Form Submission Failure

M

Mignonne Clapp

I built a form using Frontpage 2003. And of course am
uploading to a server with FP 2002 extensions. For some
reason most web hosting providers STILL run FP 2002
extensions. Anyway, when I upload the form, it fails. I
get an error of:

FrontPage Run-Time Component Page
You have submitted a form or followed a link to a page
that requires a web server and the FrontPage Server
Extensions to function properly.

This form or other FrontPage component will work
correctly if you publish this web to a web server that
has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.

Click the <Back> arrow to return to the previous page.

In the address box it says:
http://www.webdesignsconsult.com/_derived/nortbots.htm

I have my form to send form submissions to an EMAIL
address. And I KNOW FRONTPAGE Extensions are on this
server. My hosting provider tells me that in my code it
shows action to send to nortbots.htm and that is what it
is doing.

HOW DO I FIX THIS PROBLEM. THis form was working fine
earlier and after I made a change it gives me this error.

Here is my coding:

<form action="--WEBBOT-SELF--" method="POST"
onsubmit="location.href='_derived/nortbots.htm';return
false;" language="JavaScript" webbot-onSubmit="return
FrontPage_Form2_Validator(this)" name="FrontPage_Form2">

<!--webbot
bot="SaveResults" S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-
Address="(e-mail address removed)" B-Email-Label-
Fields="TRUE" B-Email-Subject-From-Field="FALSE" S-Email-
Subject="Prospective Client Form" S-Builtin-Fields
startspan U-Confirmation-
Url="confirmation_email_prospective_client_form.htm" --
<input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--
Click to expand...
webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->

How do I fix this problem? I assume I need to change the
action? But how? This is confusing and is driving me nuts.
 
A

Andrew Murray

the reason they run the 2002 extensions is because FP 2003 use the 2002
extensions - there are no "Server Extensions for FP 2003" and besides a lot of
people still use FP 2002.

Check with your host that the FP extensions are installed.....and that you upload
with the http:// (Publish feature) in frontpage - any other method corrupts the
extensions.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

FP2002 SE are the latest for FP2003

Open your online web in FP and run a Tools Recalculate Hyperlinks, then View Reports Problems Component errors
- try opening the form page and setting Form properties again
- then try removing the email address and sending to file to see if it is an Email transport setup error




| I built a form using Frontpage 2003. And of course am
| uploading to a server with FP 2002 extensions. For some
| reason most web hosting providers STILL run FP 2002
| extensions. Anyway, when I upload the form, it fails. I
| get an error of:
|
| FrontPage Run-Time Component Page
| You have submitted a form or followed a link to a page
| that requires a web server and the FrontPage Server
| Extensions to function properly.
|
| This form or other FrontPage component will work
| correctly if you publish this web to a web server that
| has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.
|
| Click the <Back> arrow to return to the previous page.
|
| In the address box it says:
| http://www.webdesignsconsult.com/_derived/nortbots.htm
|
| I have my form to send form submissions to an EMAIL
| address. And I KNOW FRONTPAGE Extensions are on this
| server. My hosting provider tells me that in my code it
| shows action to send to nortbots.htm and that is what it
| is doing.
|
| HOW DO I FIX THIS PROBLEM. THis form was working fine
| earlier and after I made a change it gives me this error.
|
| Here is my coding:
|
| <form action="--WEBBOT-SELF--" method="POST"
| onsubmit="location.href='_derived/nortbots.htm';return
| false;" language="JavaScript" webbot-onSubmit="return
| FrontPage_Form2_Validator(this)" name="FrontPage_Form2">
|
| <!--webbot
| bot="SaveResults" S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-
| Address="(e-mail address removed)" B-Email-Label-
| Fields="TRUE" B-Email-Subject-From-Field="FALSE" S-Email-
| Subject="Prospective Client Form" S-Builtin-Fields
| startspan U-Confirmation-
| Url="confirmation_email_prospective_client_form.htm" --
| ><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--
| webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
|
| How do I fix this problem? I assume I need to change the
| action? But how? This is confusing and is driving me nuts.
|
 
G

Guest

Frontpage 2003 gives 4 ways to upload.

1. Frontpage or Shared Services
2. WebDAV
3. FTP
4. File System

Which one of these am I suppose to use so i do not
corrupt the files? Also, for the path when I go to
connect to the server .. do i put in
ftp.webdesignsconsult.com or
http://www.webdesignsconsult.com?
 
M

Mignonne Clapp

I forgot to tell you some more information. I wrote my
hosting provider about this and this and they told me I
need to change the action. Seems whatever i do, it always
says the following below. I just dont have an idea how to
do it. When I DO go in and make changes to send it to a
saved forms results OR email, I look in the code and it
still says:
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

#1 if the server you are publishing to has the FP extensions and the path would be
http://www.yourdomain.com

#3 if the server doesn't have the FP extensions and the path would be: ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
 
F

FrontPageForms

Mignonne,

When you say upload, I picture FTP. You cannot use FTP to
transfer a FPSE dependent component to your web.

FrontPage forms require ...

1. The FPSE
2. Publishing with FrontPage to http location.
3. .htm or .html extension.

When I get the FrontPage Run-Time Component Page in
browser preview, I am confident I have a working form.

If on the other hand it appears aftersubmitting a
published form then the extensions are either not present
or have been corrupted.

If you used FTP to transfer the form then this would
indeed corrupt the extensions.

More on FP form errors here ...
http://frontpageforms.com/form_error_faqs.htm

Mike Smith,
http://FrontPageForms.com
Form Tutorials & Form Script Examples
 

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