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From: threademporium on 4 May 2010 15:58 win xp / FP2003 http://icingpictures.co.uk/online_order_form.htm Trying to create a confirmation page for above form - understand how to connect up confir page and original form and get it to display data fields - what i cannot get clear is what the person who views the confirmation page does with it - there are no submit buttons - go back to form links etc - the microsoft articles i have read all talk about the ability to view the confirmation page and then confirm it - how do they do that - seems the confirmation page is a dead end and has no influence on the original form that has already been sent to my email - have i misunderstood the concept of a confirmation form? Thank you for taking a look at my question Joyce
From: Ronx on 4 May 2010 17:32 The confirmation page is really a "Thank you" page - it confirms that the form data may have been processed. You can add links to other pages in your site, but once the confirmation page shows, the form data is finished and cannot be changed. I cannot remember ever seeing a page where I could confirm the form contents as correct before finally submitting it - correction of errors found by validation scripts yes, but not confirmation. -- Ron Symonds Microsoft MVP (Expression Web) http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/wf-menu.aspx threademporium laid this down on his screen : > win xp / FP2003 > http://icingpictures.co.uk/online_order_form.htm > Trying to create a confirmation page for above > form - understand how to connect up confir > page and original form and get it to display > data fields - what i cannot get clear is what > the person who views the confirmation page > does with it - there are no submit buttons - go > back to form links etc - the microsoft > articles i have read all talk about the ability > to view the confirmation page and then confirm > it - how do they do that - seems the > confirmation page is a dead end and has no > influence on the original form that has > already been sent to my email - have i > misunderstood the concept of a confirmation > form? > Thank you for taking a look at my question > Joyce
From: IdaSpode on 4 May 2010 18:30 I admin a site that is mostly used to sign up participants in an annual off road motorcycle event. Sorry to say, 'cuz I are one, but it seems dirtbikers aren't the brightest bulbs on the tree. Some guys would hit submit a half dozen before they got it all right (what, you mean you can't spell you own last name correctly???). This ended up being a PITA for me. I needed to give them a way to at least have another look at the data they entered before submitting to the database. Like you, I asked in this newsgroup for help, which I received from Thomas Rowe, here is what I ended up with, made a big difference in minimizing duplicate entries. Someone else may be able to describe this better than I, but here ya go... If I understand you correctly, you need to have the order form pass the data/values in your text and option boxes to another form for review, then have the second form submit the data/values to the database/file and display a page confirming the data sent to the database. (Think of the second form as a "review" page as opposed to a confirmation page.) The second form must have identical fields to the original, then have each field "request" data from the first one. For example: Text box/field in first form (order_form.html): <input type="text" name="first_name" size="12" tabindex="1"/> In "Form Properties" select > Send to other > in Options > Options for custom form handler: Action = order_form_review.html Method = post --------------------------------------- Same text box/field in second form (order_form_review.html): <input type="text" name="first_name" size="12" tabindex="1" value="<%=Request.Form("first_name")%>"/> When you hit the submit button on the first form, all the fields will propagate into the identical fields on second form. You can then review the data and have a link back to the original form to make corrections/changes if needed. When you hit submit on the second form, it sends the data to your database, email, file, folder or whatever destination you choose. After submitting the form is normally when you will be sent to a "confirmation page", which lists the data/values submitted to your database or other destination. If need be, email me at djones (at) Lsidaho {dot} com, I can send you copies of one of the forms. DJ On Tue, 4 May 2010 12:58:01 -0700, threademporium <threademporium(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >win xp / FP2003 >http://icingpictures.co.uk/online_order_form.htm > >Trying to create a confirmation page for above form - understand how to >connect up confir page and original form and get it to display data fields - >what i cannot get clear is what the person who views the confirmation page >does with it - there are no submit buttons - go back to form links etc - the >microsoft articles i have read all talk about the ability to view the >confirmation page and then confirm it - how do they do that - seems the >confirmation page is a dead end and has no influence on the original form >that has already been sent to my email - have i misunderstood the concept of >a confirmation form? > >Thank you for taking a look at my question > >Joyce
From: Ronx on 5 May 2010 03:18 The action should be: Action = "order_form_review.asp" The method uses "classic" ASP and will only work on a Windows server, or a Unix server that supports ASP - some do, but not very common. You will also need details of your server set up (database if used, SMTP server, any login details needed for the SMTP server) since this method does NOT use the FrontPage extensions. PHP could be used instead of ASP, PHP will work on almost every server. -- Ron Symonds Microsoft MVP (Expression Web) http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/wf-menu.aspx IdaSpode explained : > I admin a site that is mostly used to sign up > participants in an annual off road motorcycle > event. Sorry to say, 'cuz I are one, but it > seems dirtbikers aren't the brightest bulbs on > the tree. Some guys would hit submit a half > dozen before they got it all right (what, you > mean you can't spell you own last name > correctly???). > This ended up being a PITA for me. I needed to > give them a way to at least have another look > at the data they entered before submitting to > the database. Like you, I asked in this > newsgroup for help, which I received from > Thomas Rowe, here is what I ended up with, made > a big difference in minimizing duplicate > entries. > Someone else may be able to describe this > better than I, but here ya go... > If I understand you correctly, you need to have > the order form pass the data/values in your > text and option boxes to another form for > review, then have the second form submit the > data/values to the database/file and display a > page confirming the data sent to the database. > (Think of the second form as a "review" page as > opposed to a confirmation page.) > The second form must have identical fields to > the original, then have each field "request" > data from the first one. > For example: > Text box/field in first form (order_form.html): > <input type="text" name="first_name" size="12" > tabindex="1"/> > In "Form Properties" select > Send to other > > in Options > Options for custom form handler: > Action = order_form_review.html > Method = post > --------------------------------------- > Same text box/field in second form > (order_form_review.html): > <input type="text" name="first_name" size="12" > tabindex="1" > value="<%=Request.Form("first_name")%>"/> > When you hit the submit button on the first > form, all the fields will propagate into the > identical fields on second form. You can then > review the data and have a link back to the > original form to make corrections/changes if > needed. > When you hit submit on the second form, it > sends the data to your database, email, file, > folder or whatever destination you choose. > After submitting the form is normally when you > will be sent to a "confirmation page", which > lists the data/values submitted to your > database or other destination. > If need be, email me at djones (at) Lsidaho > {dot} com, I can send you copies of one of the > forms. > DJ > On Tue, 4 May 2010 12:58:01 -0700, > threademporium > <threademporium(a)discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: >> win xp / FP2003 >> http://icingpictures.co.uk/online_order_form.htm >> >> Trying to create a confirmation page for above >> form - understand how to connect up confir >> page and original form and get it to display >> data fields - what i cannot get clear is what >> the person who views the confirmation page >> does with it - there are no submit buttons - >> go back to form links etc - the microsoft >> articles i have read all talk about the >> ability to view the confirmation page and >> then confirm it - how do they do that - seems >> the confirmation page is a dead end and has >> no influence on the original form that has >> already been sent to my email - have i >> misunderstood the concept of a confirmation >> form? >> >> Thank you for taking a look at my question >> >> Joyce
From: IdaSpode on 5 May 2010 10:24 On Wed, 05 May 2010 08:18:07 +0100, Ronx <ronx917(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >The action should be: >Action = "order_form_review.asp" You are correct, thank you. Sorry for the ommision. Front Page, unlike me, will prompt you to save with the *.asp extension on these types of forms. DJ
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