Processing the HTML Form:
Field Names and Errors

After processing the HTML form, all the field names will apear on a listbox in the main window of Forms To Go.

Make sure all the field names don't contain any error sign or "--missing name--" tag before proceeding with the script setup, otherwise, the script won't be created.

Field name error

If one or more field names contains the warning symbol, verify the field names of your HTML form for possible syntax errors.

Field names must be alphanumeric, that's only letters and numbers, without any symbol or empty spaces, and must begin with a letter.

Valid names:

firstname
address1
zipcode
email

Invalid names:

first name
address1:
zip-code
1stemail

While invalid names are allowed by your web design program and browser, scripts in PHP, ASP and Perl are not very friendly of field names with symbols or empty spaces, because they are used as part of the programming code.

Missing field name

If the tag "--missing name--" appears in your field names listing is because one or more field tags doesn't contain the name attribute.

While the name attribute can be of less relevance in some field like submit or reset buttons, it must be included in every field tag.

Valid field tags:

<input type="reset" name="clear" value="clear values">
<input type="text" name="email" value="" size="40">

Invalid field tags:

<input type="reset" value="clear values">
<input type="text" value="" size="40">

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