Create a confirmation page

By utilizing a form confirmation page, you allow site visitors to confirm that they entered form information correctly and, if necessary, return to the form and fill it out again.

  1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Page or Web.
  2. In the New Page or Web task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), under New, click Blank Page.
  3. Type the text you want to display after a site visitor has submitted the form.
  4. Choose the information you want to show your visitor. For example, you could display the contents of an e-mail address field, allowing the site visitor to confirm that it was typed correctly.

    How?

    1. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
    2. In the left pane, click Advanced Controls, and in the right pane, double-click Confirmation Field.
    3. In the Name of form field to confirm text box, type the name of the field from which to display information, and then click OK.

      Note   The name of this field must match the name you gave the form field when you set its properties.

      The name of the field is displayed in brackets ( [] ) on the form. When the confirmation form is displayed to the site visitor, this field will display the site visitor's entry instead.

    4. Repeat the above steps for each field you want to display.
     
  5. If there are fields that you do not want to display on the confirmation page, you can hide them.

     How?

    1. In Page view, right-click the form, and then click Form Properties on the shortcut menu.
    2. Click Advanced.
    3. In the Hidden fields group box, click Add.
    4. In the Name box, type a name to identify the hidden form field in your form results. This is the same name you gave the form field when you set its properties.
    5. In the Value box, type the value to associate with this field.
     
  6. On the File menu, click Save As.
  7. In the File name box, type the file name of the confirmation page.
  8. If you need to change the Page title, click Change title, enter the correct title, and click OK.
  9. Click Save.
  10. Assign the confirmation page to your form.

    How?

    1. Open the page containing your form by double-clicking the file in the Folder List.
    2. Right-click the form, and then click Form Properties on the shortcut menu.
    3. Click Options, and then click the Confirmation Page tab.
    4. In the URL of confirmation page box, type the name and location of the confirmation page you just created, or click Browse to locate it.

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