Form Properties

Hi - I use FP2000 and have a new form running on a Windows server. I've used
forms previously, but always on a Unix server with a hosted FORMMAIL cgi
script. On the Windows server, I edited the form properties online and was
able to get the form to work properly. However, after I made a minor change
to the form and published it, it appeared that the form properties were
reset to some kind of default values. Is it SOP that I will need to re-edit
the form properties everytime I make a change to this page? Something I'm
doing wrong?
Thanks,
Ron

Explain how you are editing the form properties.

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"Ron" <rotay20@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message news:eGhkRyCJFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi - I use FP2000 and have a new form running on a Windows server. I've used forms previously, but
> always on a Unix server with a hosted FORMMAIL cgi script. On the Windows server, I edited the
> form properties online and was able to get the form to work properly. However, after I made a
> minor change to the form and published it, it appeared that the form properties were reset to some
> kind of default values. Is it SOP that I will need to re-edit the form properties everytime I make
> a change to this page? Something I'm doing wrong?
> Thanks,
> Ron
>

I open the web page on the Windows server in my browser, click on the
Toolbar icon to "Edit in FP", right-click on "Form Properties", then use the
new window to set the recipient email address, confirmation page, etc. All
of this worked fine until a later time, when I edited the form on my
hard-drive and republished this page to the server. That appeared to cause
the server to over-write all of the changes I had made to "Form Properties".
I prefer to do page changes offline and re-publish them, rather than
online-edit the server version. Is that a bad choice?

"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Explain how you are editing the form properties.
>
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> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
> ==============================================
> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
>
> "Ron" <rotay20@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:eGhkRyCJFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi - I use FP2000 and have a new form running on a Windows server. I've
>> used forms previously, but always on a Unix server with a hosted FORMMAIL
>> cgi script. On the Windows server, I edited the form properties online
>> and was able to get the form to work properly. However, after I made a
>> minor change to the form and published it, it appeared that the form
>> properties were reset to some kind of default values. Is it SOP that I
>> will need to re-edit the form properties everytime I make a change to
>> this page? Something I'm doing wrong?
>> Thanks,
>> Ron
>>
>
>

Ok, you need open your local web / site directly in FP, make your changes, disregard any FP messages
about not have the extensions, etc., save the form and then publish to the live/remote server.

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"Ron" <rotay20@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message news:eVF6ydDJFHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I open the web page on the Windows server in my browser, click on the Toolbar icon to "Edit in FP",
>right-click on "Form Properties", then use the new window to set the recipient email address,
>confirmation page, etc. All of this worked fine until a later time, when I edited the form on my
>hard-drive and republished this page to the server. That appeared to cause the server to over-write
>all of the changes I had made to "Form Properties". I prefer to do page changes offline and
>re-publish them, rather than online-edit the server version. Is that a bad choice?
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23DUJ8DDJFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Explain how you are editing the form properties.
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
>> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
>> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
>> ==============================================
>> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
>> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
>>
>> "Ron" <rotay20@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message news:eGhkRyCJFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi - I use FP2000 and have a new form running on a Windows server. I've used forms previously,
>>> but always on a Unix server with a hosted FORMMAIL cgi script. On the Windows server, I edited
>>> the form properties online and was able to get the form to work properly. However, after I made
>>> a minor change to the form and published it, it appeared that the form properties were reset to
>>> some kind of default values. Is it SOP that I will need to re-edit the form properties everytime
>>> I make a change to this page? Something I'm doing wrong?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ron
>>>
>>
>>
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