Passing form values in ASP on CD-ROM?

[mechro99]

Hi,

I need to build a CD-ROM that allows users to enter personal information into a form, print out the information and save the information.

The only way I could think to do this is through an ASP form, but I don't know if there's a way to make ASP work when running it from a CD and without an internet connection.

I'm not really that familiar with programming, but I've worked with ASP a little. Can anyone point me in the right direction for accomplising this task? Any tutorials? Am I asking in the right place?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[damber]

You're better off trying to do it clientside (e.g. with Javascript), that way it can run locally and store the data in an XML file (or whatever you fancy), and print using the document.print method etc. ASP is a server side solution (Active Server Pages), hence it doesn't really work on a users pc without installing a webserver.

You need to be cautious of security restrictions though, almost all browsers will be sensitive of any local file manipulation or unsigned script execution.

Here is a link to the 'HTA' method for MSIE browsers...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/overview/htaoverview.asp

There are plenty of other methods, but if you want a browser solution then the above will get you started.



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[mechro99]

Thanks for the start. I've also read a tiny bit about Visual Basic. Would that be a good place to look as well?

-Dan