Forms??

G

Guest

Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded airport.
I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to come
up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1 at
controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out so
they know all the info before the take off)
With me ??
Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and the
information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of the
submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
Please help, if possible.
Thanks
Craig
 
K

Kevin Spencer

You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
programming to do right.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Show me your certification without works,
and I'll show my certification
*by* my works.
 
G

Guest

Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
form?!
 
S

Steve Easton

Are all of the other monitors computers that are simply displaying the web
page??

If so, in code view, simply add a meta refresh tag to the head section page
the controllers edit

Adding the following to the head section will automatically refresh the page
on each machine every 60 seconds.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60">


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
S

Steve Easton

Just make sure they save the page after they edit it.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
G

Guest

I could be a little off base here, but if you had success with FP forms
posting to Intranet, you might try sending to an htm page using confirmation
fields for:

Wind Speed

Wind Direction

Cloud Height

Barometric Pressure

etc.

Then each time you submit new info it would overwrite the previous input. As
long as they can accress this page (utilizing the refresh meta tag Steve
provided). They would then be updated.

You might also include a date and time field so they know what time the
information was provided, just in case the new update hadn't taken.

Mike Smith,

http://FrontPageForms.com
FrontPage Form Tutorials
& Form Script Examples
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

You should be looking at networking the 3 PCs
and on one of them running a server w/ a database
(DB stores the data entered, all 3 PC can query the DB for all data entered)
--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
| Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
| All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
| form?!
|
| "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
|
| > You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
| > programming to do right.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| >
| > Kevin Spencer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Professional Numbskull
| >
| > Show me your certification without works,
| > and I'll show my certification
| > *by* my works.
| >
| > | > > Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded
| > > airport.
| > > I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to
| > > come
| > > up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
| > > At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
| > > weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
| > > etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
| > > computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1
| > > at
| > > controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out
| > > so
| > > they know all the info before the take off)
| > > With me ??
| > > Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
| > > Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and
| > > the
| > > information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
| > > operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of
| > > the
| > > submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
| > > I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
| > > Please help, if possible.
| > > Thanks
| > > Craig
| > >
| >
| >
| >
 
G

Guest

At the moment no, the monitor in flight ops and the controllers desk are just
video split from the standalone computer.
So whatever is displayed on the standalone computer, is displayed at the
desk and in flight ops.
I have already created a page that refreshes automatically, but i cannot get
it to display the information that i want from a submitted form.
 
G

Guest

The 3 computers are ot networked at the moment, but will be in the near future.
I cannot submit the information from the forms to a database, as it is
ghosted and cannot seem to get it 'unghosted'.
And how would i go about creating a form that shows the information from a
database, in the layout that i want ?

Stefan B Rusynko said:
You should be looking at networking the 3 PCs
and on one of them running a server w/ a database
(DB stores the data entered, all 3 PC can query the DB for all data entered)
--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
| Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
| All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
| form?!
|
| "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
|
| > You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
| > programming to do right.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| >
| > Kevin Spencer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Professional Numbskull
| >
| > Show me your certification without works,
| > and I'll show my certification
| > *by* my works.
| >
| > | > > Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded
| > > airport.
| > > I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to
| > > come
| > > up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
| > > At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
| > > weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
| > > etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
| > > computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1
| > > at
| > > controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out
| > > so
| > > they know all the info before the take off)
| > > With me ??
| > > Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
| > > Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and
| > > the
| > > information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
| > > operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of
| > > the
| > > submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
| > > I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
| > > Please help, if possible.
| > > Thanks
| > > Craig
| > >
| >
| >
| >
 
G

Guest

Sorry am a bit new to this, could you explain to me how i go about doing that ?
Like an example?
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

The simplest way is to start w/ the DBRW in FP
- requires the data entry PC be running a local server (Windows 2000, 3000 or XPpro) w/ IIS installed and the FP SE
(see http://spiderwebwoman.com/resources/dbrwtipsandtricks.asp)

Would probably work in your case even w/o networking
(because the other 2 monitors are seeing same as data entry PC)
--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| The 3 computers are ot networked at the moment, but will be in the near future.
| I cannot submit the information from the forms to a database, as it is
| ghosted and cannot seem to get it 'unghosted'.
| And how would i go about creating a form that shows the information from a
| database, in the layout that i want ?
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > You should be looking at networking the 3 PCs
| > and on one of them running a server w/ a database
| > (DB stores the data entered, all 3 PC can query the DB for all data entered)
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
| > | Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
| > | All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
| > | form?!
| > |
| > | "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
| > |
| > | > You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
| > | > programming to do right.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > HTH,
| > | >
| > | > Kevin Spencer
| > | > Microsoft MVP
| > | > Professional Numbskull
| > | >
| > | > Show me your certification without works,
| > | > and I'll show my certification
| > | > *by* my works.
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded
| > | > > airport.
| > | > > I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to
| > | > > come
| > | > > up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
| > | > > At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
| > | > > weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
| > | > > etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
| > | > > computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1
| > | > > at
| > | > > controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out
| > | > > so
| > | > > they know all the info before the take off)
| > | > > With me ??
| > | > > Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
| > | > > Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and
| > | > > the
| > | > > information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
| > | > > operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of
| > | > > the
| > | > > submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
| > | > > I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
| > | > > Please help, if possible.
| > | > > Thanks
| > | > > Craig
| > | > >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
 
G

Guest

My send to database is ghosted/greyed out.
And cannot select it, how do i get it to be selectable?

