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Posted by Neil Kennedy on 07/06/07 18:56
Ta for the reply.
I am hoping to avoid using scripting, purely and simply because I haven't
got a clue what I am doing with it! I did set up a simple form on a (very)
simple page years ago, which didn't use any scripting, and was hoping to
head off down that path again. Is there any way round this?
With regards to the users having mail clients - the form is on a site that
is going to be used by specific people, and I know they all have mail
clients. As for the Reset button - trust me, it'll be needed :)
Thanks again
Neil
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>> Hi all
>>
>> Now I have done this before many moons ago, but just cannot, no matter
>> how much I tinker, get a form to redirect when sent.
>>
>> I have the following, set in a multi column / multi row table:-
>>
>><form method="post" action="mailto:email address (removed)>
>
> That in itself is fraught with danger - the biggest one being the user
> has to have an email client to send the form data.
>
>>
>> and at the bottom I have
>><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
>><input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="redirectfile.html">
>
> Okay, so your action is mailto - mailto does not know anything about
> redirection. Server side scripts know how to redirect.
>
>><input type="reset" value="Reset">
>
> Personally, I find those useless if not annoying.
>
>>
>> Any idea which bit I may have missed to prevent the form from snding
>> to my email (which it does) and then redirecting to another page
>> (which it doesn't!).
>
> Yes, you need a server side form handling script, eg:
> <form method="post" action="myformhandinglingscript.asp">
>
> If you are writing the script, you probably don't need to use the
> redirect hidden input element. This that I've seen in third party form
> processing scripts, like http://www.response-o-matic.com/ .
>
>>
>> Cheers in advance for the help folks
>>
>
> HTH
>
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