FORMS

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Jeff Z.

OK, I hope this is a nice, easy one!

FORMS...I have a form that has like 15 rows of fields,
each row the same (but tagged as unique for results, of
course.)

Anyhow, I use a combination of dropdowns and text fields.
What I'm trying to do is avoid a messy results email
and/or file, so it seems that I may have to try to remove
any default values so they don't show up in results,
unless the user makes an entry.

Well, maybe there's a better way to pose this question.
If I have 15 rows of fields, but the user only needs to
submit sales data for 3 rows, since they only had 3 sales,
how can I avoid the other 12 rows being in my results, or
is that to techy? I would think it might require some
programming, but at a minimum, is there a way to suppress
results from those unused fields, even if I have to put up
with the field name, such as "item 5:" when it's empty?
That way, at least the resulting email can be scanned for
fields that only have results, overlooking the fields that
return no results, but still show up.

Here's a link to see what the form look like. It's ugly
because I moved it from its home, but just have a look. I
started removing some default values form some text
fields, but couldn't seem to for dropdowns...

http://www.webestablisher.com/form.htm

Do you see what I mean? Thanks.
 
Not possible when using the FP Form Handler, requires the use of a
server-side scripting to create a custom form handler in ASP, PHP, etc.
depending on what is supported by your host.

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2 things, then...

Any way to alter one of those hidden files to place a
space or something between each row in my form result, or
anything to help me make my results come in less busy,
and...

can you suggest how I might get my feet wet with some ASP
scripts that could serve to help me in trying to achieve
this goal, which is to perhaps pop up additional rows of
the same fields, once the last row is populated? Would
any javascript help with this?

Thanks.
 
Your only option is to write your own form handler page using ASP. You can
find some tutorials, articles, and discussion groups introducing you to ASP
and how it works at http://www.takempis.com.

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