Generate subject line for e-mail

[heuning]

My online form collects about 20 data elements from users and e-mails the data
to 3 e-mail addresses. The subject line of the e-mail that the form generates,
is "XYZ". No problem.

I would like data element 7 to appear in the subject line. How do I do that?
Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Murray *ACE*]

You would have to be using a custom form processing script to get that. Do
you know what you are using?

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> My online form collects about 20 data elements from users and e-mails the
> data
> to 3 e-mail addresses. The subject line of the e-mail that the form
> generates,
> is "XYZ". No problem.
>
> I would like data element 7 to appear in the subject line. How do I do
> that?
> Could anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks!
>

[heuning]

Hi Murray

I am not using anything, simply tweaking the HTML. The form does everything I
need it to do, except I need to find out how to change the subject line
dynamically...

Thanks for your help

[Murray *ACE*]

If your form is emailing the results to three different addresses then you
are using some script to process the form. What script is that?

Or, if you don't know, please show me the code for your <form> tag.

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray
>
> I am not using anything, simply tweaking the HTML. The form does
> everything I
> need it to do, except I need to find out how to change the subject line
> dynamically...
>
> Thanks for your help
>

[heuning]

Hi Murray

Here is the code for the <form> tag

<form
action="mailto:abc@domain.com;def@domain.com;ghi@d omain.com?subject=XYZandThisIs
WhereIWantToSeeDataElement7" method="post" enctype="text/plain">

[Murray *ACE*]

See - I didn't know you could do that with a mailto link! 8)

But - this is a very unreliable way to send your email, since it depends on
a) the sender having an email client installed, and b) that email client
responding to the mailto link properly.

And, by using mailto:, you cannot add any interactive elements to the
subject line. Sorry.

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray
>
> Here is the code for the <form> tag
>
> <form
> action="mailto:abc@domain.com;def@domain.com;ghi@d omain.com?subject=XYZandThisIs
> WhereIWantToSeeDataElement7" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
>
>
>

[Murray *ACE*]

I take that back - if you are using PHP/ASP/CF, etc., you could, e.g.,

action="mailto:abc@domain.com;def@domain.com;ghi@d omain.com?subject=<?php
echo(dataelement); ?>" method="post" enctype="text/plain">

but I'm guessing that's not in the cards for this page.

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray
>
> Here is the code for the <form> tag
>
> <form
> action="mailto:abc@domain.com;def@domain.com;ghi@d omain.com?subject=XYZandThisIs
> WhereIWantToSeeDataElement7" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
>
>
>

[heuning]

Hi Murray

This is our departmental website on the company's intranet, so I'm pretty sure
what e-mail software everyone has installed, and the mailto method works just
fine!

Having said that, I appreciate anything I can learn from you, as I am new at
this business, and experimenting as I go. I don't know what is
possible/impossible, good practice/bad practice ... etc.

Why do you say it's not on the cards for this page?

Thanks

[Murray *ACE*]

I was guessing you weren't ready for server scripting to process these
forms.

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray
>
> This is our departmental website on the company's intranet, so I'm pretty
> sure
> what e-mail software everyone has installed, and the mailto method works
> just
> fine!
>
> Having said that, I appreciate anything I can learn from you, as I am new
> at
> this business, and experimenting as I go. I don't know what is
> possible/impossible, good practice/bad practice ... etc.
>
> Why do you say it's not on the cards for this page?
>
> Thanks
>

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(heuning)

> This is our departmental website on the company's intranet, so I'm pretty sure
>what e-mail software everyone has installed, and the mailto method works just
>fine!

The problem is that a 'mailto' action is completely undefined. It's not
covered by any specification. If you want to send the form results in a
reliable way and with the informations you want, then you _must_ use a
server-side script. That's the only solution.

What kind of script to use depends on the capabilities of the server. It
requires a scripting language like PHP or Perl.

Micha

[heuning]

How about Java or JavaScript? Could you give me an example?

Thanks

[Murray *ACE*]

Java? I think not.

Javascript is only functional when the browser has it enabled. It's no more
reliable than mailto:, really.

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"heuning" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> How about Java or JavaScript? Could you give me an example?
>
> Thanks