FP2003 Form Wizard - form saves to file but no confirm page.

[Stan Hilliard]

I can create a new page with a form on it to input 3 fields and save
them to a text file. I took the defaults of this simple wizard.

In the browser I enter the three fields and submit.
1) The fields are saved in the text file in _private/
2) There is no confirmation page -- just a white screen.

Why no confirmation page?

The results are the same with Firefox and IE.
The results are the same if I add my own confirmation page.

Information will be appreciated,
Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

I should probably have posted this in my related thread called
Conformation page --
starting 11/9/07 12:48 PM

This is an ongoing problem. It is on a windows server, the input-form
page is www.samplingplans.com/tpztofile.htm This confirmation-page
problem started when my web was moved to that server from another
windows server because of different problem involving the FP
searchbot.

Stan Hilliard

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[Stefan B Rusynko]

All you Confirmation page at http://www.samplingplans.com/tpzblank.htm has in it is
<p>TPZblank</p>

You Need to add the Confirmation form fields to display to that page
Insert

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|I should probably have posted this in my related thread called
| Conformation page --
| starting 11/9/07 12:48 PM
|
| This is an ongoing problem. It is on a windows server, the input-form
| page is www.samplingplans.com/tpztofile.htm This confirmation-page
| problem started when my web was moved to that server from another
| windows server because of different problem involving the FP
| searchbot.
|
| Stan Hilliard
|
| =========
| On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:46:43 -0600, Stan Hilliard
|
| >I can create a new page with a form on it to input 3 fields and save
| >them to a text file. I took the defaults of this simple wizard.
| >
| >In the browser I enter the three fields and submit.
| >1) The fields are saved in the text file in _private/
| >2) There is no confirmation page -- just a white screen.
| >
| >Why no confirmation page?
| >
| >The results are the same with Firefox and IE.
| >The results are the same if I add my own confirmation page.
| >
| >Information will be appreciated,
| >Stan Hilliard
|

 

[Stan Hilliard]

All you Confirmation page at http://www.samplingplans.com/tpzblank.htm has in it is
<p>TPZblank</p>

You Need to add the Confirmation form fields to display to that page
Insert

I did not intend to display the fields. They should go to the file,
which they do. The purpose of the "" is to verify whether the
confirmation file loads-- which it doesn't. The file
http://www.samplingplans.com/tpzblank.htm should load as a
confirmation page when the submit button on
www.samplingplans.com/tpztofile.htm is pushed -- but it doesn't.

New -- I have now the confirmation page name from the input form. FP
should display its own generic confirmation page -- but it doesn't.

Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

I did not intend to display the fields. They should go to the file,
which they do. The purpose of the "" is to verify whether the
confirmation file loads-- which it doesn't. The file
http://www.samplingplans.com/tpzblank.htm should load as a
confirmation page when the submit button on
www.samplingplans.com/tpztofile.htm is pushed -- but it doesn't.

New -- I have now the confirmation page name from the input form. FP
should display its own generic confirmation page -- but it doesn't.

Stan Hilliard

I copied www.samplingplans.com/tpztofile.htm into another web on my
local PC and it worked correctly, bringing up the FP default
confirmation page.

Stan Hilliard

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Stan,

How was the site moved to this server? Was it published via FP or was it copied?

The correct method is to always published between location or via a Backup and Restore application,
and then you would have to do a complete publish at least one prior to doing a change page only
publish.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Stan Hilliard]

Stan,

How was the site moved to this server? Was it published via FP or was it copied?

The correct method is to always published between location or via a Backup and Restore application,
and then you would have to do a complete publish at least one prior to doing a change page only
publish.

The provider created an empty site on the new server. Then I published
from my PC to the new site.

How does this sound for a plan?
I am in the process of publishing the site to my PC. Then I will test
the form on tpztofile.htm there. If tpztofile.htm works in the web
context on my PC and not when published to the ISP's site, that should
be evidence that the problem is on the server and not in my web. Then
I will ask the ISP to reset the empty web so I can republish. If
tpztofile.htm still doesn't work I will ask to be moved to a different
server.

Stan Hilliard

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

It will only work on your PC, if you are publishing to http://localhost/webname, etc. If the form is
being sent to email, then only if you have a mail server installed and it and the FP extensions are
configured to process email from forms.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Stan Hilliard]

It will only work on your PC, if you are publishing to http://localhost/webname, etc. If the form is
being sent to email, then only if you have a mail server installed and it and the FP extensions are
configured to process email from forms.

Today I think I found a solution to the problem that I have with
FrontPage forms not producing a confirmation page after writing to a
file.

I have two webs at the same ISP. I moved the offending page from
one web to the other -- it works. I can write user input to a file,
send myself and email, and load a confirmation page.

The only important difference I know of between the sites is the
difference in FrontPage extension versions. On the first web I have FP
2000 extensions because of the bug that prevents my FP discussion from
working FP 2002 extensions.

My current FP discussion does not accept new posts anymore -- I have
changed to a phpBB forum. The FP discussion can only be browsed and
searched. So the current 2002 version of extensions might work.

I will ask the ISP for a test with the 2002 extensions.

Stan Hilliard

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[Stan Hilliard]

Today I think I found a solution to the problem that I have with
FrontPage forms not producing a confirmation page after writing to a
file.

I have two webs at the same ISP. I moved the offending page from
one web to the other -- it works. I can write user input to a file,
send myself and email, and load a confirmation page.

The only important difference I know of between the sites is the
difference in FrontPage extension versions. On the first web I have FP
2000 extensions because of the bug that prevents my FP discussion from
working FP 2002 extensions.

My current FP discussion does not accept new posts anymore -- I have
changed to a phpBB forum. The FP discussion can only be browsed and
searched. So the current 2002 version of extensions might work.

I will ask the ISP for a test with the 2002 extensions.
Stan Hilliard

My ISP upgraded the FP extensions from 2000 to 2002. The discussion
web seemed OK until I recalculated hyperlinks. That hosed the contents
frame, which then did not contain the topic titles but contained only
text string: "|_disc1sam/_disc1sam/tocproto.htm|".

Here is the solution that worked for me.
There is no such folder as "_disc1sam/_disc1sam/" so I created one.
Then I copied all of the messages in "_disc1sam/" (files with names
like 000005d1.htm) to the new "_disc1sam/_disc1sam/"

I think this solution to the bugs in the FP extensions will be of
interest to others who may be having similar problems. So I will start
a new thread with a more appropriate title and more detail.

Stan Hilliard