Re: Form Process Question

Gary wrote:
> I have a client that I have made some forms for.  On one of the forms, their 
> customers are to registar for a class.  The cost of the class is 195 per 
> person.  She would like to have the people be able to have the total cost 
> calculated for them before they submit the form. (I already have the cost 
> calculated in the email and result page).
> 
> I thought about creating a separate form within the original form page that 
> could calculate the cost, and process it to itself, I suppose I would need 
> to create a session so all the information in the first form is not wiped 
> out.
> 
> Is there an easier way to do this or is there a way to create this 
> calculator that changes upon the input instead of clicking a calculate 
> button?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 

You have two options as I see it:

1.  Use some javascript that calculates onchange of the form controls.
2.  Have a continue/submit button that posts back to the same page that
does a calculate on submit and show a confirmation page with the total
and then a finish button.

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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com