Forms, asp and submit by email

[Guest]

Hi all - newbie here. I have created a FP website (without using any code)
and have several forms. When I signed up with Brinkster as my host they
require asp script for the forms which is sent to a form handler. I have
searched several forums and still dont get it. I want my forms to be emailed
to me when submitted. How do I get it asp as Brinkster requires and then
have the results sent to me? Any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks
in advance!

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

You don't "get" ASP - it is a server side tool
If the server supports ASP, you write your pages using ASP code (VBSCRIPT) and save them as .asp instead of .htm
- If Brinkster insists on ASP forms support instead of allowing FP Form handlers they should (and probably do) provide "canned" ASP
pages or code samples for the various type of forms (and ASP forms handlers) - contact them

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| Hi all - newbie here. I have created a FP website (without using any code)
| and have several forms. When I signed up with Brinkster as my host they
| require asp script for the forms which is sent to a form handler. I have
| searched several forums and still dont get it. I want my forms to be emailed
| to me when submitted. How do I get it asp as Brinkster requires and then
| have the results sent to me? Any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks
| in advance!
|

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your input. Went to them and they do not offer that type of
support. Been struggling with this for a couple weeks now. Any instruction
as to how to take my already constructed forms and to the form handler in the
asp specified code needed and then emailed to me would be helpful.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Do a search in the IE address bar as:

? ASP Sending Email from forms

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[Clark]

Maybe I am missing something here, but why would he need to write any
asp code for this? Frontpage will write if for him. All he really needs
is for his host to support asp (which given it uses windows servers it
probably does?), and then on his FP-generated form do Form / properties
and set up the email thingy.

Would this not be the easy answer for a newbie?

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Depends on the host ASP mail handler
- there are at least 2

FP will not generate the ASP sendmail scripts

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| Maybe I am missing something here, but why would he need to write any
| asp code for this? Frontpage will write if for him. All he really needs
| is for his host to support asp (which given it uses windows servers it
| probably does?), and then on his FP-generated form do Form / properties
| and set up the email thingy.
|
| Would this not be the easy answer for a newbie?
|
| Stefan B Rusynko wrote:
|
| >You don't "get" ASP - it is a server side tool
| >If the server supports ASP, you write your pages using ASP code (VBSCRIPT) and save them as .asp instead of .htm
| >- If Brinkster insists on ASP forms support instead of allowing FP Form handlers they should (and probably do) provide "canned"
ASP
| >pages or code samples for the various type of forms (and ASP forms handlers) - contact them
| >
| >
| >
|

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

They need to at least tell you which ASP mail handler they have installed or you can't do anything

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| Thanks for your input. Went to them and they do not offer that type of
| support. Been struggling with this for a couple weeks now. Any instruction
| as to how to take my already constructed forms and to the form handler in the
| asp specified code needed and then emailed to me would be helpful.
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > You don't "get" ASP - it is a server side tool
| > If the server supports ASP, you write your pages using ASP code (VBSCRIPT) and save them as .asp instead of .htm
| > - If Brinkster insists on ASP forms support instead of allowing FP Form handlers they should (and probably do) provide "canned"
ASP
| > pages or code samples for the various type of forms (and ASP forms handlers) - contact them
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > 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.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | Hi all - newbie here. I have created a FP website (without using any code)
| > | and have several forms. When I signed up with Brinkster as my host they
| > | require asp script for the forms which is sent to a form handler. I have
| > | searched several forums and still dont get it. I want my forms to be emailed
| > | to me when submitted. How do I get it asp as Brinkster requires and then
| > | have the results sent to me? Any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks
| > | in advance!
| > |
| >
| >
| >

 

[Clark]

But I do believe FP will set him up to send form-inputted data to him
via email, which is what he wants to do. It seems straightforward to
me, and highly likely that if he just tries it, it will work. No?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

FP does not provide any component for use with ASP/VBScript that will allow forms to email to be
processed.

FP does have a form to email function but requires that the host allow the FP extensions to be used,
and the form. etc. must be .htm(l) and have no server-side script within the pages. However the OP
has indicated that his host doesn't allow the use of the FP extensions to send email.

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[Clark]

Hmmm, Tom I had not understood that FP extensions were implied to not
be available in the original post. Brinkster says it supports
Frontpage2003 and uses Windows 2003 IIS so I have to admit to being
baffled why FP extensions would not be available. But --- I've been
baffled before. The older I get the easier I baffle!

 

[Ronx]

The extensions may be available, but hosts may choose not to enable some
features, such as email transport. However, a good host would provide an
alternative, and a guide as to how to use that alternative.

 

[Clark]

Well, live and learn. Thanks guys, for pushing back the darkness.