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Why Can't I Change My Hidden Form Field Values - Frontpage Doesn't Save The Modified Values?

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Hidden form field values are those which don't appear to the user but are nonetheless sent along with the user-submitted data. For example, the 'email_subject' value which is used with the mailform script - see the forms and questionnaire documentation in Creating forms in FrontPage 2000.

FrontPage 2000 has trouble CHANGING a value once it has been set so RATHER opting to 'modify', instead:

  1. Open the form page in FrontPage
  2. Right-click the form and select 'Form Properties'
  3. Click the 'Advanced' button to see the hidden values
  4. Select the form field you want to change and select 'Remove' instead of 'Modify'
  5. Click 'OK' to close the hidden fields WINDOW
  6. Click 'OK' to close the form properties window
  7. SAVE the page so that FrontPage registers the removal
  8. Right-click the form again and select 'Form Properties'
  9. Click the 'Advanced' button and click 'Add'
  10. Enter the name and new value of the hidden field
  11. Click 'OK' to close the hidden fields window
  12. Click 'OK' to close the form properties window
  13. Save the page.

Note: This issue has been fixed in the Service-Release 1 version of FrontPage 2000.To see if you have the SR-1 version, select 'Help', 'About Microsoft FrontPage' - 'SR-1' will appear beside the product licensing DETAILS if you have that version. 

Hidden form field values are those which don't appear to the user but are nonetheless sent along with the user-submitted data. For example, the 'email_subject' value which is used with the mailform script - see the forms and questionnaire documentation in Creating forms in FrontPage 2000.

FrontPage 2000 has trouble changing a value once it has been set so rather opting to 'modify', instead:

Note: This issue has been fixed in the Service-Release 1 version of FrontPage 2000.To see if you have the SR-1 version, select 'Help', 'About Microsoft FrontPage' - 'SR-1' will appear beside the product licensing details if you have that version. 



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