Post laptop crash: form won't submit/can't access network resource
I distributed a form on 5/12 through the 'distribute form wizard' in Acrobat 9 Pro. On 5/14 my laptop motherboard fried. We retrieved my data & imaged another computer, but then my responses file seemed to have issues, not wanting to import any responses, and it appeared I'd lost data. Fastforward to today: I have my laptop back w/new motherboard, and the original responses file is intact including data from responses made last week before the crash. Form submission deadline was yesterday, and I'm missing responses I expected to have by now. I used the link to checkout the form's condition and filled it out myself and learned it can't be submitted.Error msg: 'Acrobat could not submit your data. Please see Tracker for more information.' Tracker says Could not access the network resource.
So the question is..... how do I fix this, and can I repair this without notifying all the people or what? This is critical - I'd done so much testing before distributing the form, but who would have known the end was near for my motherboard? I'm assuming that incident had something to do with all this, although I'm not sure I understand exactly why. Please help...thanks! --Karen <>
Hi. I have had very similar problems and have not received any help at all. Have you?
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.style42 {
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color: #000000;
font-family: Garamond;
a:link {
color: #000000;
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<option value="February">February</option>
<option value="March">March</option>
<option value="April">April</option>
<option value="May">May</option>
<option value="June">June</option>
<option value="July">July</option>
<option value="August">August</option>
<option value="Semptember">September</option>
<option value="Octover">October</option>
<option value="November">November</option>
<option value="December">December</option>
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<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
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<option value="19">19</option>
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<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
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<option value="2">2</option>
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<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
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What you can try:
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color: #000066;
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color: #000000;
a:active {
color: #000000;
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/* ex:set ts=4 sw=4 et:
* FormMail PHP script from Tectite.com. This script requires PHP 4 or later.
* Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Root Software and Open Concepts Pty Ltd
* (ABN 93 003 733 499), Melbourne, Australia.
* This script is free for all use as described in the "Copying and Use" and
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*** If you use Tectite FormMail, please support its development and other
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*** Visit www.tectite.com for free <a href="http://www.tectite.com/">form processing script</a>.
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* Last Modified: RR 14:07 Wed 15 August 2007
* QVCS Version: $Revision: 1.4 $
* Read This First
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* If you have experience with PHP or other scripting languages,
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* - Configuration (TARGET_EMAIL & DEF_ALERT)
* - Creating Forms
* That's it! (Alternatively, just read the Quick Start and/or
* Quicker Start section below).
* Full configuration documentation is here:
* http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/index.php
* Purpose:
* ~~~~~~~~
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* What does this PHP script do?
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* ~~~~~~~~~~~
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* name). We also strongly recommend you set DEF_ALERT (the next
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define("DEF_ALERT","[email protected]");
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define("SENDMAIL_F_OPTION_LINE",__LINE__-1); // don't modify this line!
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/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/multiformurl.php */
$MULTIFORMURL = ""; // default; no multi-forms templates URL
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/authentication_settings.php */
$AUTHENTICATE = "";
//$AUTHENTICATE = "Basic cnVzc2VsbHI6dGVzdA=="; // example
$AUTH_USER = "";
$AUTH_PW = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/form_ini_file.php */
$FORM_INI_FILE = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/moduledir.php */
$MODULEDIR = ".";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/fmcompute.php */
$FMCOMPUTE = "fmcompute.php";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/fmgeoip.php */
$FMGEOIP = "fmgeoip.php";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/advanced_templates.php */
define("ADVANCED_TEMPLATES",false); // set to true for advanced templates
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/limited_import.php */
define("LIMITED_IMPORT",true); // set to true if your database cannot
// handle escaped quotes or newlines within
// imported data. Microsoft Access is one
// example.
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/valid_env.php */
$VALID_ENV = array('HTTP_REFERER','REMOTE_HOST','REMOTE_ADDR','REMOTE_USER',
'HTTP_USER_AGENT');
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/fileuploads.php */
define("FILEUPLOADS",false); // set to true to allow file attachments
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/max_file_upload_size.php */
define("MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE",0); // default of 0 means that other software
// controls the maximum file upload size
// (FormMail doesn't test the file size)
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/file_repository.php */
$FILE_REPOSITORY = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/file_mode.php */
define("FILE_MODE",0664); // always precede with 0 to specify octal!
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/file_overwrite.php */
define("FILE_OVERWRITE",true);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/next_num_file.php */
$NEXT_NUM_FILE = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/put_data_in_url.php */
define("PUT_DATA_IN_URL",true); // set to true to place data in the URL
// for bad_url redirects
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/db_see_input.php */
define("DB_SEE_INPUT",false); // set to true to just see the input values
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/db_see_ini.php */
define("DB_SEE_INI",false); // set to true to just see the ini file
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/maxstring.php */
define("MAXSTRING",1024); // maximum string length for a value
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/bshowmesgnumbers.php */
$bShowMesgNumbers = false;
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/filters.php */
/* Note for Tectite personnel: the upgrade Wizard will merge new values
* but be careful of $var usage and quoting in new entries.
