Drew,

That is clarity;  it's helped me too.   Thanks.

Joseph

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From: Trusz, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:03 PM
Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: How do I make a form work?


> Ben, do you mean they use cgi? If so, there should be a folder cgi-bin on
> the hosting server. In that folder there will be a bunch of perl scripts.
> You need to look at the form.pl or the formmail.pl, depending on what you
> are doing with the form. The perl scripts will tell you which lines to
edit
> to make the script do what you want. Then you just need to edit the <form>
> tag so the "action" points to right script, for example:<form method=post"
> action="cgi-bin/form.pl">.
>
> Don't use dreamweaver so I've no idea if it handles perl, but I doubt it.
>
> I found it best to download perl to be able to edit in a reliable manner.
> Some people manage to do it in a test editor but that's never worked for
me.
> Perl for windows is at http://www.activestate.com. It's an easy install.
> Download the script to the perl directory, edit in perl and then upload.
>
> drew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [wdvltalk] How do I make a form work?
>
>
> I have to create a form but how do I make it work? I am using Dreamweaver
> MX   I checked with my hosting company and they only support SSI. Is their
> a way I can make this work using Javascript or DHTML. I am stuck so any
> help I can get I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
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