Question

I’ve created buttons that have been edited with css to look like hyperlinks so I can use form post instead of using querystring. I’ve made it so that when a button is clicked it creates a checkbox for each user. I want it so that when i change the state of the checkbox I want it to save as I’m going through different letters. I believe the problem I am having is because the “hyperlinks” are really buttons and changing the checked state of a checkbox is creating problems. I would prefer not to use JavaScript but if its the only way for me to get the results that I want then I would use java-script. Code provided below –

<form action="Table.asp" method="post" name="form2">
<input type="submit" name="Button" value="#" style="background:transparent;border:0;display:inline;color:#00F;text-decoration:underline;padding:0px;cursor:pointer">
<% for i = 97 to 122 %>     
     <input type="submit" name="Button" value="<%=CHR(i) %>" style="background:transparent;border:0;display:inline;color:#00F;text-decoration:underline;padding:0px;cursor:pointer;">&nbsp;
<% next %>

 </br></br></br>

 <%
    alphaB = request.form("Button")
 if alphaB <>"" then
        %>
        <input type="checkbox" name="checkBox" value="<%=alphaB %>" <%=session("checkBox") %>>
        <%
        response.write alphaB


 end if


alphaCheck = request.form("checkBox")

if alphaCheck <>"" then
    session("checkBox") = "checked"
else
    session("checkBox") = ""
end if

Answer 1

all you got wrong is the place where you set your session …

move

alphaCheck = request.form("checkBox")
if alphaCheck <>"" then
    session("checkBox_"&alphaCheck) = "checked"
else
    session("checkBox_"&alphaCheck) = ""
end if 
...
<input type="checkbox" name="checkBox" value="<%=alphaB %>" <%=session("checkbox_"&alphaB ) %>/>

before the checkbox creation

what happen is that on the first time your session is not initialized once you hit the page