form validation confirmation page

G

grumpy

I have a form requiring several fields to be entered. When the submit button
is clicked with valid data I want the stuff emailed then I want the
confirmation page to be a PDF file to display on their b rowser, other wise
the default validation failure. I'm getting the message

Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page:
"AcuTrackBrochures.pdf"

Did I make a mistake or can I not have a PDF file as validation success page
to be sent.
 
B

Bob

Hi Grumpy,

A normal confirmation page is an .asp ......
You could then put a print button at the bottom so they can print it for
their records.
================================
Confirmation Page...

On your new page, type the text you want to display to a site visitor who
has submitted the form.
For example, "Thank you for your response. Please confirm your e-mail
address."

On the page that contains your form, identify the form field data that you
want your site visitors to confirm. For example, you could display the
contents of an e-mail address field, allowing the site visitor to confirm
that he or she typed it correctly.

You will need to use the unique form field names for each data field you
want to send to the confirmation page.
From your confirmation page, type the name of the field from which you want
to display information.

How?

On your confirmation page, from the Insert menu, click Web Component.
In the Component type pane, click "Advanced Controls", and in the Choose a
control pane, double-click "Confirmation Field".

Type the name of the field from which you want to display information, and
then click OK.

Note: The name of this field must match the name you gave the form field
when you set its properties.

The name of the field is displayed in brackets [ ] on the form. When the
confirmation form is displayed to the site visitor, this field will display
the site visitor's entry instead.

Repeat the above steps for each field you want to display for confirmation.

Assign the confirmation page to your form.

How?

Open the page containing your form by double-clicking the file in the Folder
List.

If the Folder List is hidden, on the View menu, click Folder List.

Right-click the form, and then click Form Properties.

Click Options, and then click the Confirmation Page tab.

In the URL of confirmation page box, type the file name and location of the
confirmation page you just created, or click

Browse to locate it.

Notes:If you are saving your form results to a database, you must save your
confirmation page with an .asp extension.

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bob
|I have a form requiring several fields to be entered. When the submit
button
| is clicked with valid data I want the stuff emailed then I want the
| confirmation page to be a PDF file to display on their b rowser, other
wise
| the default validation failure. I'm getting the message
|
| Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page:
| "AcuTrackBrochures.pdf"
|
| Did I make a mistake or can I not have a PDF file as validation success
page
| to be sent.
|
 
S

Steve Easton

It will take some serious server side scripting to return a confirmation
page in .pdf format.
Not saying that it can't be done, but you'd be better off asking this
question in an Adobe news group.


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