Forms won't work: Frontpage Extensions Problem?

[Zanshin]

I have created several forms in Frontpage and published them to the
site, which is hosted locally on a server. I had previously installed
the Frontpage Server Extensions 2002 on that server.

I can't seem to get the form to post results to the
_private\formrslt.htm no matter what. I'm not sure whether there's a
problem with the form, or with the Frontpage extensions.

I always get the (rather unhelpful) message:

FrontPage Error.
User: please report details to this site's webmaster.
Webmaster: please see the server's application event log for more
details.

I'm stumped on this - would appreciate any insight!

--zan

 

[Jim Buyens]

Have you looked in the application event log? This is
under Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

Quote oftehn, though, these are file system permission
problems.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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[Zanshin]

I've checked the application log, and there's nothing there. What
kind of files system permissions were you thinking of? I tried
changing the permissions on the _private\formrslt.htm to allow write,
thinking that might be the problem, but it didn't work.

-zan.

 

[Zanshin]

What are the file system permission problems you're thinking of?

-zan

 

[Jim Buyens]

The anonymous Web account (or whatever the visitor is using) needs
Change permission.

Try this:

Fixing Permissions in an Extended Web Site
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=32

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
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