forms in Front Page 2002

[JC]

I have set up a form in fp2002. Site is hosted by Yahoo Merchant Solutions.
Copied their html piece that has<Form method=POST..." to have results sent to
my email address. Form doesn't submit and receive Error message that says
"There was an error while processing your form input: Incorrect request to
userForms. Please go back and try again. "
Anyone have any suggestions how to work with forms and Yahoo hosting while
using FP?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Yahoo probably does...

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

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The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.

 

[JC]

You'd think so but since it is a custom form they don't. Any suggestions?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You'd think so but since it is a custom form they don't. Any suggestions?

Hang on a second. Let me quote your original message:

Now, when you say "their html piece," I'm assuming that you mean "Yahoo
Business Solutions' html piece."

So, what am I missing that you have not said?

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

The man who questions opinions is wise.
The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.

 

[JC]

They have suggested html code that you can drop into the <form> that I
created in FP. I could have used one of their stock email survey forms and
avoided all this but wanted my form to ask the questions I wanted to ask and
maintain a look I wanted to achieve. When I dropped the code into my page, it
is supposed to send the survey responses to my email. Instead the error
message is coming up. I just wondered if anyone else has used Yahoo Merchant
Solutions and FP. This is not the first problem I have had with the combo. If
I used their web site builder, they would provide more support. But, because
I choose FP, their support is limited.
Just thought someone might have had experience with Yahoo and FP.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Okay, here's the deal. an HTML form is a special HTML document that creates
a POST HTTP request to a URL on a web server. The URL is not an HTML
document, but an application that executes when called, reading the form
data from the POSTed form, processing it, and returning an HTML document to
the client afterwards.

As an application, the form handler must understand what to look for in the
form. It is the "ACTION" property of the form that contains the URL of the
form handler on the server that handles the form POST. So, when you change
the contents of the form, the only people that can tell you what effect this
has are the owners of the form handler.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

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