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Form submition goes to _vti_bin/shtml.dll/page.htm
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| I have a simple form where I am trying to save some information to a file
located in _private/file.htm.
Whenever I press the submit button, Instead of going to a confirmation page
that I have setup, it tries to go to _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm and I
get the error that the page can not be found. Nothing is written to the file
under the _private directory either.
Can anyone tell me what steps are needed to set this up to make it work?
Thanks.
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| Please give a link to the page.
Going to _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm is the correct sequence,
then it should redirect to the confirmation page. It is possible that
the path to either _private/file.htm or the confirmation page is
incorrect in the form properties, or the extensions are not correctly
installed.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
"vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E4F64DF-74F7-46DE-B071-6DBCC27E2F5B@microsoft.com...
>I have a simple form where I am trying to save some information to a
>file
> located in _private/file.htm.
>
> Whenever I press the submit button, Instead of going to a
> confirmation page
> that I have setup, it tries to go to
> _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm and I
> get the error that the page can not be found. Nothing is written to
> the file
> under the _private directory either.
> Can anyone tell me what steps are needed to set this up to make it
> work?
>
> Thanks.
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| Thank you Ronx for your response.
I am not able to send you a link to the page because the site is not yet
deployed. I am currently building it in my machine that runs XP
Professional.
The _private/file.htm is being written now but I am still having the problem
where the page trying to be displayed is the
_vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm. From your message below I guess the
problem is the redirecting of the page what isn't working.
I am pasting 1) the code of the form how it looks in Front Page, and 2)
below I am pasting the code of the form from the actual web page after I
deploy it in my IIS and select to view the source.
I apologize if this isn't proper in this forum.
1) This is the code of the form:
<form id="consultingForm" method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
webbot-onSubmit name="consultingForm"
onSubmit="location.href='_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;">
<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" u-file="_private/consultingReq.htm"
s-format="HTML/BR" s-builtin-fields="REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_USER HTTP_USER_AGENT
Date Time" startspan S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
U-File="_private/consultingReq.txt" S-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d, %Y"
S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" U-Confirmation-Url="confirmation.htm"
S-Form-Fields="Name Address Email Phone " --><!--webbot bot="SaveResults"
endspan -->
<input type="HIDDEN" name="ProductOrService" value="Consulting Services">
<h3>Information Request Form</h3>
<p> If you would like us to contact you, please fill out the information
below and press Submit</p>
<table>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Name</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Name" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Title</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Title" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Company</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Company" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Address</em></td><td><textarea name="Address"
rows="5" cols="35"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>E-mail</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Email" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Phone</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Phone" value size="35"></td></tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
<input type="RESET" value="Reset Form">
</p>
</form>
2) View Source option from web-page
<form id="consultingForm" method="POST"
action="_vti_bin/shtml.dll/consulting.htm" name="consultingForm" onSubmit=""
webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" u-file="_private/consultingReq.htm"
s-format="HTML/BR" s-builtin-fields="REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_USER HTTP_USER_AGENT
Date Time" startspan S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
U-File="_private/consultingReq.txt" S-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d, %Y"
S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" U-Confirmation-Url="confirmation.htm"
S-Form-Fields="Name Address Email Phone " --><input TYPE="hidden"
NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan
i-checksum="43374" -->
<input type="HIDDEN" name="ProductOrService" value="Consulting Services">
<h3>Information Request Form</h3>
<p> If you would like us to contact you, please fill out the information
below and press Submit</p>
<table>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Name</em></td><td><input type="TEXT" name="Name"
value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Title</em></td><td><input type="TEXT" name="Title"
value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Company</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Company" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Address</em></td><td><textarea name="Address"
rows="5" cols="35"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>E-mail</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
name="Email" value size="35"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><em>Phone</em></td><td><input type="TEXT" name="Phone"
value size="35"></td></tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
<input type="RESET" value="Reset Form">
</p>
</form>
Thanks again for your help!!
"Ronx" wrote:
> Please give a link to the page.
> Going to _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm is the correct sequence,
> then it should redirect to the confirmation page. It is possible that
> the path to either _private/file.htm or the confirmation page is
> incorrect in the form properties, or the extensions are not correctly
> installed.
> --
> Ron Symonds
> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> "vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E4F64DF-74F7-46DE-B071-6DBCC27E2F5B@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
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| http://vujc.vinu.edu/_vti_inf.html (and
http://vujc.vinu.edu/ride/_vti_inf.html) you server does not have the FP
Server
Extensions required fro FP DW (or they require repair/reinstallation)
You have submitted a form or followed a link to a page that requires a web
server and the FrontPage Server Extensions to function properly.
This form or other FrontPage component will work correctly if you publish
this web to a web server that has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed
"vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E4F64DF-74F7-46DE-B071-6DBCC27E2F5B@microsoft.com...
>I have a simple form where I am trying to save some information to a file
> located in _private/file.htm.
>
> Whenever I press the submit button, Instead of going to a confirmation
> page
> that I have setup, it tries to go to _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm
> and I
> get the error that the page can not be found. Nothing is written to the
> file
> under the _private directory either.
> Can anyone tell me what steps are needed to set this up to make it work?
>
> Thanks.
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| The code from FrontPage is as expected when editing the page in a
disc-based web, but not when editing in a server based web.
