Setting up a PDF Form to collect data on a webpage

[Lin Farmer]

I am trying to set up a page where a user could answer some simple questions,
mostly just numbers, and the results would be stored for retrieval later. I
have created a PDF Form that accepts the data and that I can email to myself
but I would rather just have the form on-line on our website and use some
sort of simple database behind it to collect the responses. How would I go
about doing this task?
thanks

 

[Paul M]

Hi Lin
If you have fronpage extensions installed on the server you can do the
following
First create your form by using the insert menu
Create the form fields you require
Right click the form and select form properties
you can then decide to have the form contents emailed to you stired in a
file or the third which is sent to a database
select options
If you select database you will have the option of creating an access
database and connection from the form fields you have created. it will ask
you to store the database in the fpdb folder say yes to this
Several files will be created to connect to the database
publish the site
Now when someone enters information in the form it will be stored in the
database.

To see the information click on New more web templates database inteface
wizard click on asp or if you have it installed asp.net then connect to a
database and follow the instructions choose to create the interface within
the current web,this will put it into a folder within your website publish
the site
navigate to the forlder online ie www.yourweb.com/interfacefolder
You can then see and edit the entries.

Paul M

 

[+Bob+]

I am trying to set up a page where a user could answer some simple questions,
mostly just numbers, and the results would be stored for retrieval later. I
have created a PDF Form that accepts the data and that I can email to myself
but I would rather just have the form on-line on our website and use some
sort of simple database behind it to collect the responses. How would I go
about doing this task?
thanks

Drop PDF from your plan, build a proper web form.