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Q300449: FP: Form Fields Aren’t Reset When You Go Back to the Form

Article: Q300449
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you view an HTML page in a Web browser, all fields are set to their default
values. When you submit the form, and then click the Back button to view the
page again, the form fields still contain the data you entered.

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if the Web browser caches the information you entered
into the form. Many Web browsers cache this information in case it needs to be
reused.

WORKAROUND
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NOTE: You may receive an error message if you copy and paste the examples
directly from this article to FrontPage. The angle brackets ("<" and ">")
may appear as escaped HTML code ("&lt;" and "&gt;"). To work around this
behavior, paste the script in a blank Notepad document, and then copy it from
Notepad before you paste it into FrontPage. To work around this functionality,
you can clear the form fields by using Dynamic HTML (DHTML). To do this, follow
these steps:

1. In FrontPage, open a server-based Web.

2. Create a new, blank page.

3. Insert a form on the page with multiple text fields:

   - In FrontPage 2000

     a. On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click One-Line Text Box.

     b. On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click Scrolling Text Box.

   - In FrontPage 2002

     a. On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click Textbox.

     b. On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click Text Area.

4. Right-click the form and then click Form Properties on the menu that appears.

5. Type "MyForm" (without the quotation marks) for the form name and click OK.

6. Switch to HTML view. Modify the <BODY> tag specifying the DHTML method
  to reset the form, like this:

  <BODY onLoad="document.MyForm.reset();">

7. Switch to Normal view. Save the page to your Web site.

When you submit the form in Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then click the Back
button on the confirmation page, you will see a blank form.


MORE INFORMATION
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For more information about compatibility with other browsers, click Microsoft
FrontPage Help on the Help menu, type "compatibility" (without the quotation
marks) in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to
view the topic.

Additional query words: front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage2002 kbFrontPage2000Search kbFrontPage2002Search kbZNotKeyword5
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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