DOCUMENT:Q167594  20-MAY-2002  [frontpg]
TITLE   :FP: How to Redirect a Browser from a List Box Choice
PRODUCT :Word Front Page
PROD/VER:windows:1.1,97, macintosh:1.0
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KEYWORDS:kbProgramming kbdta

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack 
 - Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1 
 - Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q197959.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194091.

SUMMARY
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This article provides four examples of how to use Microsoft Visual Basic
Scripting Edition (VBScript) or JavaScript to create a drop-down control that
opens a specific Uniform Resource Locator (URL) based on the choice you make
from a list.

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   Example 1
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     <p>A drop down scripted URL list</p>

     <form method="POST" name="SendMe">
     <p><select name="DropIt" size="1">
       <option> http://www.microsoft.com </option>
       <option> http://www.msn.com </option>
       <option> http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage </option>
       <option> http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage </option>
     </select> <input type="button" name="B1" value="Go">
      <SCRIPT FOR="B1" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript">
      select case document.sendme.dropit.selectedindex
        case 0
         navigate("http://www.microsoft.com")
        case 1
         navigate("http://www.msn.com")
        case 2
         navigate("http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage")
        case 3
         navigate("http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage")
      end select
      </SCRIPT>
     </form>

   Example 2
   ---------

     <form method="POST" name="SendMe2">
     <p>
     <select name="Cleaner" size="1">
      <option value="http://www.microsoft.com">
     http://www.microsoft.com </option>
      <option value="http://www.msn.com"> http://www.msn.com </option>
      <option value="http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage">
     http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage </option>
      <option value="http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage">
     http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage </option>
     </select> <input type="button" name="B2" value="Go">

     <SCRIPT FOR="B2" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript">
     dim choice
     choice = document.SendMe2.Cleaner.selectedindex
     navigate document.SendMe2.Cleaner.options(choice).value
     </SCRIPT>
     </form>

   Example 3
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     <form name="menuform">
     <div align="center"><center><table border="0">
       <tr>
         <td align="center"><font size="4">Where Do You Want
          to Go Today?</font></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><select name="section" size="1" width="200"
         language="javascript" onchange="goto_page();">
           <option selected>Where do you want to go
     today?</option>
           <option> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </option>
           <option>Microsoft.com</option>
           <option>FrontPage Home Page</option>
           <option>FrontPage Support Page</option>
           <option>Microsoft Office Home Page</option>
           <option>Microsoft Windows 95 Home Page</option>
           <option>Microsoft Windows NT Home Page</option>
           <option>Microsoft IIS Home Page</option>
         </select></td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     </center></div>
     </form>

     <p><script language="JavaScript"><!--
     function goto_page() {
       if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 0)
     window.parent.self.status=" Goes Nowhere";
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 1)
     window.parent.self.status=" Goes Nowhere";
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 2)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com", target="_top")
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 3)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage", target="_top");
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 4)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/support/frontpage",
     target="_top");
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 5)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/Office", target="_top");
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 6)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/Windows95", target="_top");
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 7)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsNT", target="_top");
       else if (document.menuform.elements[0].selectedIndex == 8)
     window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/IIS", target="_top");
     }
     // --></script>

   Example 4
   ---------

     <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
     <!--
     function setaction(jumpto)
     {
       if (jumpto == 0) window.location = "example1.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 1) window.location = "example2.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 2) window.location = "example3.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 3) window.location = "example4.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 4) window.location = "example5.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 5) window.location = "example6.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 6) window.location = "example7.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 7) window.location = "example8.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 8) window.location = "example9.htm";
     else if (jumpto == 9) window.location = "http://www.example.com";
     else window.location = "http://www.example.com/donotuse.htm";
     }
     // --></Script>
     <form method="POST">
     <div align="center"><center>
     <pre><select name="dest" size="1">
     <option>Example One</option>
     <option>Example Two</option>
     <option>Example Three</option>
     <option>Example Four</option>
     <option>Example Five</option>
     <option>Example Six</option>
     <option>Example Seven</option>
     <option>Example Eight</option>
     <option>Example Nine</option>
     <option>ExampleHome Page (Do Not Use)</option>
     <option>Really, Do Not Use This!</option>
     </select>
     <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE="Submit Example"
     ONCLICK=setaction(form.dest.selectedIndex)></pre>
     </center>
     </div>
     </form>

Additional query words: 97 kbusage kbhowto kbprg kbnetwork drop down menu dropdown hyper link hyperlink kbcode kbmacro fphtml fpscript listbox list box

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Keywords          : kbProgramming kbdta 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110 kbFrontPageMacSearch
Version           : windows:1.1,97, macintosh:1.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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