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Processing a Form with CDONTS
Thursday, March 05, 2009
So in the past, I have talked about processing a form with Jmail and ASPEMail. And I even went a step further (probably to the dismay of a lot of webmasters) and gave some other contact method examples. This was all done for users who have relied extensively on FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) to help them process a form since a lot of web hosting providers are removing the FPSE, sometimes at no notice to the client. If you update your website every couple of days and use publish (instead of FTP) to get your web pages from your computer to the server, you will know. Once FPSE are removed, you will not be able to publish the website.
So now what are you to do? I know how important some websites are to you and it is important for your users to be able to contact you via your website. The Jmail and ASPEMail examples require you to be on a Microsoft Windows server (remember server, not your local computer) and these components to be installed.
However, if you are on a Microsoft Windows server, another method (from Microsoft) is called Collaboration Data Objects for NT Servers (CDONTS). For an example and explanation of how to use this, check out CDONTS email form - download working example from Texas Web Developers. If you have a problem or question, he is known to hang out in a few message boards, such as Expression Web and FrontPage Forum.
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