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December 2, 2006
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HTML forms Expert advice needed

  • December 2, 2006
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How do I enable html forms to save and remember input data, even if the browser is closed or if the user mover forward or backwards through pages
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Inspiring
December 5, 2006
I think what you are asking is to have automatic saving of forms as the user
types.

This can get very involved and potentially cause lag if the user has a slow
connection.
Take a look at AJAX
You can use AJAX to update a database, and should be able to set the trigger
onChange or onkeypress or such like.
Probably better to do an auto save every X minutes (as seen in Google's
GMail).

I'm afraid I'm just starting on the AJAX route myself so can't be of too
much help (just done my first inline AJAX mail back form).

Justin

"mrharvey987" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> How do I enable html forms to save and remember input data, even if the
> browser is closed or if the user mover forward or backwards through pages


December 3, 2006
know i found a better answer else where this site is lame know help here at the source, whats going on
Deaf_Web_Designer
Inspiring
December 3, 2006
Uh?

quote:

Originally posted by: mrharvey987
know i found a better answer else where this site is lame know help here at the source, whats going on


Inspiring
December 2, 2006
Put the data into a database when the form is submitted - or is that not
what you are asking?

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"mrharvey987" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> How do I enable html forms to save and remember input data, even if the
> browser is closed or if the user mover forward or backwards through pages