One way to generate dynamic PDF files is to create PDF template forms and then to fill them on the fly. This article show you how to do so very easily by using the FDF toolkit.
FreeVersion: n/a Platform(s): linux, windows Updated: Mon Oct 10 2005
A handy function for validating strings and replacing unwanted contents, by searching for matches with regular expression patterns. There are two functions - one that replaces pattern matches, and one that can call the first function multiple times, each time with a different pattern.
FreeVersion: n/a Platform(s): windows Updated: Mon Apr 18 2005
The great advantage of ASP is possibility to respond to user queries or data submitted from HTML forms. You can process information gathered by an HTML form and use ASP code to make decisions based off this information to create dynamic web pages. This tutorial demonstrates how to create an HTML form and process the data.
Many of us have faced situations when we fill invalid information in one field of a form, and when we submit, the forms apears again with that field in red color. This tutorial shows you how simple it is to add such facilities to your forms.
Version: n/a Platform(s): linux, windows, freebsd, osx, sun Updated: Tue Feb 1 2005
Validating Email addresses is not limitted to finding "@" and "." signs in the address! There are higher concepts, but few are aware of them. This article shows you a simple way to check if the Email address provided by a user is "real" to a higher extent than current famous validation codes do.
Version: n/a Platform(s): linux, windows, freebsd, osx, sun Updated: Tue Feb 1 2005
This script shows how to send an email via the CDONTS objects available to ASP 3.0. It will take a selection of form input, create the required e-mail objects, send the e-mail to the specified recipient and then redirect the user to a confirmation page, thanking them for their input.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Tue Nov 19 2002
Handling forms and processing the data you get from them is one of the fundamentals that need to be mastered if you are to develop a dynamic site. This is a very simple introductory tutorial on form handling.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Mon May 6 2002
Full VBS code, which lets you accept x-www-form-urlencoded forms in ASP without limit of size using BinaryRead (Request.Form has 100kB limit), recomended solution from MS KB (Q273482). Source of URLDecode function included.
ASPRSS has a subscription service that automatically submits articles to all the ASP directories out there. This article shows how the data is submitted to their forms using the IP*Works! WebForm component.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Fri Jun 15 2001
This article discusses how to deal with various checkboxes in form via ASP. Covers: The Default No-Frills Checkbox, Checkbox With An Associated Value, Multiple Checkboxs With The Same Name, and Checkbox Which Maintains It's State.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Wed May 23 2001
This article shows how to build a forms validation library using JavaScript and ASP. Its FormLib simplifies form creation and eliminates common forms-maintenance tasks.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Thu May 10 2001
Select boxes must often communicate with one another (i.e., a Child select object's option values depend on the value selected in the Parent object). This tutorial details how to create a hierarchy of select objects using ASP, SQL, ADO, and JavaScript.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Sun Jan 14 2001
In this final part of ASP Form Handling series, the author discusses such topics as handling radio buttons and check boxes, emailing attachments with CDONTS, and some ways of using the data stored in the registration database covered in Part 3.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Wed Dec 13 2000
This tutorial will show you how to give your forms a little bit more power. By making your forms self-referencing, you can open up whole new areas of functionality with your web applications.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Wed Oct 18 2000
The checkbox object is coded along the same lines as radio buttons, however each checkbox must get its own unique name since the state of "checked" or "not checked" will be passed to ASP for each box. Remember that you can set more than one option to be checked. Complete source code provided for the example.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Mon Oct 2 2000
