Problem with Form

[Chris Taylor]

I have a form on my website for volunteer duties for our club. A week ago I
had to change the time fields in this form and now when the data is returned
to me via email some of the time fields are missing.
I'm using publisher 2000 and have tried going through the form and checking
that the times selected are correct for the option button. Everything seems
fine but these fields are still missing when the confirmation page displays
and the data is emailed to me.

TIA

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

Post the url of the form page.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[Chris Taylor]

David
Thanks for the reply
the url is

http://www.bsccweb.com/Newpages/Fleamarket/fleamarket
--
Chris Taylor
(e-mail address removed)

Post the url of the form page.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

I did see an issue you probably didn't that would create random odd results,
but that stems from the bigger issue.
The bigger issue being that you are improperly using a radio button.

A radio button is designed for a yes/no answer to a question, not for
multiple selection.

If I ask the question "is my name David" then I use a radio button "group"
of 2 radio buttons that allow only the yes OR the no to be selected.
Or I could use a group of three that respond Yes, No, Maybe. But only one is
allowed to be selected. Selecting any one of the three deselects the other
two. That is the design of a radio button and a radio buttons "group"
membership.

If you ask the question "what time frame can I work" and you give me four
possible time frames to choose from and you only allow me to select 1 from
that 4 then you use a group of radio buttons. I can only select 1 of the 4,
any selection deselects the other 3.

If - as in your usage - a multiple selection is allowed, where I can choose
to work any or all of the possible options then the correct form control to
use is the checkbox.

Your form has some radio buttons that are grouped and some are not, which I
doubt you even realize.

I strongly recommend you redesign the form top to bottom. If only one answer
is possible to a question then use a radio button group. If a question can
receive multiple selections then use a checkbox on each possible option.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

David
Thanks for the reply
the url is

http://www.bsccweb.com/Newpages/Fleamarket/fleamarket
--
Chris Taylor
(e-mail address removed)

Post the url of the form page.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I have a form on my website for volunteer duties for our club. A week ago
I had to change the time fields in this form and now when the data is
returned to me via email some of the time fields are missing.
I'm using publisher 2000 and have tried going through the form and
checking that the times selected are correct for the option button.
Everything seems fine but these fields are still missing when the
confirmation page displays and the data is emailed to me.

TIA

 

[Anonymous]

David
I appreciate your reply and input and I will look into redesigning the
form when this event is over. However the form did work last year and
I'm still looking for a reason why all the fields don't display in the
confirmation and email to me.

Chris Taylor

I did see an issue you probably didn't that would create random odd results,
but that stems from the bigger issue.
The bigger issue being that you are improperly using a radio button.

A radio button is designed for a yes/no answer to a question, not for
multiple selection.

If I ask the question "is my name David" then I use a radio button "group"
of 2 radio buttons that allow only the yes OR the no to be selected.
Or I could use a group of three that respond Yes, No, Maybe. But only one is
allowed to be selected. Selecting any one of the three deselects the other
two. That is the design of a radio button and a radio buttons "group"
membership.

If you ask the question "what time frame can I work" and you give me four
possible time frames to choose from and you only allow me to select 1 from
that 4 then you use a group of radio buttons. I can only select 1 of the 4,
any selection deselects the other 3.

If - as in your usage - a multiple selection is allowed, where I can choose
to work any or all of the possible options then the correct form control to
use is the checkbox.

Your form has some radio buttons that are grouped and some are not, which I
doubt you even realize.

I strongly recommend you redesign the form top to bottom. If only one answer
is possible to a question then use a radio button group. If a question can
receive multiple selections then use a checkbox on each possible option.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

David
Thanks for the reply
the url is

http://www.bsccweb.com/Newpages/Fleamarket/fleamarket
--
Chris Taylor
(e-mail address removed)

Post the url of the form page.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com


I have a form on my website for volunteer duties for our club. A week ago
I had to change the time fields in this form and now when the data is
returned to me via email some of the time fields are missing.
I'm using publisher 2000 and have tried going through the form and
checking that the times selected are correct for the option button.
Everything seems fine but these fields are still missing when the
confirmation page displays and the data is emailed to me.

TIA