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Brian J.

i have a FP form with form fields that need to be
validated. when a user forgets a form and submits it of
course it tells them about it. but when they click to go
back to the form all of their info is deleted and they
have to start all over. is there an way to make it so
when they return to the form, all of the info is still
there, and they would just have to fix whatever form
fields they messed up?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

When using the FP Form Field Validation, the user is not able to submit the form, if the data
doesn't validate. What type of validation are you using?

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Brian J.

im using different validations, some fields are only
numbers. etc.. if they dont enter something correctly
when they submit, it goes to another page to tell them
what the form field needed. when they go back to the form
everything they have done is deleted and they have to
fill out the whole form again. how do u keep what they
have written from disappering?

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When using the FP Form Field Validation, the user is not
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able to submit the form, if the data
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

There are couple of ways to handle this...

The easiest, I think is to create a hyperlink back to the form using:

<a href="javascript:history.back();">Make Corrections</a>

Another way if using ASP or other server-side scripting is to:

Store the submitted values in a session from the form, then have a link "Make Corrections" that then
takes the user to a duplicate of the original form page, where the session value populate the form
field and the user can make the changes and re-submit.

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Brian J.

thank you, a few questions on your reply

1)can i edit the form confirmation page that is
automatically generated? (then i could just edit the
existing link back to the form)

2)If i make a custom confirmation page, i would like to
display the froms submitted info, just like the automatic
confirmation page. How would i do that?

thanks for all your help everyone!

-----Original Message-----
There are couple of ways to handle this...

The easiest, I think is to create a hyperlink back to the form using:

<a href="javascript:history.back();">Make Corrections</a>

Another way if using ASP or other server-side scripting is to:

Store the submitted values in a session from the form,
Click to expand...
then have a link "Make Corrections" that then
takes the user to a duplicate of the original form page,
Click to expand...
where the session value populate the form
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

The problem with using the FP Confirmation page or custom confirmation page, is that the data is
already submitted by the time the confirmation page is displayed, allow the user to change the
submission at that point results in receiving to two submissions from the user, then you have to
decide which version to use, etc. or check the date and time stamp if enabled.

It is not possible to edit the default confirmation page that is generated.

To create a custom confirmation page you would use the Insert | Component | Confirmation field.

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