Frontpage form submit return 404 Not Found error
HTTP Error 404 Submitting Form w/Save Results Form Handler
SYMPTOMS
When you click the Submit button on a form, the following error message appears in the Web browser:
404 Not Found. The requested URL /nortbots/_derived/nortbots.htm was not found on this server.
NOTE: The error may be different depending on which type of server your Web resides. CAUSE
When you set up a form on a disk-based web to send results to a file or e-mail address, FrontPage configures the form so that the Nortbots.htm page will be displayed in the Web browser. When you submit the form from the disk-based web, the following information appears in the Web browser: FrontPage Run-Time Component Page. You have submitted a form or followed a link to a page that requires a Web server and the FrontPage Server Extensions to function properly.
This form or other FrontPage components will work correctly if you publish this Web to a Web server that has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.
Click the <Back> arrow to return to the previous page.
When you publish the Web to a Web server, FrontPage does not publish Nortbots.htm. FrontPage also does not configure the form to work with the FrontPage Server Extensions.
NOTE: This behavior also occurs if you are using the Discussion Form Handler or the Registration Form Handler. RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior use one of the following methods. Method 1: Remove the Reference to Nortbots.htm
- In FrontPage Explorer, open your Web on the server.
- Double-click the page that contains the form. The page will open in FrontPage Editor.
- Click inside the form area. NOTE: The dashed line indicates the boundary of the form.
- Click the HTML tab at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window. You will see HTML code similar to the following:
<form method=\"POST\" name=\"myform\"
onSubmit=\"location.href=\'_derived/nortbots.htm\';return false;\"
action=\"--WEBBOT-SELF--\">
- Remove the entire line of code that begins with the \"onSubmit\" statement. Your code will now look similar to the following:
<form method=\"POST\" name=\"myform\"
action=\"--WEBBOT-SELF--\">
- On the File menu, click Save.
Method 2: Re-create the Form
- In FrontPage Explorer, open your Web on the server.
- Double-click the page that contains the form. The page will open in FrontPage Editor.
- Select a form field and then press DELETE. Repeat this step until you have deleted all form fields.
- Press DELETE to delete the form (indicated by the dashed line boundary).
- On the Insert menu, point to Form Field, and click the form field option you want to add to your form. Repeat this step until you have recreated your form.
- On the File menu, click Save.