Problem reading global variable

[Anon]

Hello,
I have a form with an html textarea that a user can edit. Below the textarea, the user can click on a button to go to their address book and select an address, then get returned to the original form.

My problem is when the user edits the textarea, then goes to their address book, their changes are gone when they return.

I tried setting the contents of the textarea as a global variable, but i'm having problems.

I can read the variable when i submit the form- even when i set it as a global, but for some reason i can't read it from my address book form.

I've tried with and without declaring the variable in each form.

Can anyone give me a suggestion?

Sincerely,
Mike Dill

[daarius]

what i suspect is that you are trying to load up the address book page, and then tying to use Back button to come back to textarea page? if thats the case, then yes the browsers sometimes refresh the page, and you will lose the data.

or if you are posting the user back to the textarea page from the address book page, then in the first place you need to send the data from the textarea in to the hidden fields to address book page. and upon returning back to textarea page, the data will also be submitted from hidden fields. and you can display them back in textarea.

[Anon]

thanks for your advice. it worked perfectly. i added a hidden field on my address book form that stores the varialbe. then, when they return to the other form i check to see if that value is different from the default. if so, i display that instead of the default value.

thanks for your help!!!
mike