$FILTERS = array("encode"=>"$REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT/cgi-bin/fmencoder -kpubkey.txt",
"null"=>"null",
"csv"=>"csv");
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/socket_filters.php */
$SOCKET_FILTERS = array(
"httpencode"=>array("site"=>"YourSiteHere",
"port"=>80,
"path"=>"/cgi-bin/fmencoder",
"params"=>array(array("name"=>"key",
"file"=>"$REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT/cgi-bin/pubkey.txt"))),
"sslencode"=>array("site"=>"ssl://YourSecureSiteHere",
"port"=>443,
"path"=>"/cgi-bin/fmencoder",
"params"=>array(array("name"=>"key",
"file"=>"$REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT/cgi-bin/pubkey.txt"))),
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/filter_attribs.php */
$FILTER_ATTRIBS = array("encode"=>"Strips,MIME=application/vnd.fmencoded,Encrypts",
"httpencode"=>"Strips,MIME=application/vnd.fmencoded,Encrypts",
"sslencode"=>"Strips,MIME=application/vnd.fmencoded,Encrypts",
"csv"=>"Strips,MIME=text/csv",);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/check_for_new_version.php */
define("CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION",true);
define("CHECK_DAYS",30);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/scratch_pad.php */
$SCRATCH_PAD = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/cleanup_time.php */
$CLEANUP_TIME = 60; // cleanup time in minutes
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/cleanup_chance.php */
$CLEANUP_CHANCE = 20; // percentage probability that cleanup will be performed
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/pear_settings.php */
$PEAR_SMTP_HOST = "";
$PEAR_SMTP_PORT = 25;
$PEAR_SMTP_USER = "";
$PEAR_SMTP_PWD = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/alert_on_user_error.php */
define("ALERT_ON_USER_ERROR",true);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/enable_attack_detection.php */
define("ENABLE_ATTACK_DETECTION",true);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_url.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_URL","");
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/alert_on_attack_detection.php */
define("ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION",false);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_mime.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_MIME",true);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_dups.php */
$ATTACK_DETECTION_DUPS = array("realname","address1","address2","country","zip",
"phone","postcode","state","email");
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_specials.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_SPECIALS",true);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_specials.php */
$ATTACK_DETECTION_SPECIALS_ONLY_EMAIL = array("derive_fields","required",
"mail_options","good_url","bad_url","good_template",
"bad_template");
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_specials.php */
$ATTACK_DETECTION_SPECIALS_ANY_EMAIL = array("subject");
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_many_urls.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_MANY_URLS",0);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_many_url_fields.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_MANY_URL_FIELDS",0);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_url_patterns.php */
$ATTACK_DETECTION_URL_PATTERNS = array(
'(^|[^-a-z_.0-9]+)(?<!@)([-a-z0-9]+\.)+(com|org|net|biz|info|name|pro|tel|asia|cat)\b',
'(^|[^-a-z_.0-9]+)(?<!@)([-a-z0-9]+\.)+(com{0,1}|org|net)\.[a-z][a-z]\b');
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/attack_detection_ignore_errors.php */
define("ATTACK_DETECTION_IGNORE_ERRORS",false);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/geoip_lic.php */
$GEOIP_LIC = ""; // default - no GeoIP
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/zero_is_empty.php */
define("ZERO_IS_EMPTY",false);
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/session_name.php */
$SESSION_NAME = "";
/* Help: http://www.tectite.com/fmdoc/hook_dir.php */
$HOOK_DIR = "";
/* UPGRADE CONTROL
** FILTERS:lt:8.04:merge:The FILTERS configuration has
** been modified to include some new standard filters.:
** FILTER_ATTRIBS:lt:8.04:no_keep:The FILTER_ATTRIBS configuration has
** been modified to include new information about the standard filters.:
** ATTACK_DETECTION_URL_PATTERNS:eq:8.02:no_keep:The ATTACK_DETECTION_URL_PATTERNS
** configuration has been modified to fix a bug.:
** FILTER_ATTRIBS:lt:4.00:no_keep:The FILTER_ATTRIBS configuration has
** been modified to include new information about the standard filters.:
** SET_REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT:gt:4.07:copy_from=REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT:The
** REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT configuration has been renamed to SET_REAL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.:
** EMAIL_NAME:lt:6.01:no_keep:The EMAIL_NAME configuration has
** been modified to match hyphens ('-') in email addresses.:
** ZERO_IS_EMPTY:le:6.01:set_to=true:ZERO_IS_EMPTY has been
** set to a value that duplicates previous behaviour.:
** END OF CONTROL
/* END OF CONFIGURATION (do not alter this line in any way!!!) */
// the following constants define all FormMail messages
define('MSG_SCRIPT_VERSION',0); // This script requires at least PHP version...
define('MSG_END_VERS_CHK',1); // If you're happy...
define('MSG_VERS_CHK',2); // A later version of FormMail is available...
define('MSG_CHK_FILE_ERROR',3); // Unable to create check file...
define('MSG_UNK_VALUE_SPEC',4); // derive_fields: unknown value specification...
define('MSG_INV_VALUE_SPEC',5); // derive_fields: invalid value specification...
define('MSG_DERIVED_INVALID',6); // Some derive_fields specifications...
define('MSG_INT_FORM_ERROR',7); // Internal form error...
define('MSG_OPTIONS_INVALID',8); // Some mail_options settings...
define('MSG_PLSWAIT_REDIR',9); // Please wait while you are redirected...
define('MSG_IFNOT_REDIR',10); // If you are not redirected...
define('MSG_PEAR_OBJ',11); // Failed to create PEAR Mail object...
define('MSG_PEAR_ERROR',12); // PEAR Mail error...
define('MSG_NO_FOPT_ADDR',13); // You have specified "SendMailFOption"...
define('MSG_MORE_INFO',14); // More information...
define('MSG_INFO_STOPPED',15); // Extra alert information suppressed...
define('MSG_FM_ALERT',16); // FormMail alert
define('MSG_FM_ERROR',17); // FormMail script error
define('MSG_FM_ERROR_LINE',18); // The following error occurred...
define('MSG_USERDATA_STOPPED',19); // User data suppressed...
define('MSG_FILTERED',20); // This alert has been filtered...
define('MSG_TEMPLATES',21); // You must set either TEMPLATEDIR or TEMPLATEURL...
define('MSG_OPEN_TEMPLATE',22); // Failed to open template...
define('MSG_ERROR_PROC',23); // An error occurred while processing...
define('MSG_ALERT_DONE',24); // Our staff have been alerted...
define('MSG_PLS_CONTACT',25); // Please contact us directly...
define('MSG_APOLOGY',26); // We apologize for any inconvenience...
define('MSG_ABOUT_FORMMAIL',27); // Your form submission was processed by...
define('MSG_PREG_FAI -
My ipod touch has a huge collection of music that I don't want to lose or replace but my computer has now crashed beyond recovery. How can I access my itunes account from another computer or transfer my playlists to another computer from my ipod?
You can transfer iTunes purchases to your "new" computer by
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
You can transfer other stuff by:
Best iPod to PC
How to transfer or sync files from iPod to PC - Windows mac iPhone iPod software reviews - Software Wiki -
I installed Firefox on laptop under Admin acct--now I can't access it from std user account
I installed Firefox on a laptop under Admin acct--now I can't access it from std user account. If I installed Firefox onto the laptop under the Admin account, why didn't it put a desktop icon on the std user account also? I don't recall ever having this problem on an any other computer I've had. I have already tried looking under the program files folders for a Mozilla folder while logged into the std user account-- there is no Mozilla folder to be found. Also, when I try to install Firefox on the Std user account, the parental controls keeps me from doing it. I have went in and added the Firefox install web link as an allowable website under the parental controls, but it does not help. Please help me figure out how to get Firefox installed on my std user account.
Check the date and time in the clock on your computer: (double) click the clock icon on the Windows Taskbar.
Check out why the site is untrusted and click "Technical Details to expand this section.<br>If the certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided (sec_error_unknown_issuer) then see if you can install this intermediate certificate from another source.
You can retrieve the certificate and check details like who issued certificates and expiration dates of certificates.
*Click the link at the bottom of the error page: "I Understand the Risks"
Let Firefox retrieve the certificate: "Add Exception" -> "Get Certificate".
*Click the "View..." button and inspect the certificate and check who is the issuer of the certificate.
You can see more Details like intermediate certificates that are used in the Details pane.
