This article describes how to dynamically create a table of contents with Active Server Pages (ASP) for use with the Database Results Wizard.
NOTE: This article uses custom Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) and cascading style sheets (CSS) that may not be available in all browsers.
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Table of Contents Example
The following steps demonstrate how to create a dynamic table of contents for the Database Results Wizard to use.
| 1. | Open a Web site on a Microsoft Internet Information Services-based Web server. |
| 2. | Start a new page, and switch to HTML view. |
| 3. | Remove all the existing HTML, and type the following code:
<html>
<head>
<!-- this is a style sheet used for DHTML hover effects on the buttons -->
<style>
.normal { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc; COLOR: #000000 }
.hover { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000ff; COLOR: #ffffff }
.current { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff0000; COLOR: #ffffff }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<%
' declare variables
Dim X, strClass
' loop through the letters A-Z
For X = 0 To 26
' output the starting TD & FORM tags
Response.Write "<td><form action="""
Response.Write Request.ServerVariables("URL")
Response.Write """ method=""POST"">"
' find the current button
If (Request("CustomerID") = Chr(X+64)) Or (Len(Request("CustomerID"))=0 And X=0) Then
strClass = "current"
Else
strClass = "normal"
End If
' output the search buttons
Response.Write "<input type=""submit"" value="""
If X > 0 Then
Response.Write Chr(X+64) & """ style=""width:20"" name=""CustomerID"""
Else
Response.Write "ALL"" style=""width:40"""
End If
Response.Write " class=""" & strClass
Response.Write """ onMouseover=""this.className='hover'"""
Response.Write " onMouseout=""this.className='" & strClass & "'"">"
' output the closing FORM & TD tags
Response.Write "</form></td>" & vbCrLf
' end the loop
Next
%>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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| 4. | Switch back to normal view. |
| 5. | On the Insert menu, click Database and then click Results. |
| 6. | Select Sample Database Connection (Northwind), and then click Next. |
| 7. | Select Customers as the record source, and then click Next. |
| 8. | Click the More Options button. |
| 9. | Click the Criteria button. |
| 10. | Click the Add button. |
| 11. | Select CustomerID for the Field Name. |
| 12. | Select Begins With for the Comparison. |
| 13. | Click OK three times. |
| 14. | Click Next twice. |
| 15. | Clear the Add search form check box. |
| 16. | Click Finish. |
| 17. | Save the page as dbtoc.asp in your Web site. |
| 18. | Click Preview in Browser on the standard toolbar in FrontPage. |
When a user browses this page by using HTTP, the page displays a table of contents, followed by the output of the FrontPage Database Results Wizard. When a user clicks a button in the table of contents, the database is filtered for data that begins with the letter that is clicked.
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