Re: Puzzle....

Let me take a stab in the dark.  There is javascript that references
calcform as a name atribute in the form tag.  I am not that familiar with
the Document Object Models or scripting engines of all the browser, but I
would bet a dollar to a doughnut that it is the reason for the
inconsistency.

The solution below would be the the best for a multi browser solution.
Finding an out of the box solution server side that does the calculations
and validations of your script may require you to do some customizations to
the script that you find.

The CGI capabilities you use would depend on the scripting engine/API that
is on the server.

The whois record shows your name servers as being registered to uscj.net.
Can I assume you have control over the servers as well?  That should
simplify picking a server side solution.

Telneting to the box shows that the server is Microsoft-IIS/4.0.  Have you
considered ASP/ADO or Perl/PHP for the Win32 platform?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Dowling" <laura(at)dowlingcentral.com>
To: <ErthWlkr(at)aol.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: RE: Puzzle....


> It does the same thing with IE5. In order for forms to work consistently,
> you have to use CGI. I learned that the hard way. If you don't have access
> to a CGI bin, there are several forms services that will handle the script
> for you. Some are free
>
> response-o-matic
> http://www.response-o-matic.com/
>
> is one service that looks good.
>
> *******************************
> Laura Dowling
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> http://www.dowlingcentral.com
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of ErthWlkr(at)aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:29 AM
> To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Puzzle....
>
>
> Good morning friends:
>
> At the request of a friend looking for help with a form, I am forwarding
> this
> message from her:
>
> > I have a web page that has a mailto: submit button (CGI isn't usable)
but
> if
> >  I do it in AOL it opens a mail window and doesn't submit the form.
> >  Any ideas?
> >  The page is:
> >  http://www.uscj.org/njersey/paramus/donation.html
> >  Thanks for any help.
>
> Intersting points - I had no problem submitting the form on my Mac - but
> when
> I tried it on my PC, AOL opened a mail window as she described, and both
IE
> and Netscape came up with an error message saying they couldn't find the
> server.
>
> I played with this for a couple of hours but can't figure out why this is
> happening.  Could the members of this list please take a try at this
mystery
> - it would be greatly appreciated by all...  :-)
>
> - Jeff K.
>
>

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