Multi-tab or page forms

Does anyone know where I can purchase third party software
for Dreamweaver forms ... or a simple way to split a very long form
into mulitple pages? The form is too long as a single web page. I
want to guide the viewer through multiple pages and then submit the
form on the last page, but send data from all the pages in one
email. Any suggestions.

You can carry the values of the previous pages in hidden or
session
variables.
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> Does anyone know where I can purchase third party
software for Dreamweaver
> forms ... or a simple way to split a very long form into
mulitple pages?
> The
> form is too long as a single web page. I want to guide
the viewer through
> multiple pages and then submit the form on the last
page, but send data
> from
> all the pages in one email. Any suggestions.
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After a couple hours trying to resolve this and researching Adobe's site and the web, I've had no luck. Was hoping someone here could help.
I've created a multi-page form in Adobe Acrobat X for Mac - It started out as a one-page form, and I then added three additional blank pages one at a time, adding the fields as needed. There are no special fields or formatting.
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"SnollyPheasant" <[email protected]> wrote
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> I'm in the process of creating a multi-page form. So far
i've got two
> forms,
> form1 is on page 1 and form2 on page2. I've set the
action of form1 to
> POST to
> form2, what do i need to do now?
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keep all sections
under one single page? It would make your life easier.
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Problem Statement:
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