Submit Button Hyperlink

[Davidk]

Under FP 2000 I had a Submit button on a form that
submitted the results of a form. The button had a
hyperlink on it that started a download process. The
hyperlink was ftp://etc. It all worked great. I upgraded
to FP2003 and the submit works but the hyperlink doesn't
work. It returns an error webpage saying that IE was
unable to link to the Web page requested.

I can drop a hyperlink onto the page and it works fine.
But the button doesn't. Any ideas? Thanks. Davidk

 

[chris leeds]

because you're getting a page not found error the link is stiff there.
select the button in normal view, switch to code view and see if the
hyperlink path is ok. also on your page not found error, what's the address
in the address bar?

 

[Guest]

The hyperlink path looks ok. I've tried it many
different ways. The address in the address bar doesn't
change from my initial entry into my home page.

My original hyperlink as
ftp://www.website.com/pub/filename.exe

This always worked.

I've tried http://www.website.com/pub/filename.exe

and this works if typed into the address bar.

I've tried http://www.website.com/filename.exe

and this works because I've got the file in two places.

I used to ftp the file to the pub folder on my site.
Just recently I used FP to import the file and upload it.

Both work from the address bar but not from the submit
button, so something must have changed in FP2003 I'm
thinking. If you'd like to have a look the website is
www.adjustablesoftware.com. There's a link at the left
side to the download page. Thanks. Davidk

 

[Steve Easton]

1. You have your custom confirmation page set to the file.
2. You have at least two other links to the same file from buttons in your
form
3. You have a table nested inside your form tags, and it needs to be the
other way around.


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[chris leeds]

the link on this page:
http://www.adjustablesoftware.com/ASCDownload.htm
fired up my long lost ftp client (RhinoSoft) and began a download. I wasn't
required to put any info in the form fields.
it did this while throwing a page not found in the frame the form was in.

here's the code for your button:
<a href="http://www.adjustablesoftware.com/da216setup.exe">
<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Download Digital Adjuster">
</a>
Here's the action for the form:
<FORM METHOD="POST" action="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/ASCDownload.htm" onSubmit=""
webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
I'd recommend you .zip this .exe and save yourself a lot of trouble.
I think the form action and the hyperlink you've wrapped it with is causing
the problem but putting .exe's on the web is asking for hassles. People
will feel better with a .zip. why not just have the form save (and require
the input) then email the file to them or email them a straight link to the
file?
HTH