"John Ciccone" <JohnCicc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:955FF89D-B990-43AD-94CB-7C03B6EA8DBB@microsoft.com...
> How in the world do I get the value of a dropdown list box? If the list
> options are:
>
> Apple
> Orange
> Banana
>
> and I select Orange, what is the value? e.g. I have a
>
> function sendform()
> {
>  with (document.form1)
>  if (DropList.value = "Apple")
>  {
>  Field1.value = "It's an apple"
>  }
>  else if (DropList.value = "Orange")
>  {
>  Field1.value = "It's an orange"
>  }
>  else
>  {
>  Field1.value = "It's banana"
>  }
> }
>
> When I try the above, no matter what I select, all it does is make the
> drop
> down list box "Apple", and "It's an apple" is inserted into the field.
>
> I've tried assuming each item in the list is a number, but that doesn't
> work
> either.
>
> By the way, I'm cutting/pasting from a sample form that does work. I don't
> see any "End if". Is that not necessary in HTML?

"Jon Spivey" wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Dropdowns don't have a value property. They give a zero based (1st =0, 2nd
> =1) index identifying the choice selected. The property is called
> selectedIndex, eg
> dropdown.options.selectedIndex
> or
> this.options.selectedIndex
> once we know this we can determine the value property of that index. So
> putting the 2 together we have
>
> <select onchange="alert('You Chose ' +
> this.options[this.options.selectedIndex].value);">
> <option>Apple</option>
> <option>Orange</option>
> <option>Banana</option>
> </select>
>
> You coudl also do the same thing with a function call
>
> function getValue(f){
> alert('You Chose ' + f.options[f.options.selectedIndex].value);
> }
> <select onchange="getValue(this);">
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>

"John Ciccone" wrote:

> How in the world do I get the value of a dropdown list box? If the list
> options are:
>
> Apple
> Orange
> Banana
>
> and I select Orange, what is the value? e.g. I have a
>
> function sendform()
> {
>   with (document.form1)
>   if (DropList.value = "Apple")
>   {
>   Field1.value = "It's an apple"
>   }
>   else if (DropList.value = "Orange")
>   {
>   Field1.value = "It's an orange"
>   }
>   else
>   {
>   Field1.value = "It's banana"
>   }
> }
>
> When I try the above, no matter what I select, all it does is make the drop
> down list box "Apple", and "It's an apple" is inserted into the field.
>
> I've tried assuming each item in the list is a number, but that doesn't work
> either.
>
> By the way, I'm cutting/pasting from a sample form that does work. I don't
> see any "End if". Is that not necessary in HTML?