Re: Form Trouble

From: Daniel B. Swartz <danswartz(at)pieinc.com>
>Don't want to seem like an ungrateful, impatient brat, but has anyone =
>had a
>chance to look at my form dilemma yet (see below)?
>Any help at all would be most appreciated.
>I am having problems with forms.  I cannot get a straight answer from
my =
>ISP to solve this problem.
>=20
>My form is located at http://www.pieinc.com/sensitivityrequesttest.htm
. =
>  According to my ISP, I must use other supporting files to handle the
=
>form (two tpl files and a cmdl file).  The files are there - they are =
>not working quite right.
>
>The Problem:
>
>1.    Even though it is setup in the form handling files (located in
the =
>sites cgi-bin directory) for null emails to be rejected and a string =
>message to pop up, it doesn't.  What happens is that the browser =
>mistakenly takes the user to a "page cannot be found" page.
>2.    I do not understand how to have all fields validated - the ISP =
>only showed me text for how to validate the email field.
>3.    All of the help I have been getting so far relates to PERL and
CGI =
>script - my ISP tells me these solutions will not work unless I use a =
>workaround solution, like Blat.  I have read the only information I =
>could find on Blat and it is entirely Greek to me.
>4.    I have experimented writing my form in Homesite as well as =
>Frontpage - neither works correctly.  When using validation bots with =
>Frontpage I am compounded by the fact that, even though I asked my ISP
=
>to load Frontpage on my site, and they say they have, I really don't =
>think they have.  So, Frontpage bots do not seem to be working on my =
>site.  The form at http://www.pieinc.com/sensitivityrequest.htm should
=
>still have the FP validator bots in it, which are basically useless =
>(IMHO).

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