Frontpage form driving me nuts.

[Manny Borges]

Ok. I just want a confirmation page.
I did the >>form properties and browsed to the html page I wanted.
It shows up in the webbot field.

It doesn't go.

So I used a <input type="hidden" name="ThankYou"
value="http://YourDomainName.com/ThankYou.htm">

Doesn't go.

I just keet getting a _vti_bin/shtml/nameofvirtdir/nameofform.htm page that
is ugly and useless.

It is on a server running Sharepoint portal server 2003 with the latest Sps.

what am i missing?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

1. Does the default confirmation page display when you leave the field blank under Form Properties?
2. You have the site open in FP and the page you are trying to link to is within this current open
FP web, correct?
3. The FP Form Handler will not use a hidden form field value to redirect to.
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[Stefan B Rusynko]

PS
Re #2 - it also needs a relative page address - not an absolute URL




| 1. Does the default confirmation page display when you leave the field blank under Form Properties?
| 2. You have the site open in FP and the page you are trying to link to is within this current open
| FP web, correct?
| 3. The FP Form Handler will not use a hidden form field value to redirect to.
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| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| ==============================================
| If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| Microsoft Product Support Services:
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| security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
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|
| | > Ok. I just want a confirmation page.
| > I did the >>form properties and browsed to the html page I wanted.
| > It shows up in the webbot field.
| >
| > It doesn't go.
| >
| > So I used a <input type="hidden" name="ThankYou"
| > value="http://YourDomainName.com/ThankYou.htm">
| >
| > Doesn't go.
| >
| > I just keet getting a _vti_bin/shtml/nameofvirtdir/nameofform.htm page that
| > is ugly and useless.
| >
| > It is on a server running Sharepoint portal server 2003 with the latest Sps.
| >
| > what am i missing?
| >
|
|

 

[Manny Borges]

answers inline

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Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman

1. Does the default confirmation page display when you leave the field
blank under Form Properties?

Yes. Even if I edit the webbot line and kill it from there.

2. You have the site open in FP and the page you are trying to link to is
within this current open FP web, correct?
Yes

3. The FP Form Handler will not use a hidden form field value to redirect
to.

So what will? I thought that was basic HTML.

 

[Manny Borges]

Tried both kinds.

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Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Re your # 3
It is not basic html
- it is totally controlled by the FP SE on the server




| answers inline
|
| --
| Manny Borges
| MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
| MCT, Certified Cheese Master
|
| The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
| -- Marty Feldman
| | > 1. Does the default confirmation page display when you leave the field
| > blank under Form Properties?
|
| Yes. Even if I edit the webbot line and kill it from there.
|
|
| > 2. You have the site open in FP and the page you are trying to link to is
| > within this current open FP web, correct?
|
| Yes
|
| > 3. The FP Form Handler will not use a hidden form field value to redirect
| > to.
|
| So what will? I thought that was basic HTML.
|
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > ==============================================
| > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > http://support.microsoft.com
| > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > ==============================================
| >
| > | >> Ok. I just want a confirmation page.
| >> I did the >>form properties and browsed to the html page I wanted.
| >> It shows up in the webbot field.
| >>
| >> It doesn't go.
| >>
| >> So I used a <input type="hidden" name="ThankYou"
| >> value="http://YourDomainName.com/ThankYou.htm">
| >>
| >> Doesn't go.
| >>
| >> I just keet getting a _vti_bin/shtml/nameofvirtdir/nameofform.htm page
| >> that
| >> is ugly and useless.
| >>
| >> It is on a server running Sharepoint portal server 2003 with the latest
| >> Sps.
| >>
| >> what am i missing?
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Manny Borges]

So this may be an issue with Sharepoint 2003 not *really* being totally
frontpage 2003 compatible.

I just may be off on the whole form thing, but i still am confounded that a
basic HTML standard :the hidden tag inside a form tag to redirect to a
confirmation page does not work. I do not see how this is controlled by the
server extensions .
I am going to have to break out notepad when I have time and try to make a
pure form to test.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The script that process the form, must be designed to use the a hidden form field for redirection or
whatever, and in the case of the FP Form Handler, it is not supported nor designed to do so.

FP2003 is 100% compatability with the FP2002 extensions, as it support all features of FP2002.

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Microsoft Product Support Services:
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If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
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==============================================