Re: OT: nooB html form question
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Re: OT: nooB html form question

From: noone <noone@nowhere.com>
Date: Thu Mar 30 2006 - 21:57:34 CEST

JWBlue wrote:

> I want to use a simple form with a checkbox either on or off and store the
> results to a text file, with minimal overhead. Very ignorant about this
> stuff so be gentle! I have IIS running (but no front page or php) on a
> windows machine.

> Scope: "MyPage.Html" displays form with one checkbox reading default value
> from text file (MyFormData.Txt) in same folder. If user changes value of
> check box and hits submit it logs those results to MyFormData.Txt
> over-writing the previous contents.

> What is the simplest way to accomplish? Sample code would be much
> appreciated.

> Thanks in advance.

> - Ben

while the code posted by another contributor will work, is it what you are
trying to accomplish - what happens when you have hundreds of users
hitting that page - some concurrently. Not sure what you are looking for,
but FWIW, I would find another way....
Received on Mon May 1 02:45:18 2006