Refreshing Part of a Page

E

evanburen

Is it possible to refresh only part of a page rather than reload the
entire thing?

I have dropdown box that's populated from a database using ASP that I
need refreshed but I don't want to reload the entire page. Thanks.
 
M

McKirahan

Is it possible to refresh only part of a page rather than reload the
entire thing?

I have dropdown box that's populated from a database using ASP that I
need refreshed but I don't want to reload the entire page. Thanks.
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Look into AJAX.
 
U

UnaCoder

Or make your own AJAX like cgi script. You don't need to go learn a
comprehensive programing language add on to do this easily. Simple
add a hidden iframe to your page. set the location/src of that iframe
to your ASP script, have the asp script return something like
html->script: parent.object.additem ( "item to add to list")

If that example is too vague I give you a more specific example.
 
E

evanburen

Would the dropdown box that I'm trying to repopulate have to be in the
hidden iframe?
 
U

UnaCoder

no. it would be part of the body. the ASP would load into the iframe,
it;s returned source should look like:

<html><script>
parent.getElementById("MyDropDownBox").addItem("Item Name");
</script></html>

or something like that, I don't remember the exact parameters. Check a
DOM ref guide, but I've tested code like that and got it to work before
 

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