Re: How do I insert a cgi script into Publisher page?

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Spike is the one with the most experience with using something other than
FrontPage Server Extensions to power the forms, so hopefully he will jump
into this thread and offer some more information. But in the meantime...

I don't think you will have to "name your order form". I think what Spike
was suggesting was that the way you wrote the link was incomplete, and that
you needed to add the extension. I would just try it and see what happens.
One thing to keep in mind is that unless you make that link an absolute link
instead of a relative link, it won't work from your local computer. It is
looking for the cgi folder on your server when you use the relative link. So
you may have to upload your pages in order to test it.

Here is another resource for you that might help explain the forms in
Publisher:
Reference: Web forms:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH063576891033.aspx

If you test it and it still doesn't work as per Spike's suggestions after
uploading the pages, then post back and let us know. Also provide us a link
to your host and specifically where on the host website it gives you the
instructions for using the forms program in the cgi folder. Then perhaps we
can help further.

DavidF


"Monika" <Monika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oh, I did not know that David B has been inactive for some time. But now
looking at the date ...

Anyway, yes, I saw Spike's advise and it was very helpful to a certain
point
( I now know whre to put the command) but did not solve my problem. His
command was /cgi/myform.cgi. Does this mean that I will have to name my
order
form. In fact, I inserted this order form by using one of the templates
and
would not know if this one has a name and were to find it.

Sorry, if I sound a little daft but since this is my very first website, I
am a little lost presently :-). Thank you very much for your support.

Monika

"DavidF" wrote:

David Bartosik has been inactive for a number of years now, so I wouldn't
hold my breath waiting for an answer from him.

I see that Spike answered your other post. Did that give you enough
information?

DavidF

"Monika" <Monika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

I would need some advice about this subject too. Could you explain to
me
how
to find out the URL of the script? Will I have to ask my server or
should
I
be able to find out going into my account with the server?

Thank you very much.

Monika

"David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:

You have to use the form controls under "Insert, Form" to build a
form.
You
then set the form properties (under submit button) to run the host
side
cgi.
You'll see under the form properties the option to "use my ISP's
program",
you set that option to the URL of the script. Once on your server the
form
is filled out by the user and the submit button then hands the values
of
those form controls over to the cgi script. After that it is up to the
script and your host side programming to do whatever.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

"Randy" <Randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On my web site http://www.randypoole.com I have a contact form so I
can
get
info from my clients, However it does not work. Do I need a cgi
script
on
my
host to get it to work or something else I'm not doing right? I want
it
to
send me the info, then redirect them to a page so they can search
for
homes.








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