If <b>"I Understand the Risks"</b> is missing then this page may be opened in an (i)frame and in that case try the right-click context menu and use "This Frame: Open Frame in New Tab".
*Note that some firewalls monitor (secure) connections and that programs like Sendori or FiddlerRoot can intercept connections and send their own certificate instead of the website's certificate.
*Note that it is not recommended to add a permanent exception in cases like this, so only use it to inspect the certificate. -
The computer install TMG can't access network
Hello Everyone
My computer has installed Winserver 2008 R2. It have 2 card network.
Lan network Card : 192.168.1.254/24
Internet network Card: get IP automatic
My computer can access network
But when I installed TMG. My Inetrnet Card can't get IP automatic and I can't access network
I created access rule : Protocal :Allow outbound traffic, From: Internal, To: External
but It is not success
Help meHi,
You need to modify a system rule for this to work.
Open TMG management console
Go to Firewall Policy and on the tasks pane on the right hand side click "Edit System Policy".
Under Network Services, selet DHCP and on the From tab add the network External. Click OK and apply the policy. When the configuration has synced, renew the IP configuration for the external adapter.
Obvious risks with allowing this apply.
Hth, Anders Janson Enfo Zipper -
Form won't submit, newbie, probably being an idiot
Probbally being an absolute idiot as completely new to web design, but really stuck, all help hugely appreciated...
form on http://www.refuseboredom.com/EasterHolidays.html, form is validating itself but doesnt post??
its supposed to be going to a FormMail.pl which is in the base directory, hosting with godaddy who accept perl scripts and say the script can be put anywhere on the server,
Don't know what i'm missing!!
Form Code:
<div id ="form" >
<form action="FormMail.pl" method="post" name="form1" target="_top" id="bookingform">
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://www.refuseboredom.com/thankyou.html" />
<h2>BOOK HERE</h2>
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="[email protected]">
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield1">
<label for="FirstName">Parent/Guardian First Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" tabindex="1" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<span id="sprytextfield2">
<label for="LastName">Parent/Guardian Surname:</label>
<input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName" tabindex="2" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield3">
<label for="Address1">Address 1st line:</label>
<input type="text" name="Address1" id="Address1" tabindex="3" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield4">
<label for="Address2">Address 2nd Line:</label>
<input type="text" name="Address2" id="Address2" tabindex="4" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield5">
<label for="City">City: </label>
<input type="text" name="City" id="City" tabindex="5" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield6">
<label for="Postcode">Postcode:</label>
<input type="text" name="Postcode" id="Postcode" tabindex="6" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield7">
<label for="Phone">Prefered Contact number:</label>
<input type="text" name="Phone" id="Phone" tabindex="7" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="sprytextfield8">
<label for="Email">Email Address</label>
<input type="text" name="Email" id="Email" tabindex="8" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg"></span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Not a Valid E-mail Address</span></span>
</div>
<div id="select1">
<label for="Quantity"> Number of children you would like to book for:</label>
<select name="Quantity" id="Quantity" tabindex="9" class="Quantity" >
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
</select>
</div>
<div id="Child1Div">
<span id="sprytextfield9">
<label for="Child1">Child's Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="Child1" id="Child1" tabindex="10" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
<span id="spryselect2">
<label for="Child1Age">Child's Age:</label>
<select name="Child1Age" id="Child1Age" tabindex="11">
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
</select>
<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
</div>
<div id="Child2Div">
<span id="sprytextfield10">
<label for="child2">Child's name:</label>
<input type="text" name="child2" id="child2" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
<span id="spryselect3">
<label for="Child2Age">Child's Age:</label>
<select name="Child2Age" id="Child2Age">
<option>10</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
</select>
<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
</div>
<div id="Child3Div">
<span id="sprytextfield11">
<label for="Child3">Child's Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="Child3" id="Child3" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span>
<span id="spryselect4">
<label for="Child3Age">Child's Age:</label>
<select name="Child3Age" id="Child3Age">
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
</select>
<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
</div>
<div>
<span id="spryselect5">
<label for="Type">Holiday Dates:</label>
<select name="Type" id="Type" tabindex="12">
<option value="Easter2week">2 Week Easter Holiday: April 2nd - April 13th</option>
<option value="April2nd1week">First Week: April 2nd - April 6th</option>
<option value="April9th1week">Second Week: April 9th - April 13th</option>
<option value="Easterspecial">Easter Special: 2 weeks</option>
</select>
<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
</div>
<div id="Notes">
<label for="Notes">Please use this area to let us know of any special requirements including medical and dietary needs that we may need to be aware of, if your child is applying with a friend please let us know here as well so we can try and make sure their on the same team: </label><br />
<textarea name="Notes" id="Notes" cols="45" rows="5" tabindex="13"></textarea>
</div>
<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="14" value="Book Now" />
</form>
</div>
FormMail.pl Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# FormMail Version 1.93 #
# Copyright 1995-2009 Matt Wright [email protected] #
# Created 1995-06-09 Last Modified 2009-07-14 #
# Matt's Script Archive, Inc.: http://www.scriptarchive.com/ #
# COPYRIGHT NOTICE #
# Copyright 1995-2009 Matthew M. Wright All Rights Reserved. #
# FormMail may be used and modified free of charge by anyone so long as this #
# copyright notice and the comments above remain intact. By using this #
# code you agree to indemnify Matthew M. Wright from any liability that #
# might arise from its use. #
# Selling the code for this program without prior written consent is #
# expressly forbidden. In other words, please ask first before you try and #
# make money off of my program. #
# Obtain permission before redistributing this software over the Internet or #
# in any other medium. In all cases copyright and header must remain intact. #
# ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Peter D. Thompson Yezek #
# XSS + REDIRECT FIX: Francesco Ongaro, Giovanni Pellerano & Antonio Parata #
# v1.93 http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-formmail_192/adv.txt #
# Define Variables #
# Detailed Information Found In README File. #
# $mailprog defines the location of your sendmail program on your unix #
# system. The flags -i and -t should be passed to sendmail in order to #
# have it ignore single dots on a line and to read message for recipients #
$mailprog = 'smtp.europe.secureserver.net -i -t';
# @referers allows forms to be located only on servers which are defined #
# in this field. This is a security fix to prevent others from using your #
# FormMail script on their web site. #
@referers = ('refuseboredom.com');
# @recipients defines the e-mail addresses or domain names that e-mail can #
# be sent to. This must be filled in correctly to prevent SPAM and allow #
# valid addresses to receive e-mail. Read the documentation to find out how #
# this variable works!!! It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. #
@recipients = ('^admin\@refuseboredom\.com');
# ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Peter D. Thompson Yezek #
# @valid_ENV allows the sysadmin to define what environment variables can #
# be reported via the env_report directive. This was implemented to fix #
# the problem reported at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1187 #
@valid_ENV = ('REMOTE_HOST','REMOTE_ADDR','REMOTE_USER','HTTP_USER_AGENT');
# Done #
# Check Referring URL
&check_url;
# Retrieve Date
&get_date;
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Check Required Fields
&check_required;
# Send E-Mail
&send_mail;
# Return HTML Page or Redirect User
&return_html;
