Form sends results to limbo

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I have a form that used to add data to a database which worked fine. But now
I want to send the form entries to an email instead of sending them to the
database.

In the Form Properties I checked the send to button and typed my email
address. I clicked Options and I checked that the email address showed in the
e-mail results tab. I also gave a title to the subject line. Clicked OK

Problem is that when I enter the data into the form and submit it....the
form simply resets itself and the data is nowhere to be found. No email. No
database. I don't even get the confirmation page. I just get the same form
page without any data in it.

Can anyone help please?
Thanks
EdH
 
Are you using an email address associated with your domain. If your website is www.yourweb.com then
the email address needs to be (e-mail address removed) because the "server" then sends you the email with
the "from" address being a server address.

Also, does your host have the forms to email transport enabled for your domain??

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Did you rename the form to have a .htm(l) extensions instead of the .asp extensions used when you
were writing to the database?

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Hi Steve. Thanks for response. However, in that same website I have another
form that sends an email to the same address and it works.
I will try to see what happens with T.Rowe's suggestion.

Thanks
EdH
 
Hi Thomas. Thanks for response.

No, I have not changed the extension to .htm as I have some asp code in that
page that I need to run (one: an include comand for a login prompt and two:
an interaction with a database for a drop down menu in the form.)

Does the form page HAVE to be htm for sending an email? Any way around that?

Thanks,
EdH
 
Ok, then you can not use the FP form handler when you have ASP or any server-side script in the
page, and the page must have .htm or .html extensions in order to be processed via the FP Form
Handler.

The only way around this will require you to write a custom ASP form Handler to send the form data
in an email using either CDONTS or CDOSYS or a 3rd Party ASP Email component. This depends on what
is installed or supported by your web host.

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