[WEB4LIB:14784] Submitting Multiple HTML Forms

[Julie (Julie James)]

We had the same concern and ended up doing a form that has the user
information at the top, then space for 4 separate requests below. See
http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/forms/photocopy.htm.

Julie James
Kansas City Public Library

On Wednesday, August 12, 1998 1:03 PM, Timon.P.Tesar at am.pnu.com
[SMTP:Timon.P.Tesar at am.pnu.com] wrote:
>           We have an HTML form people can use to request article 
>           copies from our Document Delivery service. Internet
>           Explorer 
>           3 is our standard browser.
>           
>           People sometimes want to submit multiple requests in which
>           
>           much of the data in the form is the same. After clicking
>           on 
>           the submit button, a confirmation page appears. 
>           Unfortunately, if the user then clicks on the browser Back
>           
>           button to return to the form, all the data they previously
>           
>           entered is gone and they have to type everything all over
>           
>           again.
>           
>           1. Is there anything I can do with the forms page (some
>           kind 
>           of JavaScript perhaps?) so that the data will remain in
>           the 
>           form when they click the Back button?
>           
>           2. We will be switching to I.E. 4 in six months or so. Do
>           
>           forms work the same in I.E. 4 as they do in I.E. 3 (i.e.
>           the 
>           form data is not retained)?
>           
>           Any advice will be appreciated and thanks in advance.
>           
>           Tim Tesar
>           pharmacia & Upjohn Research Library
>           timon.p.tesar at am.pnu.com