# NOTE rev1.91: This function is no longer intended to stop abuse, that #
# functionality is now embedded in the checks made on @recipients and the #
# recipient form field. #
sub check_url {
# Localize the check_referer flag which determines if user is valid. #
local($check_referer) = 0;
# If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure #
# that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail. #
if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) {
foreach $referer (@referers) {
if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ m|https?://([^/]*)$referer|i) {
$check_referer = 1;
last;
else {
$check_referer = 1;
# If the HTTP_REFERER was invalid, send back an error. #
if ($check_referer != 1) { &error('bad_referer') }
sub get_date {
# Define arrays for the day of the week and month of the year. #
@days = ('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday',
'Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
@months = ('January','February','March','April','May','June','July',
'August','September','October','November','December');
# Get the current time and format the hour, minutes and seconds. Add #
# 1900 to the year to get the full 4 digit year. #
($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday) = (localtime(time))[0,1,2,3,4,5,6];
$time = sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d",$hour,$min,$sec);
$year += 1900;
# Format the date. #
$date = "$days[$wday], $months[$mon] $mday, $year at $time";
sub parse_form {
# Define the configuration associative array. #
%Config = ('recipient','', 'subject','',
'email','', 'realname','',
'redirect','', 'bgcolor','',
'background','', 'link_color','',
'vlink_color','', 'text_color','',
'alink_color','', 'title','',
'sort','', 'print_config','',
'required','', 'env_report','',
'return_link_title','', 'return_link_url','',
'print_blank_fields','', 'missing_fields_redirect','');
# Determine the form's REQUEST_METHOD (GET or POST) and split the form #
# fields up into their name-value pairs. If the REQUEST_METHOD was #
# not GET or POST, send an error. #
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
# Get the input
read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
else {
&error('request_method');
# For each name-value pair: #
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
# Split the pair up into individual variables. #
local($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
# Decode the form encoding on the name and value variables. #
# v1.92: remove null bytes #
$name =~ tr/+/ /;
$name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
$name =~ tr/\0//d;
$value =~ tr/+/ /;
$value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
$value =~ tr/\0//d;
# If the field name has been specified in the %Config array, it will #
# return a 1 for defined($Config{$name}}) and we should associate #
# this value with the appropriate configuration variable. If this #
# is not a configuration form field, put it into the associative #
# array %Form, appending the value with a ', ' if there is already a #
# value present. We also save the order of the form fields in the #
# @Field_Order array so we can use this order for the generic sort. #
if (defined($Config{$name})) {
$Config{$name} = $value;
else {
if ($Form{$name} ne '') {
$Form{$name} = "$Form{$name}, $value";
else {
push(@Field_Order,$name);
$Form{$name} = $value;
# The next six lines remove any extra spaces or new lines from the #
# configuration variables, which may have been caused if your editor #
# wraps lines after a certain length or if you used spaces between field #
# names or environment variables. #
$Config{'required'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g;
$Config{'required'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g;
$Config{'env_report'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g;
$Config{'env_report'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g;
$Config{'print_config'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g;
$Config{'print_config'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g;
# Split the configuration variables into individual field names. #
@Required = split(/,/,$Config{'required'});
@Env_Report = split(/,/,$Config{'env_report'});
@Print_Config = split(/,/,$Config{'print_config'});
# ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Only allow ENV variables in @valid_ENV in #
# @Env_Report for security reasons. #
foreach $env_item (@Env_Report) {
foreach $valid_item (@valid_ENV) {
if ( $env_item eq $valid_item ) { push(@temp_array, $env_item) }
@Env_Report = @temp_array;
sub check_required {
# Localize the variables used in this subroutine. #
local($require, @error);
# The following insures that there were no newlines in any fields which #
# will be used in the header. #
if ($Config{'subject'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m || $Config{'email'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m ||
$Config{'realname'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m || $Config{'recipient'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m) {
&error('invalid_headers');
# Fix XSS + HTTP Header Injection for v1.93
foreach $lfield ('redirect', 'return_link_url') {
# Strip new lines
$Config{$lfield} =~ s/(\n|\r)//mg;
# Only allow certain handlers to avoid javascript:/data: tricks
if ($Config{$lfield} !~ /^\s*\// &&
$Config{$lfield} !~ /^\s*(http|https|ftp):\/\//) {
$Config{$lfield} = '';
if (!$Config{'recipient'}) {
if (!defined(%Form)) { &error('bad_referer') }
else { &error('no_recipient') }
else {
# This block of code requires that the recipient address end with #
# a valid domain or e-mail address as defined in @recipients. #
foreach $send_to (split(/,/,$Config{'recipient'})) {
foreach $recipient (@recipients) {
if ($send_to =~ /$recipient$/i) {
push(@send_to,$send_to); last;
if ($#send_to < 0) { &error('no_recipient') }
$Config{'recipient'} = join(',',@send_to);
# For each require field defined in the form: #
foreach $require (@Required) {
# If the required field is the email field, the syntax of the email #
# address if checked to make sure it passes a valid syntax. #
if ($require eq 'email' && !&check_email($Config{$require})) {
push(@error,$require);
# Otherwise, if the required field is a configuration field and it #
# has no value or has been filled in with a space, send an error. #
elsif (defined($Config{$require})) {
if ($Config{$require} eq '') { push(@error,$require); }
# If it is a regular form field which has not been filled in or #
# filled in with a space, flag it as an error field. #
elsif (!defined($Form{$require}) || $Form{$require} eq '') {
push(@error,$require);
# If any error fields have been found, send error message to the user. #
if (@error) { &error('missing_fields', @error) }
sub return_html {
# Local variables used in this subroutine initialized. #
local($key,$sort_order,$sorted_field);
# Now that we have finished using form values for any e-mail related #
# reasons, we will convert all of the form fields and config values #
# to remove any cross-site scripting security holes. #
local($field);
foreach $field (keys %Config) {
$safeConfig{$field} = &clean_html($Config{$field});
foreach $field (keys %Form) {
$Form{$field} = &clean_html($Form{$field});
# If redirect option is used, print the redirectional location header. #
if ($Config{'redirect'}) {
print "Location: $safeConfig{'redirect'}\n\n";
# Otherwise, begin printing the response page. #
else {
# Print HTTP header and opening HTML tags. #
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n <head>\n";
# Print out title of page #
if ($Config{'title'}) { print "<title>$safeConfig{'title'}</title>\n" }
else { print "<title>Thank You</title>\n" }
print " </head>\n <body";
# Get Body Tag Attributes #
&body_attributes;
# Close Body Tag #
print ">\n <center>\n";
# Print custom or generic title. #
if ($Config{'title'}) { print "<h1>$safeConfig{'title'}</h1>\n" }
else { print "<h1>Thank You For Filling Out This Form</h1>\n" }
print "</center>\n";
print "Below is what you submitted to $safeConfig{'recipient'} on ";
print "$date<p><hr size=1 width=75\%><p>\n";
# If a sort order is specified, sort the form fields based on that. #
if ($Config{'sort'} =~ /^order:.*,.*/) {
# Set the temporary $sort_order variable to the sorting order, #
# remove extraneous line breaks and spaces, remove the order: #
# directive and split the sort fields into an array. #
$sort_order = $Config{'sort'};
$sort_order =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g;
$sort_order =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g;
$sort_order =~ s/order://;
@sorted_fields = split(/,/, $sort_order);
# For each sorted field, if it has a value or the print blank #
# fields option is turned on print the form field and value. #
foreach $sorted_field (@sorted_fields) {
local $sfname = &clean_html($sorted_field);
if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$sorted_field} ne '') {
print "<b>$sfname:</b> $Form{$sorted_field}<p>\n";
