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How to Send Form Results to an E-mail Address in FP2002

I'm trying to send a feedback form results to an e-mail address in FrontPage 2002. When the user clicks submit button, it gives error message: Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions' Smart HTML interpreter on this non-HTML page: "http://mytest/contact_us.htm"

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions is installed on my server, and my web page does have .htm extension. I did some search on the internet, someone said "the functionality of sending form results by e-mail" has been disabled for all versions of the Server Extensions after version 3.0.2.165 for security reason.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Fang

coreybryant

It should work, But check out this site: http://www.frontpageforms.com/form_error_faqs.htm - the reasons here might apply also

This message generally refers to a missing file path.

File storage is primarily located in the _private
folder of the object web.

By default, FrontPage creates files such as
form_results.txt, formrslts.txt, feedback.txt,
form_results.csv etc

You can open your _private folder to see which of
these appear.

A common mistake is to create a file name where
you wish to store results, but neglect to create the file
and place it in the _private folder.

Let's say you want to send results to hodgepodge.txt.
To do this, we would open a blank Notepad
(or your default natepad), name it hodgepodge and
then save it to the _private folder of your web.
Now set this file name in your form properties
and publish.

-Corey

fangwu

ASKER

Corey,

I have no problem in saving form results to a file loacated in _private folder.The error message occurs only when I try to send form data via e-mail. That is, after I add an e-mail address in E-mail address box when setting form properties.

Fang

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rcmb

Does your web host support ASP? If yes, I have some code that will submit the email for you if you cannot get the server extensions configured correctly.

RCMB

fangwu

ASKER

Thanks, Corey and RCMB. I've figured it out.

Fang