Hello all,

What I want to do is create a form which has three textfields and one "Insert Fields" button. When the button is clicked the three values should be displayed in a textarea below it.
Okay, that bit I can do. The only complication is that after the first click I would like all subsequent clicks to append to the textarea and not replace the current values. I can manage to do it the first time but each subsequent click overwrites the existing textarea.
e.g.
1st time:
Fields 1,2,3 = a,b,c (Click Insert)
textarea = abc
2nd time:
Fields 1,2,3 = x,y,z (Click Insert)
textarea = abcxyz

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that is what I would like it to do, but what I actually get is textarea = xyz. Here's my code..... 
print $query->start_multipart_form("POST", "test");
print "Field Name:";
print $query->textfield(-name=>'FieldOne', -size=>25);
print "Field Type:";
print $query->textfield(-name=>'FieldTwo', -size=>25);
print "Field Length:";
print $query->textfield(-name=>'FieldThree', -size=>25);
print "<br>" . $query->submit('Insert Field');
print $query->endform();

$testText = $query->param('SPCtext') . $query->param('FieldOne') . $qu
+ery->param('FieldTwo') . $query->param('FieldThree');

print $query->start_multipart_form("POST", "test");
print $query->textarea(-name=>'SPCtext', -cols=>50, -rows=>10, -value=
+>$testText);
print $query->submit('Save');
print $query->endform();

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I tried having the textarea inside the first form but then the Field values don't exist until after the 'click'.
Am I missing something simple?
Thanks,
AM

In reply to populating a textarea by amulcahy

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