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help with forms in Dreamweaver MX
Posted 03 Nov 2004 21:44:56
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03 Nov 2004 21:44:56 douglas douglas posted:
I need help with my "submit" button in Dreamweaver MX. I would like it to send the information filled in by the person accessing my webpage to be sent directly to me without them having to go through the whole Emailing process on their end. So it would go, they put in their info, hit submit and it automatically comes to me. Fast and Easy, sure but I don't know how to get it to do it. I have it se to mailto it to me but it requires the user to access their default email client to send it. I don't want that. How do I get around this?Replies
Replied 03 Nov 2004 23:42:52
03 Nov 2004 23:42:52 Rene Bandsma replied:
You could make a form with as action mailto:
?subject=test but that is not very professional and your user needs to have an active e-mailclient.
A better solution is to develop a page that submits the values to a script (can be on the same page). The script requests the fieldnames and puts it on to your e-mailaddress.
When using ASP you have to use CDONTS (very old version) or CDOSYS (new version, faster!). In ASP.NET you have the System.Web.Mail to send mail. I have no experience with ColdFusion and PHP; but you can write your e-mailscript also in those languages.
A better solution is to develop a page that submits the values to a script (can be on the same page). The script requests the fieldnames and puts it on to your e-mailaddress.
When using ASP you have to use CDONTS (very old version) or CDOSYS (new version, faster!). In ASP.NET you have the System.Web.Mail to send mail. I have no experience with ColdFusion and PHP; but you can write your e-mailscript also in those languages.