Retaining form contents after visiting another page

[Ed]

I would like to break up a form by having portions of the data
collected on other forms.
For example, the main form would have fields to collect data group A.,
and then the user would
be asked to click a button or something to descend to another page
with a form to collect other data, say
data group B. After finishing the data group B, he would returned to
the main form where there would
have the opportunity to descend to yet another form to enter data
group C and again return to the
main form page. Finally, he would click on the Submit button on the
main form which would write data group A, B, and C to
a single file.

The only problem with this scheme is that upon return to the main form
the data he filled in there has disappeared!
What's the easiest way to get around this? I realize I could have the
main page form write out to file, then
somehow trigger reading it back in upon return, but that seems
inelegant.

Or, perhaps I should ask if I have the wrong approach here. I'm kind
of a novice at this, obviously.

TIA

Ed

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

You need to pass the data between forms
See http://irt.org/script/form.htm#10

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|I would like to break up a form by having portions of the data
| collected on other forms.
| For example, the main form would have fields to collect data group A.,
| and then the user would
| be asked to click a button or something to descend to another page
| with a form to collect other data, say
| data group B. After finishing the data group B, he would returned to
| the main form where there would
| have the opportunity to descend to yet another form to enter data
| group C and again return to the
| main form page. Finally, he would click on the Submit button on the
| main form which would write data group A, B, and C to
| a single file.
|
| The only problem with this scheme is that upon return to the main form
| the data he filled in there has disappeared!
| What's the easiest way to get around this? I realize I could have the
| main page form write out to file, then
| somehow trigger reading it back in upon return, but that seems
| inelegant.
|
| Or, perhaps I should ask if I have the wrong approach here. I'm kind
| of a novice at this, obviously.
|
| TIA
|
| Ed
|
|
|