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FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/27/2004 14:20:02
I'm creating a webform that includes a dropdown list where I want to allow the user to select multiple items in the list.
When the user submits the form, the contents are e-mailed to me using the FP extensions.
I have the dropdown set in FrontPage to allow multiple selections.
In testing this form, when I make multiple selections from the dropdown then click [Submit] the "success" confirmation page pops up confirming that the e-mail was sent. This confirmation page properly lists all the multiple selections from the dropdown.
Now for the problem: the e-mail I receive only contains the first selection from the dropdown. Additional selections are not given.
Is this a FrontPage problem (have I neglected to do something in the HTML), or a FP extensions problem, or what?
Thanks,
Patrick
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Larry M.
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/27/2004 14:41:22
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Now for the problem: the e-mail I receive only contains the first selection from the dropdown. Additional selections are not given
Patrick,
Right click drop down box, select Form Field Properties then, under "Allow Multiple Selections", select Yes. FrontPage, by default, establishes this field as No.
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arkansoft
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/27/2004 16:01:11
Thanks very much for the welcome Larry. I think this forum will help me a lot.
However, as I mentioned in my initial post...
*I already had the dropdown set to accept multiple selections
*When I test it at the website it does accept multiple selections
*When I Submit it, the confirmation page does include the multiple items selected
BUT when I receive the e-mail it only contains the first item selected. What might the problem be?
Patrick
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/27/2004 19:56:08
arkansoft,
Apparently I read your initial post too quickly. Sorry.
I did get the multiple field selections to work, at least after a fashion. Expand your dropdown box to "x" number of fields - Form Field Properties height = "x". Change field number 1 to read "Select - Ctrl+C". Save. Publish.
The Select - Ctrl + C alerts the visitor to use these keys when electing multiple options. They will display on the Submit Confirmation and will also display on the Email Confirmation - see below:
Inquiry_Name:
Inquiry_Company:
Inquiry_eMail:
Inquiry_Phone:
Interest: Site Design Programming Custom Logos Custom Banners Graphic Design
B1: Send to Carolina Web Design
Frankly, this seems like a workaround and I'm thinking there must be a a better way. If so, you'll probably find it Here
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/28/2004 1:52:38
Hi Patrick,
As Larry indicated, you will have to some way instruct your form user to hold Ctrl to make multiple selections.
A URL for your form page would be helpful, so we could see this in action.
Hi Larry,
Another fine fix you might have gotten us into. Hope your holiday season is a safe and happy one.
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/28/2004 8:32:59
> As Larry indicated, you will have to some way instruct
> your form user to hold Ctrl to make multiple selections.
Yes, I already had that. Like 99.9% of websites allowing multiple selections, I have a note included with the label for this selector "Use Ctrl+Click (Win) or CMD+Click (Mac) to select multiple items."
The URL for the page I'm having problems with is:
http://www.arkansoft.com/Suggestions.html
Of course you can right click and "view source" if you want to take a look.
I'd really like to get multiple selections to work without having to put instructions as the first item of the dropdown, if possible.
Odd that this problem isn't mentioned in FrontPage help.
Patrick
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/28/2004 12:00:06
Hi Patrick,
The form field is definitely set up properly.
I would suggest changing the email results to Formatted text to see if this makes a difference.
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/28/2004 12:27:49
Thanks Michael. I originally had it as "formatted text" and when it didn't work I tried other options to see if something else would get me the multiple choices. But nothing works.
I think I'll just change it to only allow one selection and be done with it. It's not that important.
Just really strange that it's not working "as advertised".
Thanks to all for their help!
Patrick
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/28/2004 22:47:48
Hey Patrick,
The odd thing is that it shows the choices in the default confirmation page.
Not as pretty, but you ould use checkboxes instead, as they are intended for multiple choices. This method might give you better results in email.
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/29/2004 8:59:25
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Set the email form up as HTML format
Mike,
Good Catch!
I stumbled around FP trying to find the right key strokes for this with no luck. Please share.
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 12/29/2004 14:05:04
Mike,
Ouch! Right in front of me - didn't see it.
Thanks much!
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RE: FrontPage Forms: multiple selections in dropdown - 2/13/2005 3:59:43
Well, I just stumbled onto the same problem, but I'm also sending the results to a CSV file so that we have a record of selections. The email I had set up as formatted HTML and that properly sent multiple selections, but the information going to the CSV file only shows the first selection. We use the CSV file in a spreadsheet so we really would like to have them all there. I'm not really keen on using checkboxes as that just multiplies the number of fields, must of which are empty so our spreadsheet would become quite wide. Any Javascript out there that can assign the values to a hidden field as the are clicked? (I use a little Javascript to create a unique identifier for each form but still keeping it in an HTM file so I can use the FrontPage extensions.)
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