Using select menus in email forms

How would i make an email form mailto from a value in a select list/menu thing?

You would need to use javascript or some other server-side scripting. What language can you use on your server?

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Menus and Contact Forms

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Hi folks of the free software comunity,
in the olden days I used to use a mail program made by MARINET in England. This received an sent emails via a sattelite connection an nothing else.
The program had a feature called pre-formed mails:
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Open a new Write message.
Create the email you want to use as a Template, give the 'Subject' a suitable title so you can easily locate that template email, but do not enter any email addresses.
Then click on 'Save' as 'Template' OR File > Save As > Template.
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* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-merge/

I have 3 dynamic select menus in form but when submit when error - selection is lost

Hi does anybody know how to make these select menus stay
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I have looked on the internet for a looooong time for this
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?>
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<?php
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Can no longer select text in email template or read only field with mouse using IE or Firefox?

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On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now")
(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first) using either of these. While viewing a page on the site:
* right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
* Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
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Using select list as default value in tabular form.

Hi,
I am using Application Express 4.1.0.00.32. I have two questions that are related.
I have a Select item *'P1_SELECT'* and a tabular form My Items.
Question 1. The My Items tabular form col1 Attributes are set Display As Text Field, and the Tabular Form Attributes are set Default Type = item(application or page item name), Default = P1_SELECT. I have checked the session state value is set on P1_SELECT ie. Fred. What I need to know is, why, when adding a row to the tabular form My Items does col1 not display 'Fred' as the default value from the select item P1_SELECT? I can change col1 of the Tabular form to be Display as Text (save state) and this will work. However that leads me on to:
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col1_
Fred
Fred
Fred
Bob
Your help is needed.
Thanks.

Howard (DBA in Training) wrote:
Do you submit the page or set the value after changing the selection? If not, the display value seems to be Bob but the working value is still Fred. That's what you are seeing right? In the "Settings" section, what do you have for "Page Action when Value Changed". I've been using "Redirect and Set Value" because I was staying on the same page after the selection.
Additional info which might be helpful (or NOT). ====================
NOTE: I am just a novice's novice with APEX and I had much agony with Select Lists. It was challenging to have the Select List value displayed because there seem to be so many different sources of the Select List value, namely:
1) the current value in the session state
2) the value you can specify in "Source value or expression" in the "Source" section of the Select List item
3) the value you can specify in the "Post Calculation Compution" in the "Source" section of the Select List item
4) the value you can specify in the "Default value" of the "Default" section of the Select List item
[Now, if I've misdescribed any of these, remember, this is from a novice's perspective.]
It's like putting a clock (back) together. Get any of the pieces wrong and it will probably not work right.
I had an addiitonal challenge in that I wanted the same Select List displayed on multiple pages and for the currently selected value (from the former page) to already be set on the new page when it was displayed. What fun!
To see what I did here: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=43250:101 login Dever/Ima9Dever
Remember, I'm doing many things you will likely not need to do. I iniitalized the Select List for the first time it displayed. I copied the Select List value from old page to new page by storing it in an application item F217_SYS_NIC_NM.
Best wishes,
HowardHi Howard,
You don't have submit the page for just setting one item's session state. you can use a Dynamic Action OR use Page Items to Submit property if available (this is available in various places such as sql region,chart region etc)
In context to this question you don't have to do any of those..just see my example above
Thanks

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ABAP WD application using Select Options & Adobe form :Don't see form data

