Setting up a simple form to write to a file?

[Rixride]

I am trying to figure out how to have a form's variables write to a file.

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What would the action be?

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[tviman]

The action would be a call to a script that can read the text fields of your form, usually a cgi, asp, or php script - &quot;/cgi-bin/writetofile.cgi&quot; - as an example. Writing to a file is outside the abilities of HTML and Javascript and needs a server-side script to handle the chore.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[Rixride]

Thanks Tviman,

Do you have any free scripts you can recommend?

-=Rick Cruz=-

http://www.pbxinfo.com

 

[YNOTU]

you can also look into FileSystemObject:

http://www.elated.com/tutorials/programming/asp/filesystem_object/

the form action would point to a page with the FileSystemObject script to do the writing for you