append textarea

[futch7]

on my last text entry field i'm calling a javascript to populate the textarea with previous text entered fields. this is last field call
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle"><b>BIP:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<input type="text" name="bip" size="16" maxlength="6" onFocus="CalcTxtArea()" value="<?PHP print ($bip); ?>">
</td>
</tr>

this is the Javascript:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function CalcTxtArea()
{
A = (document.myForm2.segvendor.value);
B = (document.myForm2.segaloc_addr1.value);
C = (document.myForm2.segaloc_city1.value);
D = (document.myForm2.segaloc_state1.value);
E = (document.myForm2.segaloc_zip1.value);
F = (document.myForm2.segaloc_zip41.value);
G = (document.myForm2.segzloc_addr1.value);
H = (document.myForm2.segzloc_city1.value);
I = (document.myForm2.segzloc_state1.value);
J = (document.myForm2.segzloc_zip1.value);
K = (document.myForm2.segzloc_zip41.value);

TxtArea = A+':'+B+' '+C+','+D+' '+E+'-'+F+'||'+G+' '+H+','+I+' '+J+'-'+K;
document.myForm2.textarea1.value = TxtArea;
}
</SCRIPT>

this is my textarea field:
<textarea cols="95" rows="5" name="textarea1"><?php echo $textarea1; ?></textarea>

after a segment is added(click submit button) i want the addr,city,state displayed in the textarea....and then allow another entry and then I want that line displayed...not sure how to append the textarea and store?

text area should look like this after 2 segments added:
(see .jpg)

i'm getting the current segment displayed to textarea after the submit button, but loosing the data when adding next segment...

[fitchn]

If I understand your question properly, then the problem is in your JavaScript code. Change the line that reads:

document.myForm2.textarea1.value = TxtArea;

to read:

document.myForm2.textarea1.value += TxtArea;

(Note the '+=' instead of the '=')

Hope that helps!

• Nick

[futch7]

fitchn,

Man that was it...how simple...guess i've been looking at this too long. Now just gotta make it break and make new line for each segment added...

thanks alot,
futch7

[fitchn]

Just add a '\n' to the end of the same statement:

document.myForm2.textarea1.value += TxtArea + '\n';

• Nick

[futch7]

Nick,

Actually this worked better...
document.myForm2.textarea1.value += TxtArea+'\r';

it started with new line and didn't carry anything over from first line like the \n was...

thanks alot...guess i need to take a Java class to learn the basics instead of OJT.... Oh well i probably learn more searching for examples on the internet to solve my appz. than in a class...

later,
futch7