Saving Form Results to a file

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I'm so sorry for having to ask such a basic question, but I new to Front Page
and trying to figure everything out. Can anyone tell me where to find my
results file? I have published my site, which contains an order form, and I
entered some test data, but I don't know where to find it to see if it saved
ok. Help!
 
Usually in the _private folder on the live (remote) website if using
FrontPage extensions to process the form data.
With the web open in FrontPage, right click anywhere in the form, and
see where the results are stored in the Form Properties, remember the
path refers to the live web, not the copy on your hard disc.
 
Thank you so much for responding. I still have a couple of questions though...
When I right click and look at my form properties it is showing the following:

fpweb:///_private/orderform_results.csv

Do I go to my actual website, www.mywebsite.com, and then add
_private/orderform_results.csv to the end of it so it appears as follows?

https://www.mywebsite.com/_private/orderform_results.csv

Is that the correct way to access it? When I do that I get an error saying
that the page can't be displayed.
 
You can browse to the _private folder through frontpage > File > Publish,
publish the file down to your local PC (in the local version of your web).
Then open it in Notepad (it's just a text file).
 
Melissa you wouldn't want to use the method you describe even if it were
possible because then anyone on the web would be able to see your results.

You need to be in the server side files which you access with a user name
and password so only you can view them.
If you have EXCEL the form results files will open in nice headed columns
ready to use in mail merge.

If you use ftp go to My Network Places, choose your remote website, go to
the folder marked _private.
In there will be a file ending in .CSV. You can open it directly from the
web or copy it to your harddrive and then open it.
 
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