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Form scripting program?

Posted 18 Jul 2005 15:30:44
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18 Jul 2005 15:30:44 Cris S posted:
I want to create a form that the user can input information, hit the submit button and it will email the information to me.

I am not at all familiar with the scripting language on how to do this.

Is there a program or extension out there with a GUI that will enable me to do this without writing the code?

Any ideas?

I’m using Dreamweaver MX 2004 on an XP platform.

Thanks,

Cris

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Replied 18 Jul 2005 19:40:22
18 Jul 2005 19:40:22 myke black replied:
Easiest method is to put an email address in your form action:

<form name="form1" action="mailto:myaddress.com">

This will spit out all the contents of the form fields and mail it to you, but will not format it very nicely, it will just look something like name=roger&address=34 barcroft street&age=22 etc, but if you dont mind that, then you will not have to worry about messing about with server code or anything like that


Replied 18 Jul 2005 20:10:29
18 Jul 2005 20:10:29 Cris S replied:
Thanks,

This sounds like it would work for me. But, I need something that I can put on a client's site.
Replied 20 Jul 2005 20:13:58
20 Jul 2005 20:13:58 Rene Bandsma replied:
You should use a scripting language such as ASP or PHP. Because I'm ASP minded I will suggest you to do it with ASP.

And the best way to implent this is in my opinion to have to pages. One page contains the form and the other page contains the ASP code that is reading out the form information (Request.Form("fieldname") and is sending it to an e-mailaddress. When your hostingprovider has an older version that Windows 2003 server you should use CDONTS otherwise you should use CDOSYS.

The DMX Zone Smart Mailer is the ideal solution for you. You don't need to write addional code.. just use the wizard and create some Server Variables (Request.Forms) with Dreamweaver and you're done and set up!

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