Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Forms: Courtesy Reply Message
When a user completes a form, you can send an automatic courtesy response email. This assures the user that the information they submitted was properly received.
NOTE: To use this feature, the user must have included his or her complete email address in a field named email within the form.
Fields for the Courtesy Reply Message
The following illustrates the field names and values that can be used in your courtesy reply message.
courtesy_reply
The word yes
courtesy_reply_texta
The first line of your courtesy reply text
EXAMPLE: Thank you for taking the time ...
courtesy_reply_textb
The second line of your courtesy reply text
EXAMPLE: Call us if you need anything ...
courtesy_who_we_are
How you would like to be identified
EXAMPLE: LTS Web Dev
HINT: A second line can be displayed by having another field with the name: 'courtesy_who_we_are2'.
courtesy_our_url
The URL which will be inserted in the footer of the automated reply
EXAMPLE: http://www.uwec.edu/yourdir/
courtesy_our_email
Your mailto address in the footer of the reply
EXAMPLE: web@uwec.edu
Inserting the Optional Hidden Form Fields
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Place the insertion point within the form boundary where you would like to insert the hidden form field
NOTE: For information on inserting a form boundary, refer to Creating Forms. -
From the Insert menu, select Form » Hidden Field
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From the Insert bar, in the Forms tab, click HIDDEN FIELD
The hidden field icon appears
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To select the hidden field icon, click
The HiddenField properties pane appears.
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In the HiddenField text box, type the name for the hidden field
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In the Value text box, type the value for the hidden field
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Repeat steps 1-5 until all hidden form fields have been entered
