Getting information from CheckBoxes

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I am trying to use CDONTS to take information from a form (http://www.scorecentralnebraska.org/Forms/SBA641OnlineForm.asp) and send it in an e-mail back to myself. My problem is that I cannot figure out how to pull information from the checkboxes and get them into the body of my message. If anybody has any advise that would be great. Many thanks in advance!

The following is the code from the form:
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9. Race (mark one or more)

Native American or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

White

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The next code is what I’m using to send the actuall e-mail with. This is located on the same page above the form.
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<%
if (cStr(Request("Submit")) “”) Then

Dim objCDO
Dim MessageBody
Dim RaceA1

Set objCDO = Server.CreateObject(“CDONTS.NewMail”)
objCDO.From = Request(“Email”)
objCDO.To = “freemans@intellicominc.com”
objCDO.CC = “”
objCDO.Subject = “Webform Request for Counseling”

MessageBody = “The following was submitted from the website on ” & Now() & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “———————————————” & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “Name: ” & Request(“Name”) & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “Home Phone:” & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “Business Phone:” & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “Fax:” & CHR(13)
MessageBody = MessageBody & “E-Mail” & CHR(13)

**** Here is where the code would go to include the information from the Checkboxes ****

objCDO.Body = MessageBody
objCDO.Send()
Set objCDO = Nothing
Response.Redirect(“http://www.scorecentralnebraska.org/index.html&#8221;)

End If
%>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Shane

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The thing to remember about checkboxes is that if they’re not checked, they won’t show up in the Request.Form collection at all.

So if its value is “on”, it’s checked – otherwise it’s not.

You can use:
If Request.Form(“RaceA”) = “on” Then
‘It’s true
Else
‘It’s false
End If

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I tried adding the following code, all on one line, but when I check RaceA in the form it always comes back with “false” in the message body. Any idea suggestions? I’ve attached the entire asp file if that helps any. Thanks for your help!

Shane

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if Request.Form(“RaceA”)=”On” Then MessageBody = MessageBody & “True” & CHR(13) Else MessageBody = MessageBody & “False” & CHR(13)
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DOH!

Sorry for the oversight on my part. Add the name=”” attribute to the Checkbox items on your HTML page (like )

Hope this helps!

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I think it’s already there…
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Native American or Alaskan Native
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Does it matter what order they’re in or do id and name have to be different?

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My bad – I got in such a hurry that i forgot to read through the code you sent!

I’m a little out of touch with Classic ASP at the moment – I’ve been using ASP.NET for quite a while now and I’ve honestly forgotten a lot of the details (like handling checkboxes).

You may want to check out one of my favorite ASP resources: W3 Schools. Specifically, they have a page that talks about handling checkbox input: http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_ref_request.asp%5B/url%5D and the demo:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/showasp.asp?f…demo_checkboxes%5B/url%5D

Sorry for the confusion

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My bad – I got in such a hurry that i forgot to read through the code you sent!

I’m a little out of touch with Classic ASP at the moment – I’ve been using ASP.NET for quite a while now and I’ve honestly forgotten a lot of the details (like handling checkboxes).

You may want to check out one of my favorite ASP resources: W3 Schools. Specifically, they have a page that talks about handling checkbox input: http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_ref_request.asp%5B/url%5D and the demo:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/showasp.asp?f…demo_checkboxes%5B/url%5D

Sorry for the confusion

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You’ve changed the default value from On to Native American. You can see what effect this has with this test page (which you should name chkbx.asp so it calls itself):

A Wee Test of ASP Handling of HTML Checkboxes

<%
If Request.Form("cbWhatever") “” Then
Response.Write ”

The checkbox was checked! Its value is: ” & Request.Form(“cbWhatever”) & _
“ (make a note of it!)” & vbCrLf
Else
Response.Write “The checkbox was not passed to me.” & vbCrLf
End If
%>

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Check me and
submit! Or don’t check me. What do I care?

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Thanks to both of you for the information. After realizing some early mistakes, mainly changing the default value, I figured out what I had done wrong and managed to get everything working. Thanks again!

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Thanks to both of you for the information. After realizing some early mistakes, mainly changing the default value, I figured out what I had done wrong and managed to get everything working. Thanks again!

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You’ve changed the default value from On to Native American. You can see what effect this has with this test page (which you should name chkbx.asp so it calls itself):

A Wee Test of ASP Handling of HTML Checkboxes

<%
If Request.Form("cbWhatever") “” Then
Response.Write ”

The checkbox was checked! Its value is: ” & Request.Form(“cbWhatever”) & _
“ (make a note of it!)” & vbCrLf
Else
Response.Write “The checkbox was not passed to me.” & vbCrLf
End If
%>

---

Check me and
submit! Or don’t check me. What do I care?

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I think it’s already there…
——-

Native American or Alaskan Native
——-
Does it matter what order they’re in or do id and name have to be different?

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DOH!

Sorry for the oversight on my part. Add the name=”” attribute to the Checkbox items on your HTML page (like )

Hope this helps!

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I tried adding the following code, all on one line, but when I check RaceA in the form it always comes back with “false” in the message body. Any idea suggestions? I’ve attached the entire asp file if that helps any. Thanks for your help!

Shane

————
if Request.Form(“RaceA”)=”On” Then MessageBody = MessageBody & “True” & CHR(13) Else MessageBody = MessageBody & “False” & CHR(13)
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