Capturing data from drop down menu

[teesee1]

ive created a little intranet site for my work....in html.

1 page ive created has a drop down box with 8/10 available options to select (from the drop down menu.)

how do i go about capturing the data when the user presses the submit button.

ive searched the web and im getting confused with javascript, asp, cgi and pearl etc. etc.

any simple solutions to capture the data into a spreadsheet.

 

[1DMF]

any simple solutions to capture the data into a spreadsheet.

no!

You need to either use on the form action mailto:email address.

Or use serverside code to process the submitted data.

You can't just have a form and click submit and it maraculously turns into a spreadsheet on your server.

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!

 

[vacunita]

Correct. Although I would not use the mailto: action.

But yes you need some kind of script be it any of the ones you mentioned, to take the data from your form, and capture it into a excel file.

It really isn't all that difficult. but you need a script definitely.

You need to find out what kind of language your server supports, and then code the script in that.



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