Topic awaiting preservation: JavaScript dynamic links (Page 1 of 1)

Hey hey!

Now I feel particularly stupid posting this, but I have to be honest, my brain feels as though it's shrunk to the size of a pea and is rattling around up there.

It's a fairly straightforward problem (haahahaha - I thought it was anyway):

I have this function:

function mergeURL(x) { 

	with (document.forms["myForm"])

	{

	

	var setURL = passURL.value

	var setSession = MonitoringRefID.value

	var mailURL = setURL + setSession

	}

}

Which takes the values from two form elements, and joins them in a variable.
Simple enough so far.

passURL is a textfield, containing a URL which ends thus: blahblahurl.asp?MonitoringID=
MonitoringRefID is also a textfield, dynamicaly populated by another function, and containg the unique identifyer which sits after the URL

Together they make a complete URL: http://blahblahurl.asp?MonitoringID=xxyyzz

This all works fine, so now I want to create a dynamic MAILTO link, which adds the complete URL in the body of the message. And here's where I fall flat on my behind.
I've tried the method below, but I just can't work out / remember where the delimiters go, and how to separate my html from my javascript...

Can someone please point out where I'm going wrong?

<script>

document.write("<a href='MAILTO:Enter recipient name here?subject=monitoring%20session%20details&body=' + mailURL + ' onMouseOver=mergeURL(1)'>Send session link</a>")

</script>

Meanwhile, I'm off to break Google.
Seems the more I search, the more confused I become. *Sigh*

My head hurts.

Thanks again
Dufty

ahh bit too much work. You don't need to write out the link you just need this.

<a href="javascript: location.href = 'mailto:' + mailurl" onMouseOver="mergeURL()">Send Session Link</a>

(make sure just in case to have mailurl set once at least to a default in your head script)



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Thanks bitdamaged, I'll give it a whirl.