings within a link (or a [page... construct.)  I'm
not sure why I prefer to use [area..., I think it is faster or something.

Anyway, you can find this explaination in the manual under the heading of
"Basic Minivend Tags."

However, using this format, you will NOT be setting scratch variables (what you
speak of below.)  You will be setting user-session variables.  These can be
called with the [value 'variablename'] tag.

This works just like a form (same as a form button, as you mention earlier.)

Cory trese


On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote:
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>  I want to be able to set variables when users click on certain links,
> like if a user picks a link (simple <a href> I would like to bury
> a set or seti somewhere in that link so the link is processed
> as normal but a variable is set for future references. I tried alot
> of things but it doesnt seem to work.
> 
> Is this sort of thing permissable?. If I put the [set][/set] or
> [seti][/seti] statment inside the a href minivend doesnt complain
> but it doesnt seem to work when referring to the var later nor does
> it show up in viewing the source when viewing the page which leads
> me to believe MV stripped it or processed it somehow but I am just
> putting it in the wrong place.
> 
> Is there another way to do this?. I dont want a form-button, rather
> I want it to look like a regular link but just set a var when the
> link is clicked.
> 
> Thanks.
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