Stefan B Rusynko said:
The simplest way is to start w/ the DBRW in FP
- requires the data entry PC be running a local server (Windows 2000, 3000 or XPpro) w/ IIS installed and the FP SE
(see http://spiderwebwoman.com/resources/dbrwtipsandtricks.asp)

Would probably work in your case even w/o networking
(because the other 2 monitors are seeing same as data entry PC)
--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| The 3 computers are ot networked at the moment, but will be in the near future.
| I cannot submit the information from the forms to a database, as it is
| ghosted and cannot seem to get it 'unghosted'.
| And how would i go about creating a form that shows the information from a
| database, in the layout that i want ?
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > You should be looking at networking the 3 PCs
| > and on one of them running a server w/ a database
| > (DB stores the data entered, all 3 PC can query the DB for all data entered)
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
| > | Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
| > | All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
| > | form?!
| > |
| > | "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
| > |
| > | > You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
| > | > programming to do right.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > HTH,
| > | >
| > | > Kevin Spencer
| > | > Microsoft MVP
| > | > Professional Numbskull
| > | >
| > | > Show me your certification without works,
| > | > and I'll show my certification
| > | > *by* my works.
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded
| > | > > airport.
| > | > > I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to
| > | > > come
| > | > > up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
| > | > > At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
| > | > > weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
| > | > > etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
| > | > > computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1
| > | > > at
| > | > > controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out
| > | > > so
| > | > > they know all the info before the take off)
| > | > > With me ??
| > | > > Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
| > | > > Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and
| > | > > the
| > | > > information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
| > | > > operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of
| > | > > the
| > | > > submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
| > | > > I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
| > | > > Please help, if possible.
| > | > > Thanks
| > | > > Craig
| > | > >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
 
B

Bob Lehmann

Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
Why is it, that so many people who don't know how to do something, always
seem to think it's easy to do that something?

Has anyone ever contemplated that taking out an appendix is easy?

Bob Lehmann
 
G

Guest

Sorry, didn't have a chance to publish earlier.

Here is an example of what I was talking about. Of course your fields would
be different.

http://frontpageforms.com/overwrite_html_form_content.htm

Fill out the form, take a look at the confirmation ppage. Use browser back
and then make new choices to see it overwrite.

As long as your other PCs can access the page, they will see your input.

Mike Smith,

http://FrontPageForms.com
FrontPage Form Tutorials
& Form Script Examples
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

As I indicated you need to be running a local server (Windows 2000, 3000 or XPpro) w/ IIS installed and the FP SE enabled

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| My send to database is ghosted/greyed out.
| And cannot select it, how do i get it to be selectable?
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > The simplest way is to start w/ the DBRW in FP
| > - requires the data entry PC be running a local server (Windows 2000, 3000 or XPpro) w/ IIS installed and the FP SE
| > (see http://spiderwebwoman.com/resources/dbrwtipsandtricks.asp)
| >
| > Would probably work in your case even w/o networking
| > (because the other 2 monitors are seeing same as data entry PC)
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | The 3 computers are ot networked at the moment, but will be in the near future.
| > | I cannot submit the information from the forms to a database, as it is
| > | ghosted and cannot seem to get it 'unghosted'.
| > | And how would i go about creating a form that shows the information from a
| > | database, in the layout that i want ?
| > |
| > | "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
| > |
| > | > You should be looking at networking the 3 PCs
| > | > and on one of them running a server w/ a database
| > | > (DB stores the data entered, all 3 PC can query the DB for all data entered)
| > | > --
| > | >
| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > | > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > | > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > | > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | Surely someon must know a way of doing this.
| > | > | Im far from an expert at this, but it just seems so easy.
| > | > | All i need is for the webpge to show some information tht ive submitted in a
| > | > | form?!
| > | > |
| > | > | "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > You're really talking about a web application there. It would require some
| > | > | > programming to do right.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > HTH,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Kevin Spencer
| > | > | > Microsoft MVP
| > | > | > Professional Numbskull
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Show me your certification without works,
| > | > | > and I'll show my certification
| > | > | > *by* my works.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | > | > | > > Hi there, I'm an Air Traffic Engineer for a small, soon to be expanded
| > | > | > > airport.
| > | > | > > I work very closely with Air Traffic Control, and they have asked me to
| > | > | > > come
| > | > | > > up with a way of showing some data on an Intranet page.
| > | > | > > At the moment the controllers or assistants take down readings of the
| > | > | > > weather (cloud height, temp, barometer readings, wind speed and direction
| > | > | > > etc) and is just typed into a webpage, in preview mode, on a standalone
| > | > | > > computer, with the VGA output split to 3 different monitors. (1 at desk, 1
| > | > | > > at
| > | > | > > controllers desk and 1 to flight operations, where pilots check in and out
| > | > | > > so
| > | > | > > they know all the info before the take off)
| > | > | > > With me ??
| > | > | > > Is it possible for me to create a webpage/form with the fields that the
| > | > | > > Controller or Assistant can fill in on the intranet then press submit and
| > | > | > > the
| > | > | > > information sent to a file somewhere, then have a computer down in flight
| > | > | > > operations looking at an 'automatically refreshable' webpage with all of
| > | > | > > the
| > | > | > > submitted information from the form viewed on this webpage.
| > | > | > > I have made a form and a page but cannot seem to get the two to talk.
| > | > | > > Please help, if possible.
| > | > | > > Thanks
| > | > | > > Craig
| > | > | > >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
 

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