Hi,
I am trying to get multiple PDF forms by passing multiple order numbers.I was able to get one PDF form successfully and now I am enhancing this application.
For doing this I have created nested WD Context .
1) Created a Node for Selections. ND_SELECT ,
Cardinality: 1..n ,
Selection: 1..n ,
Intialization lead Selection : Checked ,
Singleton : Checked
2) Created a Node for Output Structures ADOBE_DATA
Properties same as above
3) As we need Nesting Under ADOBE_DATA node I have created a subnode for Header: HEADER
Properties same as above
4) Under HEADER node I have created a items Node : ITEM
Properties same as above
As I have used Select-options and I am getting both header and Item data in to button search method .
DATA lo_nd_adobe_data TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_nd_header TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_el_header TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_header TYPE wd_this->element_header.
* navigate from <CONTEXT> to <ADOBE_DATA> via lead selection
lo_nd_adobe_data = wd_context->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_adobe_data ).
* navigate from <ADOBE_DATA> to <HEADER> via lead selection
lo_nd_header = lo_nd_adobe_data->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_header ).
lo_nd_header->bind_table( new_items = it_header set_initial_elements = abap_true ).
DATA lo_nd_item TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_el_item TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_item TYPE wd_this->element_item.
* navigate from <CONTEXT> to <ADOBE_DATA> via lead selection
lo_nd_adobe_data = wd_context->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_adobe_data ).
* navigate from <ADOBE_DATA> to <HEADER> via lead selection
lo_nd_header = lo_nd_adobe_data->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_header ).
* navigate from <HEADER> to <ITEM> via lead selection
lo_nd_item = lo_nd_header->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_item ).
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Could you please tell me where I am doing wrong?
In adobe form
Created one MainForm and its properties are
Binding : $record.HEADER.DATA[*]
Repeat subform for each data item Checked , Min Count: 1
Subform Content : Flowed ,Western Text , Allow page breaks withing Content Checked
Accessibility /Subform Role: None
Inside this Mainform I have created a small table ITEMTABLE with 3 fields and mapped it item data.
Itemtable properties
Binding : ITEM
Uncheck Repeat table for Each Data item.
I have Itemtablerow inside Itemtable and its properties are:
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Accesibility:/Subform Role: Body row
Row: body row, Check Allow page breaks within content
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- Mainform(no Caption)
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Hello! I hope someone can help me out with this one!! I will
start off by saying that I don't know too much about action script,
but i have created a Flash email form with just text fields that
has worked. Now I need to create a form with three sets of radio
button groups. I need to pass the variables to a php email script.
Can anyone guide me through this?

