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How to Create a Dynamic Web Page

This quick tutorial demonstrates how fast and easy it is to produce web pages with dynamic content that are purely client based. This is aimed at beginners to web programming or those of you who like to keep things fairly simple. Wellman's creative names for cities and towns adds a bit of humor too.

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By: Dan Wellman

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June 14, 2004

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<html>
<head>
<title>Dynamic Example</title>
<script language="VBScript">
sub people_onclick()
if people.selectedIndex="0" then
form1.details.value="Make a Selection"
else
select case people.selectedIndex
case 1
form1.details.value="1 Nowhere Street, Ghost Town, AB1 2CD"
case 2
form1.details.value="2 Unknown Lane, Gonesville, EF3 4GH"
case 3
form1.details.value="3 Invisible Avenue, Nothingshire, IJ5 6KL"
case 4
form1.details.value="4 Somewhere Road, Vancancy, MN7 8OP"
case 5
form1.details.value="5 lestways, Notknownsbury, QR9 0ST"
case 6
form1.details.value="6 Lost Court, Summerwhere, UV12 3WX"
case 7
form1.details.value="7 Nodnol Place. Nohampton, YZ45 6AB"
case 8
form1.details.value="8 Empty Square, Notthereburgh, CD7 8EF"
case 9
form1.details.value="9 Unbuilt Crescent, Guester, GH8 9IJ"
case 10
form1.details.value="10 Unfound House, Neverpool, KM27 4NO"
end select
end if
end sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<select id=”people”>
<option>Please select</option>
<option>Mr Smith</option>
<option>Mrs Bloggs</option>
<option>Mr Doe</option>
<option>Mrs Jones</option>
<option>Mr Spencer</option>
<option>Mr Field</option>
<option>Ms Reed</option>
<option>Mr Waters</option>
<option>Mrs Frank</option>
<option>Mr Green</option>
</select>
<form id=”form1”>
<textarea rows="12" cols="60" id=”details”>The details will be displayed here</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>

If you wanted to add a little formatting to the text that is displayed in the textarea, you can add + chr(13) + in the value, for example:

form1.details.value="1 Nowhere Street, Ghost Town, AB1 2CD" + chr(13) + “01234 546789”

Which would then display in the textarea as:

1 Nowhere Street, Ghost Town, AB1 2CD
01234 546789

chr(13) is the ASCII code for the return key on your keyboard.

That’s all there is to it; save the file as dynamicExample.htm and open it in explorer. Have a play around to understand what the code you’ve implemented does, and congratulate yourself on making your first dynamic web page.

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