The server based web starts more like
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
The second form (from the web browser) is correct as it stands. It is
saving the form data to two files, one HTML, one CSV. The
confirmation page should be in the root of the web, and when displayed
will have an address similar to
_vti_bin/shtml.dll/consulting.htm.htm - which *is* the name of the
form page.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
"vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80383C96-EF07-434C-99C6-FFC77372F5E6@microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thank you Ronx for your response.
>
> I am not able to send you a link to the page because the site is not
> yet
> deployed. I am currently building it in my machine that runs XP
> Professional.
> The _private/file.htm is being written now but I am still having the
> problem
> where the page trying to be displayed is the
> _vti_bin/shtml.dll/originating.htm. From your message below I guess
> the
> problem is the redirecting of the page what isn't working.
>
> I am pasting 1) the code of the form how it looks in Front Page, and
> 2)
> below I am pasting the code of the form from the actual web page
> after I
> deploy it in my IIS and select to view the source.
>
> I apologize if this isn't proper in this forum.
>
> 1) This is the code of the form:
> <form id="consultingForm" method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
> webbot-onSubmit name="consultingForm"
> onSubmit="location.href='_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;">
> <!--webbot bot="SaveResults" u-file="_private/consultingReq.htm"
> s-format="HTML/BR" s-builtin-fields="REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_USER
> HTTP_USER_AGENT
> Date Time" startspan S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
> B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
> U-File="_private/consultingReq.txt" S-Format="TEXT/PRE"
> S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
> B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d, %Y"
> S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" U-Confirmation-Url="confirmation.htm"
> S-Form-Fields="Name Address Email Phone " --><!--webbot
> bot="SaveResults"
> endspan -->
> <input type="HIDDEN" name="ProductOrService" value="Consulting
> Services">
>
> <h3>Information Request Form</h3>
>
> <p> If you would like us to contact you, please fill out the
> information
> below and press Submit</p>
> <table>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Name</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Name" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Title</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Title" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Company</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Company" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Address</em></td><td><textarea
> name="Address"
> rows="5" cols="35"></textarea></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>E-mail</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Email" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Phone</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Phone" value size="35"></td></tr>
> </table>
> <p>
> <input type="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
> <input type="RESET" value="Reset Form">
> </p>
> </form>
>
> 2) View Source option from web-page
> <form id="consultingForm" method="POST"
> action="_vti_bin/shtml.dll/consulting.htm" name="consultingForm"
> onSubmit=""
> webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
> <!--webbot bot="SaveResults" u-file="_private/consultingReq.htm"
> s-format="HTML/BR" s-builtin-fields="REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_USER
> HTTP_USER_AGENT
> Date Time" startspan S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
> B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
> U-File="_private/consultingReq.txt" S-Format="TEXT/PRE"
> S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
> B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d, %Y"
> S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" U-Confirmation-Url="confirmation.htm"
> S-Form-Fields="Name Address Email Phone " --><input TYPE="hidden"
> NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan
> i-checksum="43374" -->
> <input type="HIDDEN" name="ProductOrService" value="Consulting
> Services">
>
> <h3>Information Request Form</h3>
>
> <p> If you would like us to contact you, please fill out the
> information
> below and press Submit</p>
> <table>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Name</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Name"
> value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Title</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Title"
> value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Company</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Company" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Address</em></td><td><textarea
> name="Address"
> rows="5" cols="35"></textarea></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>E-mail</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Email" value size="35"></td></tr>
> <tr><td align="right"><em>Phone</em></td><td><input type="TEXT"
> name="Phone"
> value size="35"></td></tr>
> </table>
> <p>
> <input type="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
> <input type="RESET" value="Reset Form">
> </p>
> </form>
>
> Thanks again for your help!!
>
> "Ronx" wrote:
>
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| Thank you Ronx.
So if the code seems to be ok, do you have any sugestions or ideas as to
why the confirmation page is not being displayed after I press submit?
To give you more information, I am publishing the website via the http
option in FrontPage 2003.
I have 2 forms. In one I have a confirmation page, and in the other I don't.
Both behave the same in which I get the page not found error after pressing
submit.
Thanks again for your help.
"Ronx" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> The code from FrontPage is as expected when editing the page in a
> disc-based web, but not when editing in a server based web.
> The server based web starts more like
> <form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
>
> The second form (from the web browser) is correct as it stands. It is
> saving the form data to two files, one HTML, one CSV. The
> confirmation page should be in the root of the web, and when displayed
> will have an address similar to
> _vti_bin/shtml.dll/consulting.htm.htm - which *is* the name of the
> form page.
> --
> Ron Symonds
> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> "vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:80383C96-EF07-434C-99C6-FFC77372F5E6@microsoft.com...
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| Thank you DI!
I ended up re-installing the FP server extensions and it all started working.
Thanks!
"DI" wrote:
> http://vujc.vinu.edu/_vti_inf.html (and
> http://vujc.vinu.edu/ride/_vti_inf.html) you server does not have the FP
> Server
> Extensions required fro FP DW (or they require repair/reinstallation)
>
> You have submitted a form or followed a link to a page that requires a web
> server and the FrontPage Server Extensions to function properly.
>
> This form or other FrontPage component will work correctly if you publish
> this web to a web server that has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed
>
>
> "vnzla" <vnzla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E4F64DF-74F7-46DE-B071-6DBCC27E2F5B@microsoft.com...
>
>
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