Database Results Background Q

[Allan]

I need to put a spreadsheet behind a webpage to collect contact info for a
club.

As I have looked into the Database Results wizard, and how to go about it...
Will the resulting code be a web page and an .xls file that I can post on my
ISP's site and it will work (write info to the spreadsheet)?

Or, (with the database connection stuff) does that only work if I turn my
own PC into a webserver, and run it all from there?

My question is, how portable is the solution?
My ISP runs in a windows 2000 environment, do I have to work with him too
closely, or... what can I do (not knowing ASP, or much custom coding...)
with the Database Results wizard?

Many thanks in advance
Allan

 

[Stephen Travis]

I'm not exactly clear on what you're trying to do but the FP database component requires a MS web server. Any MS web server will
generally run your application.

Although you can save FP form data to an .xls file, I would recommend that you use Access instead. There is a way to display DRW
results in Excel if your users require data in that format.

 

[Allan]

Thanks. To clarify more, I just didn't want to set up the full connection,
and DNS connection routine, etc. so I can go through the Database Results
wizard, and then have the resulting page only work on the machine it was
created on (since I don't have the skills to just write the interface).

I appreciate your reccomendation to use Access. No problem. I am very
familiar with Access. But please clarify your acronym "DRW" (?)
What does that mean?

- Allan

I'm not exactly clear on what you're trying to do but the FP database

component requires a MS web server. Any MS web server will

generally run your application.

Although you can save FP form data to an .xls file, I would recommend that

you use Access instead. There is a way to display DRW