# Otherwise, use the order the fields were sent, or alphabetic. #
else {
# Sort alphabetically if requested.
if ($Config{'sort'} eq 'alphabetic') {
@Field_Order = sort @Field_Order;
# For each form field, if it has a value or the print blank #
# fields option is turned on print the form field and value. #
foreach $field (@Field_Order) {
local $fname = &clean_html($field);
if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$field} ne '') {
print "<b>$fname:</b> $Form{$field}<p>\n";
print "<p><hr size=1 width=75%><p>\n";
# Check for a Return Link and print one if found. #
if ($Config{'return_link_url'} && $Config{'return_link_title'}) {
print "<ul>\n";
print "<li><a href=\"$safeConfig{'return_link_url'}\">$safeConfig{'return_link_title'}</a>\n";
print "</ul>\n";
# Print the page footer. #
print <<"(END HTML FOOTER)";
<hr size=1 width=75%><p>
<center><font size=-1><a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a></font></center>
</body>
</html>
(END HTML FOOTER)
sub send_mail {
# Localize variables used in this subroutine. #
local($print_config,$key,$sort_order,$sorted_field,$env_report);
# Open The Mail Program
open(MAIL,"|$mailprog");
print MAIL "To: $Config{'recipient'}\n";
print MAIL "From: $Config{'email'} ($Config{'realname'})\n";
# Check for Message Subject
if ($Config{'subject'}) { print MAIL "Subject: $Config{'subject'}\n\n" }
else { print MAIL "Subject: WWW Form Submission\n\n" }
print MAIL "Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by\n";
print MAIL "$Config{'realname'} ($Config{'email'}) on $date\n";
print MAIL "-" x 75 . "\n\n";
if (@Print_Config) {
foreach $print_config (@Print_Config) {
if ($Config{$print_config}) {
print MAIL "$print_config: $Config{$print_config}\n\n";
# If a sort order is specified, sort the form fields based on that. #
if ($Config{'sort'} =~ /^order:.*,.*/) {
# Remove extraneous line breaks and spaces, remove the order: #
# directive and split the sort fields into an array. #
local $sort_order = $Config{'sort'};
$sort_order =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g;
$sort_order =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g;
$sort_order =~ s/order://;
@sorted_fields = split(/,/, $sort_order);
# For each sorted field, if it has a value or the print blank #
# fields option is turned on print the form field and value. #
foreach $sorted_field (@sorted_fields) {
if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$sorted_field} ne '') {
print MAIL "$sorted_field: $Form{$sorted_field}\n\n";
# Otherwise, print fields in order they were sent or alphabetically. #
else {
# Sort alphabetically if specified: #
if ($Config{'sort'} eq 'alphabetic') {
@Field_Order = sort @Field_Order;
# For each form field, if it has a value or the print blank #
# fields option is turned on print the form field and value. #
foreach $field (@Field_Order) {
if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$field} ne '') {
print MAIL "$field: $Form{$field}\n\n";
print MAIL "-" x 75 . "\n\n";
# Send any specified Environment Variables to recipient. #
foreach $env_report (@Env_Report) {
if ($ENV{$env_report}) {
print MAIL "$env_report: $ENV{$env_report}\n";
close (MAIL);
sub check_email {
# Initialize local email variable with input to subroutine. #
$email = $_[0];
# If the e-mail address contains: #
if ($email =~ /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/ ||
# the e-mail address contains an invalid syntax. Or, if the #
# syntax does not match the following regular expression pattern #
# it fails basic syntax verification. #
$email !~ /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(\]?)$/) {
# Basic syntax requires: one or more characters before the @ sign, #
# followed by an optional '[', then any number of letters, numbers, #
# dashes or periods (valid domain/IP characters) ending in a period #
# and then 2 or 3 letters (for domain suffixes) or 1 to 3 numbers #
# (for IP addresses). An ending bracket is also allowed as it is #
# valid syntax to have an email address like: user@[255.255.255.0] #
# Return a false value, since the e-mail address did not pass valid #
# syntax. #
return 0;
else {
# Return a true value, e-mail verification passed. #
return 1;
# This was added into v1.91 to further secure the recipients array. Now, by #
# default it will assume that valid recipients include only users with #
# usernames A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _ and - that match your domain exactly. If this #
# is not what you want, you should read more detailed instructions regarding #
# the configuration of the @recipients variable in the documentation. #
sub fill_recipients {
local(@domains) = @_;
local($domain,@return_recips);
foreach $domain (@domains) {
if ($domain =~ /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/) {
$domain =~ s/\./\\\./g;
push(@return_recips,'^[\w\-\.]+\@\[' . $domain . '\]');
else {
$domain =~ s/\./\\\./g;
$domain =~ s/\-/\\\-/g;
push(@return_recips,'^[\w\-\.]+\@' . $domain);
return @return_recips;
# This function will convert <, >, & and " to their HTML equivalents. #
sub clean_html {
local $value = $_[0];
$value =~ s/\&/\&/g;
$value =~ s/</\</g;
$value =~ s/>/\>/g;
$value =~ s/"/\"/g;
return $value;
sub body_attributes {
# Check for Background Color
if ($Config{'bgcolor'}) { print " bgcolor=\"$safeConfig{'bgcolor'}\"" }
# Check for Background Image
if ($Config{'background'}) { print " background=\"$safeConfig{'background'}\"" }
# Check for Link Color
if ($Config{'link_color'}) { print " link=\"$safeConfig{'link_color'}\"" }
# Check for Visited Link Color
if ($Config{'vlink_color'}) { print " vlink=\"$safeConfig{'vlink_color'}\"" }
# Check for Active Link Color
if ($Config{'alink_color'}) { print " alink=\"$safeConfig{'alink_color'}\"" }
# Check for Body Text Color
if ($Config{'text_color'}) { print " text=\"$safeConfig{'text_color'}\"" }
sub error {
# Localize variables and assign subroutine input. #
local($error,@error_fields) = @_;
local($host,$missing_field,$missing_field_list);
if ($error eq 'bad_referer') {
if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ m|^https?://([\w\.]+)|i) {
$host = $1;
my $referer = &clean_html($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'});
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>Bad Referrer - Access Denied</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>Bad Referrer - Access Denied</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><td>The form attempting to use
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a>
resides at <tt>$referer</tt>, which is not allowed to access
this cgi script.<p>
If you are attempting to configure FormMail to run with this form, you need
to add the following to \@referers, explained in detail in the
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html">README</a> file.<p>
Add <tt>'$host'</tt> to your <tt><b>\@referers</b></tt> array.<hr size=1>
<center><font size=-1>
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a>
</font></center>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
else {
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>FormMail v1.93</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>FormMail</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><th><tt><font size=+1>Copyright 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
Version 1.93 - Released June 25, 2009<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive,
Inc.</a></font></tt></th></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
elsif ($error eq 'request_method') {
