asp pages appearing in code

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Anon Novice

First I got an error about the path. I recalculated the hyperlinks. Then i went to the report page it was trying to send my files to a long defunct "fpdb"? file - I pointed it to the database. Now when I check my links they are appearing in html code instead of well, wysiwyg...what is going on? My ASP pages are stored in a file I call "forms". Should I start all over?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Does your host allow you to run ASP / ASP.net?

Windows Host can disable the ability of users to run ASP / ASP.net.

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Thomas A. Rowe

Ok, how are you creating the .asp pages?

Locally you are working against a web server, correct?

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Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]

I could be wrong (it's happened before), but it looks to me as though you
are trying to use a FrontPage form handler on an ASP page. If you want to
use the FrontPage forms, the page needs to be a .htm page.

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Anon Novice

Who

Are you telling me when I create a form and then ask frontpage to create a Database, I do not have to change the form into an ASP page?!
 
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Tom Pepper Willett

An asp page must be changed to .asp extension.
What Kathleen is saying is the FP forms will not work on asp page, only htm.
That's the limitation of the form handler.
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Anon Novice said:
Whoa

Are you telling me when I create a form and then ask frontpage to create a
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Database, I do not have to change the form into an ASP page?!
 
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Anon Novice

Walk me through.....I select new page.....i create a table.....i create labels and configure the form areas.....i go into properties, options ask it to create a database....it does so.....do i save it as an htm page or an asp page?...then i publish to my site and tada it should work....right

I am a novice i need you guys to stick with me please.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Did you insert a form onto your page before adding fields?

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Anon Novice said:
Walk me through.....I select new page.....i create a table.....i create labels and configure the
Click to expand...
form areas.....i go into properties, options ask it to create a database....it does so.....do i save
it as an htm page or an asp page?...then i publish to my site and tada it should work....right?
 
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chris leeds

I don't know about that Kathleen. I've gotten FrontPage forms to work
through some of the most convoluted ways imaginable. I've always been
amazed at their "durability".
for instance:
http://leighton-smith.com there are fp forms running through both templated
php and included into an included page (twice included). they work.

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Andrew Murray

I don't get asp code or html code but a whole lot of binary garbage as
below.....

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Anyway you get the idea. Did you upload your asp files as text? (although if you
did this through frontpage publish feature it would know the correct mode, but if
done through FTP make sure it is text (ascii) mode, not binary.
 
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Andrew Murray

yes, the page the form is on has to be html, and the form action=file.asp then it
goes to the asp page to do all the processing stuff it does, (i.e. sends form
contents t the database, or whatever) but the form should be on a plain html
page.

Anon Novice said:
Whoa

Are you telling me when I create a form and then ask frontpage to create a
Click to expand...
Database, I do not have to change the form into an ASP page?!
 
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Andrew Murray

frontpage adds the 'form' area anyway on insertion of any of the standard form
field types
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

There is an option to disable this under the Page Options.

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