This article describes how to create a custom confirmation
page based on the form data that the user fills out.
To create a custom confirmation page, follow these steps:
| 1. | Create the confirmation page by pressing CTRL+N.
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| 2. | Enter in the information that you want the visitor to your
Web site to see after they submit Web form information. |
| 3. | For each form field on your Web form that you want to
display on your confirmation page do the following:
| a. | Use your mouse pointer to put the insertion point where
you want information from the form to appear. | | b. | On the Insert menu, click Web
component. | | c. | Under Component type, click
Advanced controls. | | d. | Under Choose a control click
Confirmation Field. | | e. | Under Confirmation Field Properties,
type the name of the form field from your Web form that you want to display to
the Web site visitor. |
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| 4. | Save the confirmation page to in the same location as the
Web form page. |
| 5. | Attach the confirmation page to your form. To do so, follow
these steps:
| a. | Open your Web form page. | | b. | Right-click the page and then click Form
properties. | | c. | Click Options, and then click the
Confirmation page tab. | | d. | Click Browse, and then select the
confirmation page. | | e. | Click OK two times. | | f. | Save the Web form page. |
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You can also use the standard Confirmation Page template that
comes with FrontPage. To do so, follow these steps:
| 1. | On the File menu, point to
New, and then click Page or Web. |
| 2. | On the New Page or Web pane, click
Page Templates. |
| 3. | On the General tab, click
Confirmation Form, and then click
OK. |
After the page is created, you can customize its appearance. To
do so, follow the instructions for creating custom confirmation pages that were
listed earlier in this article.