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>Error: Request Method</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>Error: Request Method</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><td>The Request Method of the Form you submitted did not match
either <tt>GET</tt> or <tt>POST</tt>. Please check the form and make sure the
<tt>method=</tt> statement is in upper case and matches <tt>GET</tt> or <tt>POST</tt>.<p>
<center><font size=-1>
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a>
</font></center>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
elsif ($error eq 'no_recipient') {
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>Error: Bad/No Recipient</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>Error: Bad/No Recipient</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><td>There was no recipient or an invalid recipient specified in the data sent to FormMail. Please
make sure you have filled in the <tt>recipient</tt> form field with an e-mail
address that has been configured in <tt>\@recipients</tt>. More information on filling in <tt>recipient</tt> form fields and variables can be
found in the <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html">README</a> file.<hr size=1>
<center><font size=-1>
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a>
</font></center>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
elsif ($error eq 'invalid_headers') {
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>Error: Bad Header Fields</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>Error: Bad Header Fields</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><td>The header fields, which include <tt>recipient</tt>, <tt>email</tt>, <tt>realname</tt> and <tt>subject</tt> were
filled in with invalid values. You may not include any newline characters in these parameters.
More information on filling in these form fields and variables can be
found in the <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html">README</a> file.<hr size=1>
<center><font size=-1>
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a>
</font></center>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
elsif ($error eq 'missing_fields') {
if ($Config{'missing_fields_redirect'}) {
print "Location: " . &clean_html($Config{'missing_fields_redirect'}) . "\n\n";
else {
foreach $missing_field (@error_fields) {
$missing_field_list .= "<li>" . &clean_html($missing_field) . "\n";
print <<"(END ERROR HTML)";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head>
<title>Error: Blank Fields</title>
</head>
<center>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#9C9C9C>
<tr><th><font size=+2>Error: Blank Fields</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 width=600 bgcolor=#CFCFCF>
<tr><td>The following fields were left blank in your submission form:<p>
<ul>
$missing_field_list
</ul><br>
These fields must be filled in before you can successfully submit the form.<p>
Please use your browser's back button to return to the form and try again.<hr size=1>
<center><font size=-1>
<a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html">FormMail</a> V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright<br>
A Free Product of <a href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/">Matt's Script Archive, Inc.</a>
</font></center>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
(END ERROR HTML)
exit;I haven't used Matt Wright's scripts in this century, but I'm pretty sure that Perl still needs to go into your CGI bin and the permissions level (chmod) must be set to 755 or possibly 777 for the script to read, write & execute.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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Acrobat 7 Pro - form won't submit via email, and data won't submit either
Hi. I am trying to create a form for end users at my website to be able to open the form in Reader, enter their data in the form, and click on the "Submit" button to email it back to me (or any other way it can come back would be okay... as long as I can get the data).
In doing some research on program software needed to do this, I came to the conclusion I needed to have the Adobe suite (Acrobat Pro 7, Distiller 7, and Designer 7), and so I spent a lot of money obtaining this software. I also have just downloaded Reader 9.0 (the most recent).
Here are some particulars:
1. Following directions Ive found on Adobe online, and the Help files as well as in this forum, in the form (in Designer), I have the Submit button going to a URL of mailto:[email protected].
2. I've saved the form as a Static PDF Form File in Designer. Things are going well.
3. The form works great in PDF Preview all form fields are setup and act correctly. Super!
4. I FTP my file to the appropriate website, where once the link to the form is clicked the form opens (in Reader) for my users. Perfect!
5. The user then opens the form, and before they start to fill it out, a popup shows this:
Sending Data Fields By Email. Please note: This form contains an email submit button. Clicking this button will email a data file containing data you type into this form. However, the form itself will not be sent. Remember, you cannot save a completed copy of this form with Adobe Reader 9
Then you have the option to Dont show again and a button to Close.
6. After clicking Close, the user is then able to fill in the fields. These fields are standard fields, nothing exceptional, nothing fancy, just text.
7. At the end of the form is the Submit button. When a user clicks this, NOTHING happens. Even when you try to do the File/Send thing, the form will send, but none of the data. Im not so happy right now L
8. In this forum, I now see directions to Reader Enable in Adobe Pro (I do have Adobe Pro). The directions say Advanced/Enable Reader (as in one of the above posts is stated, 'Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader'). However, I do not have an Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader under my Advanced tab. So, continuing to read in other similar posts, I find others dont have this option either so, one question is, where is it??? ;-)
9. Now I see what appears to be another piece of Adobe software that I need, that is LiveCycle? I think Im getting in over my head, as I dont understand
I am new to all this, and am doing my best, but now Im totally confused. All I want to do is have my measly little form open up and have people fill it in and email it back to me so that I can take that data and work with it.
I run (or am trying to run) a non-profit (i.e., Im paying 100% of the bill) website for local Humane Societies who can facilitate offering online Adoption Applications (this is the form Im trying to make happen). I got the form made, and its fillable its just not being able to be submitted online; and when it DID get submitted (first try or so), it came through with no data, and the .xml file data wouldnt populate.
Bottom line question: Is this, what Im trying to do, feasible or not? Im just a simple soul trying to help out some animals. Im not a programmer, so if thats what it takes I guess Im gonna have to give up and forget it. I only wanted to help make things easer for folks to adopt a pet.
Any help by anyone would be totally and gratefully appreciated. Thank you.
keywords: empty form, form not submitting, can't email form, data not transferring, no data in form, can't submit form, can't submit dataHi, and thank you for the reply.
