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[seaport]

I need help for using frontpage webbots, specially for "Save Result" bot. I have some sample code as the following:

webbot bot="SaveResults"
U-File="_private/form_results.csv"
S-Format="TEXT/CSV" S-Label-Fields="TRUE"
B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
S-Email-Address="test@test.com"
B-Email-Label-Fields="TRUE"
S-Builtin-Fields
U-Confirmation-Url="index.htm"

I can certaily figure out the functionalities of most of these codes. But I do not like guessing. I need some documenation explaining these codes.

I cannot find anything on Microsoft's web site. Can anyone give me some advices?

Thanks in advance.

Seaport

 

[AMysticWeb]

Hi Seaport,

I don't know where you would get a truly technical definition, but here goes in lay terms.

In this case:

U-File is sending your form results to the file you specified (in this case csv)

S-Format has this file results set to text

B-Reverse-Chronology I think this is storing the results at the beginning.

S-Email-Format has email results set to text

S-Email-Address="test@test.com" Obvious one

B-Email-Label-Fields is including field names in the results.

S-Builtin-Fields would be for Time Date User Name IP address

U-Confirmation-Url="index.htm" is for either relative or absolute URL for you confirmation

These are all effected by your Form Properties settings. The webbots work hand in hand with the FPSE to act on your form settings.

Hope this helps in some way.

For basics on FrontPage forms, stop by my site.

Hope I have been of some help,
Micheal

FrontPage Form Tutorials & Form Script Examples

http://FrontPageForms.com

 

[seaport]

Micheal,

Thanks.

I just cann't understand why Microsoft did not write something like you did.

Seaport

 

[AMysticWeb]

Hey Seaport,

Not sure how accurate my explanation was, but you're welcome.

I guess nobody asked them the question.

Glad we could help!



Hope I have been of some help,
Micheal

FrontPage Form Tutorials & Form Script Examples

http://FrontPageForms.com

 

[seaport]

Save Result" bot sends out an email of whatever a visitor enters in the form. Is there any way to customize the format of this email message?

As I understand, this email is completed controlled by Frontpage extension and there is no way to customize it. I might need to create a program to take the data from the email and then I can manipulate it anyway I want.

Seaport

 

[AMysticWeb]

Hi Seaport,

With the FrontPage form handler, you are limited to what you can set up in form properties.

You could of course go with some sort of scripting.

I think you might be able to configure the results using something like CDONTS if your site is campatible with them.

Here is a link that might help with this. There are a number of tutorials listed regarding ASP & CDONTS.

http://www.tutorialized.com/search.php?s=cdonts&id=0

I am a FrontPage die hard, but it definitely has it's limitations.

Hope I have been of some help,
Micheal

FrontPage Form Tutorials & Form Script Examples

http://FrontPageForms.com

 

[seaport]

Micheal,

Thanks again.

Seaport