THanks for you help Rob, but I still can't get it to work
correctly. I'm not getting any email at all. I have a radio button
group set up. The groupName is "Group1". Then there is a results
text area on the screen with a var name of "results_ta". My email
text area's var = "email_ti". I have a submit button component on
the screen as well. The instance name is "submit_button". Below is
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var submitListener:Object = new Object();
submitListener.click = function(evt:Object) {
var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
result_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
result_ta.text = result_lv.welcomeMessage;
} else {
result_ta.text = "Error connecting to server.";
var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
send_lv.email = email_ti.text;
send_lv.radioOne = group1.selection.data;
send_lv.sendAndLoad("sendmail.php", result_lv, "POST");
//send_lv.sendAndLoad("sendmail.php", "POST");
submit_button.addEventListener("click", submitListener);
stop();
Next my php code is as follows:
<?php
$sendTo = "[email protected]";
$subject = "My Flash site reply";
$headers = "From: " . $_POST["email"] ."\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"] . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-path: " . $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["radioOne"];
mail($sendTo, $from, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
Do you see anything that is off? I think I've lost it,
because I had an email being sent, it just didn't add any of the
info, but now I'm not even getting an email sent!! I'm in despair
because the project is due tomorrow!!!
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<BODY>
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Enter Name: <input type="text" name="name"> <br>
Enter Email Address: <input type="text" name="email"> <br>
Enter Postal Address: <input type="text" name="postal_address"> <br>
Enter Message: <textarea name="message"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
For the handler:
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$message = $_POST['message']; // getting the value of user message
////////////////// Data Validation ////////////////
if($name=="" || $name==" ") {
$error_occured = "yes";
echo "Error: You have NOT entered your name. Please click on BACK button of your browser and correct this error to proceed.";
if (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email_address)){
$error_occured = "yes";
echo "Error: You have NOT entered the correct email address. Please click on BACK button of your browser and correct this error to proceed.";
if($postal_address=="" || $postal_address==" ") {
$error_occured = "yes";
echo "Error: You have NOT entered your postal address. Please click on BACK button of your browser and correct this error to proceed.";
if($message=="" || $message==" ") {
$error_occured = "yes";
echo "Error: You have NOT entered your message. Please click on BACK button of your browser and correct this error to proceed.";
if($error_occured=="no") {
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$email_from = $email_address;
$email_subject = "New Message For you";
$email_body = "You have received a new message. Here are the details: Name = " . $name . ", Postal Address = " . $postal_address . ", Message = ". $message;
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mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
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Try this contact form. It may give you some ideas for yours. This form is set up to require 3 additional files, a header file, a menu and a footer file. You can pust what ever you want in them. The header and footer are excellent for any repetitive portions that are needed on multiple web pages. Feel free to remove the includes and inject the necessary code to finish the web page.
<?php
$pagetitle='Contact';
include ('header.inc');
print '<h1>Contact</h1>';
include ('menu.inc');
if ($_POST['B1']!=true) {
print <<<FORM
<div class="contact">
<form method="post" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}">
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Name:<br /><input type="text" name="T1" size="30" value="" /></p>
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>E-mail address:<br /><input type="text" name="T2" size="30" value="" /></p>
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Subject:<br /><input type="text" name="T3" size="50" value="" /></p>
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Message:<br /><textarea name="S1" rows="10" cols="80" style="vertical-align: bottom"></textarea></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1" /> <input type="reset" value="Reset"
name="B2" /></p>
</form>
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Required</p>
</div>
FORM;
if ($_POST['B1']==true) {
$to='[email protected]';
$ip=htmlentities(trim($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
$name=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T1']));
$email=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T2']));
$inputsubject=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T3']));
$subject="A message from a your website";
$header='From: your name's Contact Page <[email protected]>';
$message="Name: " . $name . "\nEmail: " . $email. "\nRemote IP: " . $ip . "\nSubject: " . $inputsubject . "\nMessage:\n" . htmlentities(trim($_POST['S1']));
if (($name==null)||($email==null)||($subject==null)||($_POST['S1']==null)) {
print "<h3>Sorry, but you did not provide enough information, Make sure all sections are filled in<br />Please try again</h3>";
print <<<BACK
<input type="submit" value="Back" onclick = "history.back()">
BACK;
die();
mail ($to, $subject, $message, $header);
print "<h3>" . $name . "<br />" . 'Thank you for contacting example.com' . "</h3>";
print "<p style=\"color: rgb(128,128,255)\"><--- Please use menu to navigate from this page!</p><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp<br /><br /><br />&nbsp<br />";
include ('footer.inc');
?>
On your form, a word of warning - Never allow input from a user to be used as a value for the mail header. As this allows someone to inject code including javascript into your email. Forcing you to email someone else with spam. It is best to create you fixed value that you know for the mail header and place their input in your message body where it won't hurt anything. And always use htmlentities to strip their inmput from any html tags.
Good luck...

I am using microsoft outlook for email in firefox. When I select the envelope for email it takes me to a mailto window in outlook which I have to close.

I am using microsoft outlook for email on latest version of firefox. In the applications window the only selection for outlook is mailto. When I select the envelope it takes me to outlook, however the first page is a mailto page with a link to my home page. I have to close that and get to my email page. How can I skip the mailto and go right to the outlook inbox page? Thank you.

I may have made a mistaken assumption that you were using Outlook.com (online webmail). If you are using Microsoft Office Outlook, then you actually would need an add-on to put a button for that program on the toolbar. I'm not sure if there is one specific to Outlook, but there is an extension named Custom Buttons that can be tweaked to do a wide range of things.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/custom-buttons/
* forum for getting help with the add-on: http://custombuttons.sourceforge.net/forum/
But... I 'm not sure it's worth the effort because you usually can switch between Firefox and Outlook pretty quickly using the Windows Task Bar or Alt+Tab (keep holding Alt after you release Tab to see all the open windows and then Tab to the one you want).