I've already spent several hundred dollars on getting Adobe Acrobat software, and was hoping there was some work-around on this? What did people do before LiveCycle for instance when they needed to get data from submitted forms via email?
Please don't misunderstand, but as in my example described above, what can a 3rd party do for me (to enable more 'robust rights') that I can't do myself? I'm trying to figure out if I have the software to do it, paid for the software that is "supposed" to do it, why then I need to pay more money to someone else to make the software do what it's supposed to? I sure don't want to have to pay someone to fix it each time I need to make a change in my form for instance...
I'm confused I guess - I suppose the purpose of my asking on the forum here was to hopefully gain some know-how as how to go about doing this myself vs. paying someone else to do it for me. I want to learn, but just don't know where to start. Or, maybe the software I have just doesn't do what I believed it was capable of doing?
Guidance and/or suggestions from all on this point would be very appreciated. Thank you. -
Form won't submit - what's wrong with my code?
Hi guys, I adapted this form from one that sits on a secure server. It works fine here: https://supersecure.co.nz/users/9ba5/215/functionbooking.html
I thought I had changed the submit code correctly but nothing happens when you click submit.
What have I got wrong?
http://tatlerprime12.co.nz/eventconfirmation.html
Thanks in advance for advice.
JoCode validation errors aren't helping you.
CSS Errors
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&warning=0&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftatl erprime12.co.nz%2Feventconfirmation.html
HTML Errors
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftatlerprime12.co.nz%2Feventconfir mation.html
The code on the HTTPS server is surrounded by <form> and </form> tags as it should be. Form action points to a PHP form processing script on the server. Enctype is "multipart/form-data." These are missing from your non-working page.
I used a generic URL here; not the real one.
<form action="https://example.com/supersecure.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1">
HTML Forms:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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Can't access "Network" and other performance issues
Hi all,
I'm facing a catch-22 and am not sure what to do to get myself and my mac out of this downward spiral. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated (fyi I am admittedly not great with macs and probably don't maintain my MacBook Pro well enough).
I've had a serious slowdown in performance starting a couple weeks ago. the system moves at a glacial pace and most of the time is spent watching the spinning rainbow.
To add to my issues, my ISP recently performed a system upgrade which requires me to change some settings under "Network" in my system preferences. Well, when I try to access "Network", the machine thinks for a while, then an error message appears telling me that the network preferences has shut down unexpectedly. When I hit "retry" the error message eventually reappears.
So, because of the upgrade, I can't access the internet to download any repairs for the machine, and because of the problems with the machine, I can't modify the preferences to access the internet. Obviously a vicious cycle which someone of my expertise level is struggling to solve.
Side notes
- I've passed the 90-day phone support period so can't call for help.
- I'm on my work computer now. Could I download some repair/diagnostic tool here, then run it on my machine at home?
If anyone can throw me a lifeline I would be grateful!
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3)OZ 99,
For logic's sake, I'm gong to take these out of order a bit:
2) A "disk error" occurs when the "file system" (sometimes called the "disk directory") becomes damaged. This is data that is written to the HD, so yes, it could be considered a software error. Your file system is, basically, a map of your physical HD, and it indexes the location on the drive of all the other files. When it is damaged for whatever reason, your disk "forgets" where some amount of data lives. Because of this, the associated files become damaged, or "corrupt." If those files happen to be critical components of the OS, bad things can happen. At worst, the disk will become unmountable, and all of your files unrecoverable.
1) Disk errors can be caused by several things. Sometimes, one or more "blocks" (let's call them physical locations on the disk) on your HD can become physically damaged. Whether this is because of a slight flaw in manufacturing, a scratch, magnetic particles that lose their "oomph," whatever, matters not. What is important is that some data is lost. Because the file system still believes there is data living in this location, it (the file system) is no longer reliable; it is damaged. While the initial loss of data could be considered hardware-related, the disk error is not. I'll come back to this.
Another potential cause is some random error in the process of writing data to the disk. Again, this is a software problem, not a hardware problem. The most common cause for this occurs when your computer is shut down improperly, either a forced shutdown or a power loss. Journaling, which is the default for an OS X boot volume, goes a long way toward automatically fixing these types of disk errors, but it is not always a guarantee.
If you have had your MBP for only a short period of time, it is not surprising that a disk error has occurred, and probably because of a bad block. Absolutely flawless drives are rare, and many computers ship with incipient disk errors. For this reason, many people like to format any new drive, even one in a new computer, right out of the box (I'll get to reasons why this is a good thing to do).
3) Yes. Disk Utility can check or repair your file system. Any repairs must be made using Disk Utility while booted to the OS X install disk. Your HD can be "verified," however, while booted to the HD. Simply open Disk Utilty (in the "Utilities" folder), select your startup disk, then click "Verify" in the "First Aid" pane.
4) Yes, you will have to reinstall all of your applications after formatting and reinstalling. Formatting erases everything on the volume or drive selected. Settings and data for all of those applications can be saved, however, then transferred back to the MBP after reinstalling OS X. Once the applications, themselves, have been reinstalled, you will be right back where you started. I can talk about making a comprehensive backup in another post, if you like.
DISK UTILITY: In my first post, I recommended that you select your entire drive, then using the "Zero All Data" option. This process takes a considerably longer amount of time (as much as an hour and a half, depending on the size of your drive), but it has one big advantage. When this option is used on an entire physical drive (also called a "device"), it will scan for those pesky bad blocks, and "map out" any it finds. Since these bad spots on the disk will not be included in the new file system's list of "useable" locations, your chances of encountering another disk error in the near future is drastically reduced. So, even though a bad block could be considered a hardware error, management of them is handled by software.
Scott -
SQL server can't access network share
Hello,
I am facing an issue where the SQL server can't access the network share. The network share is mounted by a domain user who is also configured as Administrator on the server.
Through SQL Server management studio as well as PoweShell script when i try to access the share in order to attach the database contained within the share, i get the error "Unable to find the file specified". I can't mention the network drive to
the SQL management GUI file browser too if i try to attach the database through GUI.
For all SQL services, I changed the service log on account to be the same account which mounts the network share.
As work around -
I launched a command prompt under NT Authority \ SYSTEM (LocalSystem) account and mounted the drive to the same location which lead to adding one more connection but under local system account. With this change, the SQL server was able to access the network
share!
I couldn't understand whey SQL expects the network share to be mounted under local system account even if all the SQL services are running under domain account ? I want SQL to be able to access the network share without opting for above work around.Hello,
I couldn't understand whey SQL expects the network share to be mounted under local system account even if all the SQL services are running under domain account ? I want SQL to be able to access the network share without opting for above work around.
It doesn't have to be. The workaround is only a temporary fix and is certainly not a good idea. I would not use mounted folders with SQL Server, at all, period.
