Extremely useful ASP functions

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All of these functions will come into their own when dealing with multiple page forms.

In the Examples given, remember to replace the <$ and $> tags with the proper open/close ASP tags.

Function No.1
This first function will get variables from forms and/or querystrings and/or cookies. The function will set VBScript variables with identical names, and equal values. This saves the tedious task of request.form("this") request.Querystring("that"), and request.cookies("the_other").

Usage:- Call SetVars(StrType) Where 'StrType' is a string value of either, "form", "querystring", "cookies",or "all"

<%
Function SetVars(StrType)
If lcase(StrType) = "form" or lcase(strType) = "all" then
For Each Field in Request.Form
TheString = Field & "=Request.Form(""" _
& Field & """)"
EXECUTE(TheString)
Next
End If

If lcase(StrType) = "querystring" or lcase(strType) = "all" then
For Each Field in Request.Querystring
TheString= Field & "=Request.Querystring(""" _
& Field & """)"
EXECUTE(TheString)
Next
End If

If lcase(StrType) = "cookies" or lcase(strType) = "all" then
For Each Field in Request.Cookies
TheString= Field & "=Request.Cookies(""" _
& Field & """)"
EXECUTE(TheString)
Next
End If
END Function
%>

Function No.2
This second function will get variables from forms and/or querystrings and/or cookies, and write them in a form as hidden fields. This is very useful when dealing with multiple page forms.

The function must be called prior to the </form> tag, so it can include the hidden fields This saves the tedious task of: <Input type="hidden" name="field1" value="value1">, etc This saves a lot of work when passing many, many variables.

Usage:- Call IncludeHidden(StrType, IGNORELIST) Where 'StrType' is a string value of either, "form", "querystring", "cookies", or "all" and 'IGNORELIST' is a comma seperated string of field names to ignore. (Case INsensitive)

EXAMPLE:- To include all values submitted to the page via a form, within the second form as form fields.

<Form Action="Form3.asp" Method="post">
<Input type="text" name="whatever">
<!-- More fields as appropriate-->
<!-- ............ -->

<$ Call IncludeHidden("Form", "") $>
<Input type="submit">
</Form>

If you wanted to exclude a field called 'whatever' (Perhaps the page receives its own data back at some stage). Then you could use:- <$ Call IncludeHidden("Form", "whatever") $> and the hidden form field named 'whatever' won't be included.

<%
Function IncludeHidden(StrType, IGNORELIST)
If lcase(StrType) = "form" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Form
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString="<Input Type=""HIDDEN"" Name=""" _
& Field & """ Value="""
StrValue=Request.Form(Field)
TheString=TheString + cstr(StrValue) & """>"
TheString=TheString & VbCrLf
Response.Write TheString
End If
Next
End If

If lcase(StrType) = "querystring" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Querystring
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString="<Input Type=""HIDDEN"" Name=""" _
& Field & """ Value="""
StrValue=Request.Querystring(Field)
TheString=TheString + cstr(StrValue) & """>"
TheString=TheString & VbCrLf
Response.Write TheString
End If
Next
End If

If lcase(StrType) = "cookies" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Cookies
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString="<Input Type=""HIDDEN"" Name=""" _
& Field & """ Value="""
StrValue=Request.Cookies(Field)
TheString=TheString + cstr(StrValue) & """>"
TheString=TheString & VbCrLf
Response.Write TheString
End If
Next
End If
END Function
%>

Function No.3
This third function will get variables from forms and/or querystrings and/or cookies, and write them in a link as a querystring. This is very useful when dealing with online applications that pass lots of variables this way. The function must be called in a specific way, example given below.

Usage:- Call WriteQueryString(StrType, IGNORELIST) Where 'StrType' is a string value of either, "form", "querystring", "cookies", or "all" and 'IGNORELIST' is a comma seperated string of field names to ignore. (Case INsensitive)

EXAMPLE:- To write all values submitted to the page via a querystring.

<A href="APage.asp?<$Call WriteQueryString("querystring","")$>">
Click Here
</a>

If you wanted to exclude a field for whatever reason, then follow the example as for the 'IncludeHidden' function.

<%
Function WriteQueryString(StrType, IGNORELIST)
If lcase(StrType) = "form" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Form
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString=TheString+Field&"="
TheString=TheString & Request.Form(Field)
TheString=TheString & "&"
End If
Next
End if

If lcase(StrType) = "querystring" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Querystring
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString=TheString+Field&"="
TheString=TheString & Request.Querystring(Field)
TheString=TheString & "&"
End If
Next
End if

If lcase(StrType) = "cookies" or lcase(StrType) = "all" then
For each Field in Request.Cookies
If NOT Onlist(Field, IGNORELIST) Then
TheString=TheString+Field&"="
TheString=TheString & Request.Cookies(Field)
TheString=TheString & "&"
End If
Next
End if
If right(TheString,1)="&" Then 
TheString=Left(TheString,Len(TheString)-1)
Response.Write TheString
End if
END Function
%>