How to use a custom.dll in forms 6i

Hi,
i have made a small dll using a icon-making software, that software has made a .dll of the icon I made in that software
Now i want to use that .dll in my forms 6i. (client/server)
the dll contains only one icon named 'Icon1'
would any one please tell me how can I call that icon in that .dll to view in my forms button at run time..
is this possible..??
just for clarification, for security reasons I am not using the .ico of that icon diect from hardisk in my button thats why i made a .dll of that so that the user may not be able copy my icon
thanks in advance,

Here is the doc
Doc ID:      Note:99824.1
Subject:      How to Display User-Defined Cursors and Icons in Forms
Type:      BULLETIN
Status:      PUBLISHED
     Content Type:      TEXT/X-HTML
Creation Date:      23-FEB-2000
Last Revision Date:      30-OCT-2002
PURPOSE
The purpose of this note is to explain how to display customized
cursors and icons in Forms 6.0 on Windows platform (32 bits).
Assumption is made that resources are stored in a DLL, which is
available in the path at runtime.
It is mandatory to store the cursor in a DLL to make it available
with Forms: .cur cursor files cannot be directly loaded from the
file system.
On the other hand, icons .cio files can directly be read from the
filesystem by Forms Runtime. However we will focus on icons which are
stored in a DLL.
The article is divided into two main parts:
- how to build a resource-only DLL with Visual C++ 5.0
- how to display the cursor and the icon in Forms 6.0
SCOPE & APPLICATION
The intended audience needs to have basic knowledge in Forms Builder
and also in Visual C++ (or any other Win32 compiler).
A typical environment is Forms 6.0, Visual C++ 5.0 and Windows NT.
WHAT IS A RESOURCE ?
A resource can be considered as some extra binary information that can
be added to an executable file. Windows resources are for example icons,
cursors, menus, dialog boxes, keyboard-accelerator tables and much more.
Resources are usually stored in a .rc file, which is compiled by the
resource compiler in order to provide a .res file. These compiled resources
can then be appended to a binary executable file or a DLL.
For instance, Visual C++ 5.0 includes a resource editor which allows you to
draw your icons and your cursors, and store them in a resource file.
Part I - BUILDING A RESOURCE-ONLY DLL
Consider the following setup:
- myicon.ico: icon file
- mycur.cur: cursor file
The objective of this section is to build a DLL called proj.dll which
contains both the icon and the cursor. This operation requires several steps.
Step 1: Create a project
In Visual C++, select menu File->New... In the dialog box, choose the Projects
tab and pick "Win32 Dynamic Link-Library". Fill the project name (e.g. Proj)
and the location (e.g. c:\MyProjects). Check 'Create new workspace', check
Win32 as target platform and click on OK.
This creates a directory c:\MyProjects\Proj, where necessary .rc and .cpp
files can be stored. Place the .ico and .cur files in this directory too.
Step 2: Add a resource file to the project
Create a proj.rc file, edit it and make sure it contains the following lines:
testcur CURSOR DISCARDABLE "mycur.cur"
testico ICON DISCARDABLE "myicon.ico"
This is the resource file. Using the Project->Add to Project->Files... menu,
select the proj.rc file and add it to the current project.
Step 3: Add a dummy C++ file to the project
Create a proj.cpp file, edit it and make sure it contains the following lines:
#include <windows.h>
extern "C"
BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID)
     return 1;
This creates an entry-point in the DLL. This function does nothing but is mandatory
to have a DLL after the build of the project.
Add the proj.cpp file to the project as described in Step 2.
Step 4: Choose the target type
At this moment, you can choose if you need a 'DEBUG' or a 'RELEASE' flavour of
the DLL. As there is not much to debug in this DLL, the 'RELEASE' flavour is
recommended. Furthermore, it is much more compact.
Using the Build->Set Active Configuration... menu, choose the Proj - Win32 Release
as the active configuration.
Step 5: Build the DLL
Now, it is time to compile the resource file, compile the C++ file, link both
together and build the proj.dll DLL. This operation is performed by using the
Build->Rebuild All menu.
After a short time, you should see "Proj.dll - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)" in
the Visual C++ message window. This means that the DLL was built successfully.
Step 6: Place the DLL in the appropriate directory
The proj.dll file is currently located under the c:\MyProjects\Proj\Release
directory. Copy it in an appropriate directory which is reachable in the
runtime environment path.
Part II - USING THE ICON AND CURSOR IN THE FORM
At this stage the DLL is created and can be used in the Form application.
Again, this is a multi-step procedure.
Step 1: Load the DLL in the Forms Runtime environment
Assuming the proj.dll DLL is placed in a directory pointed by the
PATH environment variable, below is the piece of PL/SQL code which loads
the DLL into the Forms Runtime environment. This code can be placed in the
WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE trigger for example:
declare
     hDLL     ORA_FFI.LIBHANDLETYPE;
begin break;
     --Preload the DLL so the cursor and Icons can be found.
     -- I'm assuming the DLL is in the path here
     hDLL := ORA_FFI.LOAD_LIBRARY(NULL,'proj.dll');
exception
     when ORA_FFI.FFI_ERROR then
          for i in 1..TOOL_ERR.NERRORS LOOP
               message(TOOL_ERR.MESSAGE(i));
          end LOOP;
end;
Step 2: Display the cursor stored in the DLL
Now, you may want to change the cursor when the user clicks on
a specific button. This is an example of code that could be set
in the WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED trigger:
set_application_property(CURSOR_STYLE,'<proj>TESTCUR');
<proj> refers to the proj.dll. Please note the < and > signs
which are mandatory there. TESTCUR is the name of the cursor resource
as defined in the proj.rc file.
Step 3: Display the icon stored in the DLL
You may also want to change the icon of an iconic button after
some specific end-user action. The appropriate code for that is:
set_item_property('IBUTTON',ICON_NAME,'<proj>TESTICO');
IBUTTON is a PushButton, with the Iconic property set to Yes.
TESTICO is the name of the icon resource as defined in the proj.rc file.
Asim.

