Form name being changed automatically by FrontPage when saving!

I recently noticed that when I save a file in FrontPage 2003 the form name I
gave it was automatically being overwritten with "FrontPage_Form1" - see
example below:

This was how I saved it:
<FORM name="frmAdminUserPass" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">

When I opened the page again this is what it had been changed to:
<FORM name="FrontPage_Form1" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">

Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can stop it. If not, can
anyone tell me if it matters! I have external script routines that
reference the page (ie. frmAdminUserPass.txtUsername.value = "whatever") and
I don't know whether the first part of the reference relates to the form
name or the form id. If it's the form id then I guess it doesn't matter
that FrontPage is changing the name as it therefore wouldn't be relevant to
what I'm doing.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Debbie

Ronx
Wed Aug 31 03:10:12 CDT 2005

The script will be referencing the form name.
If you use FrontPage validation FrontPage will change the form name to
FrontPage_FormX where X is a number, the first form on the page will
be 1, the second 2 and so on. To stop the renaming, do not use
FrontPage validation.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

"Debbie" <britbitz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:apednbWZUOTIHoneRVn-sA@adelphia.com...
>I recently noticed that when I save a file in FrontPage 2003 the form
>name I
> gave it was automatically being overwritten with "FrontPage_Form1" -
> see
> example below:
>
> This was how I saved it:
> <FORM name="frmAdminUserPass" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
> action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">
>
> When I opened the page again this is what it had been changed to:
> <FORM name="FrontPage_Form1" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
> action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">
>
> Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can stop it. If
> not, can
> anyone tell me if it matters! I have external script routines that
> reference the page (ie. frmAdminUserPass.txtUsername.value =
> "whatever") and
> I don't know whether the first part of the reference relates to the
> form
> name or the form id. If it's the form id then I guess it doesn't
> matter
> that FrontPage is changing the name as it therefore wouldn't be
> relevant to
> what I'm doing.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Debbie
>
>

Debbie
Fri Sep 09 14:33:24 CDT 2005

I had been doing all my validation through scripts, but then I remembered
that on this particular form I had used some FrontPage's validation options
on one of the textboxes. I removed/unchecked these options and then I was
finally able to name the form exactly what I wanted and FrontPage left it
alone. Thanks!



"Ronx" <ronx917@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The script will be referencing the form name.
> If you use FrontPage validation FrontPage will change the form name to
> FrontPage_FormX where X is a number, the first form on the page will be 1,
> the second 2 and so on. To stop the renaming, do not use FrontPage
> validation.
> --
> Ron Symonds
> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> "Debbie" <britbitz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:apednbWZUOTIHoneRVn-sA@adelphia.com...
>>I recently noticed that when I save a file in FrontPage 2003 the form name
>>I
>> gave it was automatically being overwritten with "FrontPage_Form1" - see
>> example below:
>>
>> This was how I saved it:
>> <FORM name="frmAdminUserPass" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
>> action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">
>>
>> When I opened the page again this is what it had been changed to:
>> <FORM name="FrontPage_Form1" id="frmAdminUserPass" method="post"
>> action="userpassupdate.asp?save=admin">
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can stop it. If not,
>> can
>> anyone tell me if it matters! I have external script routines that
>> reference the page (ie. frmAdminUserPass.txtUsername.value = "whatever")
>> and
>> I don't know whether the first part of the reference relates to the form
>> name or the form id. If it's the form id then I guess it doesn't matter
>> that FrontPage is changing the name as it therefore wouldn't be relevant
>> to
>> what I'm doing.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>>
>
>