ASP Classic - post form data without form

I have to send our account password and user entered form
data to a page (which I can't modify). I don't want to use the Get
method and I don't want to put our password into a hidden field. I
would like to have the user fill out the form, which submits back
to the page where I add my password field value via ASP, then send
all of that data to another page via post.
To further clarify, we are using a service and to add user
data I have to also supply our account name and password.

Get it from the database and when you send it make sure its
sent as
unencrypted text. Its all the rage...
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>I have to send our account password and user entered form
data to a page
>(which
> I can't modify). I don't want to use the Get method and
I don't want to
> put our
> password into a hidden field. I would like to have the
user fill out the
> form,
> which submits back to the page where I add my password
field value via
> ASP,
> then send all of that data to another page via post.
> To further clarify, we are using a service and to add
user data I have to
> also
> supply our account name and password.
>

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>>I would like to display data that was enter into a
form, but without the
>>fields
>> that were left blank. For example, if someone enters
their info in
>> address 1
>> but left address 2 blank, I want to display address
1 and then display
>> the next
>> completed form field if address 2 was left blank. I
am writing this in
>> Coldfusion.
>>
>> What I am trying to do is allow clients to create
and preview a
>> preformatted
>> business card online so we eliminate the back and
forth proofing process.
>> The
>> design for each card is the same, but with variable
information. Ex.,
>> Address
>> 1, Address 2, Cell Phone 1, Cell Phone 2, etc. When
fields are left blank
>> I
>> want to eliminate them from being displayed as blank
spaces.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Steve Miller
>>
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