Make a form not active..... ??

[Newsgroup_User]

Is there a way to make a <cfform> not active unless certain conditions are
met? Like say, someone is logged in???

[Newsgroup_User]

put it inside a <cfif> block maybe? or do you still want to display it,
just make it non-functional? you could also make all form elements
disabled... actually just making the submit button disabled will be enough.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Newsgroup_User]

Hello Azadi,

Yes, I still wanted to display the form fields.....

I could make all the form elements disabled, but that seems a bit odd ;)

I was hoping I could 'grey out' the form until it was active...... I could
disable the submit button as well, not a bad idea..... with a combination
of disabling the form fields, that way someone doesn't enter information
to then find out they can't submit the form.......



> put it inside a <cfif> block maybe? or do you still want to display
> it, just make it non-functional? you could also make all form elements
> disabled... actually just making the submit button disabled will be
> enough.
>
> Azadi Saryev
> Sabai-dee.com
> http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Kapitaine]

If possible, I would remove the form entirely until the condition is met - this way it would be more accessible and less annoying.

If you're going to disable the form, at least disable ALL of the fields, because the last thing I'd want to see when filling in a form, is the fact that I can't submit it. I would have spent so much time filling it out only to get annoyed....and since this would be done with CFML, it would probably indeed require a page refresh opf some kind to get them enabled again...unless you used AJAX or something I suppose...but then if you were gonna do that, you may aswell use JS entirely.

Just my thoughts!

Mikey.

[Newsgroup_User]

yes, i would also not display the form at all unless the condition is
met - why even display a form to a user if he can't use it??? display a
note instead saying something like "please log in to [do whatever the
form does]".

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/