vbscript dropdown in function without using HTML (classic ASP)

Question

I am working on a classic asp page with a pre-existing vbscript function that forms a document.

Is there a way to make a dropdown within vbscript itself that doesn't depend on HTML?

I have an xml object with what is needed to load the dropdown but I need to load the actual dropdown.

Luckily, it just needs to print on the form, there is no save to a database.

There isn't much code to post except that it would go in a function such as:

Function getDropdownA(ByVal strInput)
     ' put dropdown here, loading into it the strInput
End

Is there a way to make a dropdown within vbscript itself that doesn't depend on HTML? the short answer is no — Rafael
– Rafael, Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 22:49
In order to appear on the web page it would have to be constructed with HTML. What do you mean by "doesn't depend on" HTML? — Don Zacharias
– Don Zacharias, Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 4:32
@Rafael , please promote your comment to an answer, and I will accept it. Of course, that is an answer also..... Thanks — JosephDoggie
– JosephDoggie, Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 14:08
@DonZacharias -- the way the page is structured, an entire re-write would have to be done if HTML were used, so we changed it to an edit box in our case... however the answer here appears to be "no" and that's ok, sometimes, that is what the answer is! — JosephDoggie
– JosephDoggie, Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 18:38

Rafael · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-27 15:50:20Z

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Well , relative to your question.

Is there a way to make a dropdown within vbscript itself that doesn't depend on HTML?

A short answer is no.

Ok, Why not? because classic-asp like almost every other preprocessor languages for web applications, doesn't have the faculty to interact directly with your browser. instead the language provides you a set of methods to write and recieve data from the user-agent (not necesarry a browser).

and the browser relies on HTML,XHTML,CSS and derivatives to construct an interface to the user, and due to fact that preprocessor doesn't interact directly with HTML, that its the reason because you can't make a dropdown in pure vbscript bypassing HTML code.

i hope this answer provides a clear view about the scope of classic-asp and the related technologies

edited Jan 27, 2016 at 15:50

answered Jan 27, 2016 at 15:01

Rafael

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