The 'location.href='go.hcn?hcn2~recipe~'+topiclist.options[topiclist.selectedIndex].value;' is the original call. It references the program (hcn2), the procedure with the program (recipe) and the parameter for the proc (topiclist.etc)

>the href gets set but is there anything that actually calls the function?
>
>I mean, the value of the link is set correctly but doesn't there have to be something calling the link in the html?
>Maybe the variable needs to resolve first.
>
>var foo = 'go.hcn?hcn2~recipe~'+topiclist.options[topiclist.selectedIndex].value;
>window.location.href = foo';
>
>>Hello all
>>
>>New job, new 'interesting' things.
>>
>>We've got a page that displays a 'Recipe of the Week' which will allow you to select different recipes from a dropdown. The first item in the dropdown is 'Select Topic' and it has an assigned value of 0. The other entries have an assigned value of an ID field in a table.
>>
>>When "Select Topic" is selected, the page reports an error and logs you out, mostly because the Fox code behind it is doing a "Locate for ID = ID of what was selected and then does an EOF() check. If EOF(), error and log out.
>>
>>Figured the best way to fix this was to put the following if stmt around the call.
>>

>>function SCDropDown(topiclist)
>>  {
>>  If topiclist.options[topiclist.selectedIndex].value > 0
>>    {
>>    location.href='go.hcn?hcn2~recipe~'+topiclist.options[topiclist.selectedIndex].value;
>>    }
>>  else
>>    {
>>    messageBox("Please select a Recipe")
>>    }
>>  }
>>/SCRIPT
>>** Brokets removed so you don't have to scroll halfway across the page
>>
>>form action="go.hcn?hcn2~recipe" method="POST" name='scope'
>>SELECT NAME="topiclist" onchange="SCDropDown(this)" 
>>OPTION VALUE="0" Select Topic
>>OPTION VALUE="172" Antipasto Pita
>>OPTION VALUE="19" Anytime Breakfast Burrito
>>OPTION VALUE="118" Apple Pie Smoothie
>>OPTION VALUE="157" Asian Chicken Salad
>>OPTION VALUE="176" Asian Peanut Spring Roll
>>and so forth
>>

>>
>>And the good news is, it doesn't error/log when "select Topic" is selected.
>>...the bad news....it doesn't do anything at all.
>>
>>Now, I've never claimed to be a Java-master and shan't be attempting to claim it for QUITE a while, but it seems to me that the if stmt is saying:
>>If selectedIndex > 0
>> display the information
>>else
>> throw up idiot box
>>
>>Is anyone seeing anything other than that?
>>
>>Thanks
>>D