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A form using frontpage 2002 and you want to give users an ability to see what they posted and what others have posted in the past, right? something like guestbook, right?

Look in the Form Properties, Options, you will find option where you can save *all* the results in a .html file. Just make sure that you specify a public directory and not _private and link that public directory page for users to see.

Nope that's not it at all. I already have no problem doing what you are suggesting.

What I want is one form, that posts the data in the forms fields to different pages...depending on the choice in the dropdown.

For Example:
If a user selects "Lake A" from the dropdown, I want the results to be posted to mywebsite.com/lakeA.htm

I mentioned in that sticky something about Access...holding that thought- 1 question, do you want the results to remain on the page or are they only temporary?

It's a form for fishing reports for various lakes and rivers.

Each Lake or river has it's own page of reports. And right now I have to create a seperate form for each lake or river I add...it's a pain in the butt.

I would like it to be that ONE form gets filled out, they choose which lake/river page they want it posted to...and it goes there.

I also use the FP forms (should really look into getting scripts).

You no doubt know you have three options with a FP form, and as I mentioned in sticky, one of the possibilities is a DB. If you can use any sort of database it may be of advantage in future and an easier way to sort what will be an increasing amount of feedback.

Anyway, here is a solution you can do with Frontpage since you say you are used to it, perhaps (almost sure) its not the best way - but a way at least.

Instead of posting the form to the guestbook page, send them to the default file that FP creates when you make a form (the text file).

Create a "confirmation page" with frontpage and make sure on the original form you point the form to this "confirmation page".

On this page, this is where you want the business to be done. The form will post the form variables on to the page. From the same page it can then be determined where it is to be posted to depending on what lake was checked using a scripting language.

It would go something along the lines of "post to ____.htm where the page equals the "lake" form value. On the same page, you can then redirect/post to the according lake page depending on what the user posted and their choice of lake

Basically, its an awkward way of getting variables from a form without mucking up the FP webbots and adding on a script to tell it what where you *really* want the results and viewer to go and the information to be posted to...without all those excess forms.

It is almost impossible to tweak your own code in Frontpage in regards to webbots- so there is no easy solution.....but if you could get the form to point to a confirmation page using FP (not hard), then someone can post the necessary script to be included on the confirmation page.

Hope your following me on this.....I think I can write the code needed in the example....let us know if you can get the FP form to do the above- unless someone has a simpler way...no doubt a non-FP way ;)

(My own thoughts are that Frontpage forms are unreliable and I have moved away from them in the last couple of years.)