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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>T</TITLE>
<base target=documents>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<center><IMG SRC="/images/Boyle06.JPG" height=480 width=640></center>
<center><h1>Margaret Boyle, Receptionist</h1></center>
<FORM action="/apprsr.htm" method="post">
<center><input type="SUBMIT" value="Back"></center>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
You can potentially end up with two "Back" buttons: One on the page itself which takes the user to apprsr.htm; and one on the toolbar that might take the user to apprsr.html, or it might take them to a search engine results page.
Give it a more specific label; the user needs to know where they're going "back" to.
Unless you have done something to map .htm files to a filetype which supports server-side code then the reason for this message is that if you POST to a static file-type then there is no way to retrieve the POST data on the client side.
You'll have better luck if you change the method to GET, plus that can also be accessed from the client-side
- Tony
The standard settings in IIS (I can't remember exactly where the dialog is in IIS as I am at home and don't have it here) doesn't allow POSTS to .htm files.
The dialog shows which verbs (GET, POST, HEAD etc) are allowed on which file extensions and you can change these settings if you need to.
If you can rely on JavaScript being available on your clients (which you may have already assumed in some part of you site) you could add the link to an event on a button, eg:
<form><!-- form tags needed or button will not show in NN4 -->
<input type="button" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.example.com'" value="click me">
</form>
However, chosters solution of simple using a link is probably the easiest.
Josh
I'm using IIS5 & vbscript & asp for other pages.
Can I do this with vbscript?
Thanks,
Ed