The reason you're having difficulty is that when the folder is mounted, it's mounted for YOUR session not ALL sessions. SQL Server has already started its services and is running under its' own session and is not privy to the things you do to change the
environment. For example, if you changed a system or user variable (for example, a SET variable) SQL Server would have no idea about this because when it started, that variable either didn't exist or was something else. This is not SQL Server's fault but how
Windows works (this information is stored in the Process Environment Block [PEB]) for any windows process.
As other's have said, don't use mounted drives - use a UNC path. UNC paths are 100% supported on 2012+ as well as running databases on a SMB 3.x share (UNC pathed of course).
If you absolutely must use a mounted drive, enabled xp_cmdshell access (through sp_configure) and run the net use command through xp_cmdshell. I, once again, would highly advise not doing this and using an UNC path.
-Sean
The views, opinions, and posts do not reflect those of my company and are solely my own. No warranty, service, or results are expressed or implied. -
i have windows 7 and am having trouble installing itunes 10. during the installation process, i get the error message "can not access the network location %PUBLIC%\Desktop\." i cant find anything online that helps me and without itunes my ipod touch ios basically useless. please help me!!
I've seen a report here of the following instructions helping with that particular variation of the 1606 error message:
http://quicksolver.blogspot.in/2012/02/unable-to-install-office-2010-on.html -
Hello,
My friend is sharing a folder on the school's network. However, in the folder name, there is a $ (music$) which kind of hides it. When I type his machine name, I have a little menu with all of his folders I can mount, but this one is not there because it is hidden (because of the $ symbol). It is the same thing for Windows. But, in Windows XP or Vista, what you can do is go in the Run bar and type in the location like "\\machinename\music$" and the folder opens. I tried to do the same ting in OS X but it unfortunately does not work.
Is there a way I can get access to that folder ?
I would really like to get access to this folder as there are so many great songs.
Thanks a lot for your help !Well, I don't really know what you mean by allowing sharing, but I can get files from many persons that have Windows on the network. Unfortunately, yes I have tried the smb: thing in the Go menu. Thanks though
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Hi,
So I start up my IMac G3 this morning and I can't access the Internet.
I can't even get to the Network Settings, in System Preferences. It just frezzes up.
Im running 10.2, but I tried upgrading to 10.3 and it keeps frezzing up.
Everything else works fine. Any ideas, suggestions. If I try to re-install 10.2 will I have to format the drive or will it just install over the existing OS?
Appreciate any help or advice.
Thanks,
Mike A.Ok. I tried the Disk Permisions already and still nothing. I'll try creating a new User and let you know what happens.
Also, I was going through my HD and deleting things to free up more space. Than I tried upgrading to 10.3. So far the upgrading is working. Not sure if that will fix my Internet connection either.
Strange how it would'nt upgrade with 3.5 gigs but would with 7 gigs free.
Thanks,
Mike A. -
Fillable online form won't submit
I have a fillable PDF Form which I have uploaded to a website.
I would like users to be able to fill in the fields online and after, be able to send their information via 'submit' button to an email address.
Depending on what browser testers have been using, the form has to first be downloaded to users local machine and then filled out. (I believe Chrome lets you fill in the blanks without first downloading a copy, but firefox, safari and IE won't fill in online)
Then, testers have experienced difficulty sending their information via the submit button.
Can someone help me fill in the blanks as to why this isn't working and suggest a work-around or fix for me?
Thanks
Working with Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.0.09 on my Mac OSX 10.9.5Most default browser plugins don't allow the submission of PDF forms; because, they are just "PDF Viewers". In order for your clients to submit the PDF forms, Adobe Reader needs to be the default PDF reader in the browser.
View the following website for instructions on how to disable each browser's in-house plugin and enable Adobe Reader as the default PDF Reader:
Acrobat Help | Display PDF in browser | Acrobat, Reader XI
View the following website for online examples showing how end users can bypass client side email software such as OUTLOOK and Webmail by submitting to a server-side script, such as ASP.net or PHP:
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Hi everyone,
I have the following code as my contact form but when I click the submit button, nothing happens, ie. it just stays on the same page and none of the data gets inserted into the CRM. I wondered if anyone can see any problems with the code below?
Appreciate any advice.
<form name="catwebformform22024" method="post" onsubmit="return checkWholeForm22024(this)" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/FormProcessv2.aspx?WebFormID=70380&OID={module_oid}&OTYPE={module_otype} &EID={module_eid}&CID={module_cid}">
<span class="req">*</span> Required
<table class="webform" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><label for="Title">Title</label><br />
<select name="Title" id="Title" class="cat_dropdown_smaller">
<option value="913107">DR</option>
<option value="913106">MISS</option>
<option value="913103" selected="selected">MR</option>
<option value="913104">MRS</option>
<option value="913105">MS</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="FirstName">First Name <span class="req">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="LastName">Last Name <span class="req">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="EmailAddress">Email Address <span class="req">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="EmailAddress" id="EmailAddress" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="WorkPhone">Work Phone Number <span class="req">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="WorkPhone" id="WorkPhone" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="CellPhone">Mobile Phone Number</label><br />
<input type="text" name="CellPhone" id="CellPhone" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label>Preferred Contact Method</label><br />
<input type="radio" name="CAT_Custom_328076" id="CAT_Custom_328076_0" value="Phone" />Phone<br />
<input type="radio" name="CAT_Custom_328076" id="CAT_Custom_328076_1" value="Email" />Email</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="CAT_Custom_328077">Comments/Enquiries</label><br />
<textarea name="CAT_Custom_328077" id="CAT_Custom_328077" cols="10" rows="4" class="cat_listbox" onkeydown="if(this.value.length>=4000)this.value=this.value.substring(0,3999);"></text area></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input class="cat_button" type="submit" value="Submit" id="catwebformbutton" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/CatalystScripts/ValidationFunctions.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var submitcount22024 = 0;function checkWholeForm22024(theForm){var why = "";if (theForm.FirstName) why += isEmpty(theForm.FirstName.value, "First Name"); if (theForm.LastName) why += isEmpty(theForm.LastName.value, "Last Name"); if (theForm.EmailAddress) why += checkEmail(theForm.EmailAddress.value); if (theForm.WorkPhone) why += isEmpty(theForm.WorkPhone.value, "Work Phone Number"); if(why != ""){alert(why);return false;}if(submitcount22024 == 0){submitcount22024++;theForm.submit();return false;}else{alert("Form submission is in progress.");return false;}}
//]]>
</script>
</form>Hi there,
Some basic questions to ask first. (Also it is easier if you post the link to the page rather then the code, we can see it ourselves, any errors, view the console etc)
1. You are putting this form in a BC site?
2. The webform in the admin with ID 70380 exists?
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