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I've created a form in LC Designer 8.05. I want users to be able to fill out my form and send the data back as a pdf. I've looked over the forum and tried using the an Email Submit Button and editing the XML Source, but then my button doesn't work. I also tried using a regular Button and a Submit control using the mailto: protocol but that's not working either. It only works when I use the Email Submit Button and an XML attachment. Anyone know why these two solutions are working for me? Thanks.

Hi Cat --<br />I was finally able to resolve my issue. Here's my notes.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Email buttons<br /><br />Form data is sent in XML format by default. To change format to PDF, you must edit the XML Source.<br /><br />If you do not see the xml source tab, right click on the 'Design View' tab and select 'XML Source'. The tab should appear.Select the 'Design View' tab, and within the document, select the 'Submit Email' button. Now select the 'XML Source' tab. You should see the line for your email button control highlighted. <br /><br />Start looking down the code from here until you find a line that reads: <submit format="xml" textEncoding="UTF-8" target = "blah blah blah...<br /><br />Change the format from "xml" to "pdf", save the document and test it. It should now send the form as a PDF rather than xml. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Now, open form in Acrobat Professional. Select the 'Advanced' menu option. Select the 'Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader', and save the file. <br /><br />Open your file and test again. If you are running the form in Reader, and do not go through this process, you do not have save rights to the form in Reader. This allows the form to be saved, and ultimately, sent as an email. <br /><br />Jenny Fain<br />Windows Administrator<br />City of Roswell IT

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