[ic] Which mv_todo to use?

Mike Heins interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Mon Aug 20 09:05:01 2001


Quoting Ron Phipps (rphipps@reliant-solutions.com):
> I'm trying to accomplish the 'Send a link to a friend' on a new site
> design.  I was able to send the link using a hard coded email address
> however I would like to allow the user to enter their name and the
> destination address.  The problem is that if I use [value email_address]
> the value does not exist yet since the form has not been submitted.
> Which mv_todo can be used to submit the form before the rest of the code
> in the button tag is ran?  Or is there a way to access the form fields
> before the form has been submitted?  Would a better way be to use an
> intermediate page which sends the email then bounces back to the current
> page?  I have included the code here for everyone to view.  Thanks!

You can either:

	1. Use [cgi email_address] to access the address.
	2. Use mv_check instead of mv_click.

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