Help with HIDDENT Text

[robert]

Here is the description of hidden text forms:

"The hidden input type allows authors to include form data without
having it rendered to the user. This is particularly useful in form
applications that span several HTML documents; user input can be
carried from form to form by hidden INPUTs. Some generalized CGI
scripts use hidden INPUTs to define variables for the script, as in the
following example, which defines a recipient and subject for the
e-mailed contents of a form:

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=recipient VALUE="(e-mail address removed)">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=subject VALUE="Feedback on your HTML
Reference">

Note that the fields are "hidden" in the sense that they are not
rendered by the browser. Anyone can still view the HTML document's
source to find the "hidden" fields."

My concern is the last sentence "anyone can still view the html
documents .... " to see the hidden field

My question:

How does one prevent the view:source option from showing the value of
the hidden fields? My issue is that my database connection programming
skills are slim to none, I uese wizard to connect to the database and
generate the results, I've tried validating the field as a password but
that doesnt work, I've also tried validating the field in the database
as a password too but that doesnt work either, please help!

Rob

 

[Murray]

How does one prevent the view:source option from showing the value of

the hidden fields?

One cannot, really. But you can do this -

write the hidden fields dynamically with javascript. Then, at least,
looking at the source will not reveal this if you don't know how to decipher
the javascript.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

What is your real issue, hiding email address or working with your database connections?

ASP/VBScript when written correctly, is never viewable in a browser via view source.

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[Murray]

But you can view the generated code with VIEW | Source....

 

[robert]

I'll take a look at ASP/VB Script, on a level of 1 to 10, html and
programming I score a zero, I prefer frontpage wizard, but I'll try to
figure it out

 

[Murray]

It won't help. Once it's written to the page with server-side code, it's
visible when you view source.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Correct..Generate Output

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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