FORM READER Version 2.1 for Windows 95 Shareware - freely distributable A decoder and formatting program for processing HTML form generated e-mail resulting from the mailto method. Does NOT require cgi capabilities. Runs independently from HTML form generators or HTML editors. Provides an MS-Access database interface and HTML guestbook interface capabilities. Keywords: mailto, form, web, email, decode, parse, format, reader, homepage, webpage, guestbook By Ridgeley House Software. ===========================================+ Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 by Curtis K. Aasen All Rights Reserved. ===========================================+ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Minimum Requirements 2.0 Overview 3.0 Installation 4.0 HTML Overview 5.0 Additional Support 6.0 Registration 7.0 Support for registered users of previous versions 8.0 Version Changes 9.0 Disclaimer of Warranty ====================================+ 1.0 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS In order to use Form Reader v2.1 for Windows 95 on your computer, the following minimum requirements must be met: - minimum 80386 processor - Microsoft Windows 95 - 5.0 MB of hard disk space - The file VB40032.DLL in the Windows\System directory ====================================+ 2.0 OVERVIEW Form Reader is designed to interpret and format e-mail that is generated from a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) form and sent via a world wide web (WWW) browser. HTML forms that use the MAILTO action method to post can arrive as a single text string that is imbedded with various symbols and ascii hex codes making it very difficult to read. Form Reader will interpret these e-mail responses, format them, and provide the user the option to add in delimiters, save the result as a text file, append it to an MS-Access database, insert it into an HTML file, copy and paste the result to another application, or print the result. Form Reader will handle any HTML form e-mail response and HTML forms can be generated and changed independently from Form Reader. For webmasters who do not have Common Gateway Interface (cgi) capabilities on their web server, this program will allow them greater access to the use of forms on their web pages. MS-Access database support is intended for creating and appending to an MS-Access. Some simple tools such as Find and Field Edit have been added in for useability, however, for full database manipulation it is recommended that the user import their database into their own fully featured database program. Form Reader for Windows 95 v2.1 is shareware and may be used free of charge for a 30 day trial period. EACH copy in use must then be registered. =====================================+ 3.0 INSTALLATION Copy the file FRRD9521.ZIP into a temporary directory. Use PKZIP or a compatible unzip program to unzip FRRD9521.ZIP in this directory. In the Program Manager choose Run from the File menu. Select the executable file SETUP.EXE that is in the temporary directory. Press Enter and follow the setup instructions. You will be asked to select a default directory to place your Form Reader program files. The default directory is C:\FORMRD21. You may change this to any drive and directory of your choice. You should have the following files in your default directory after the installation is complete: frhelp21.hlp frrd2195.exe read_me.txt sampfrm.htm samppost sampgst.htm register.exe register.hlp NOTE: You must have the file VB40032.DLL in your Windows\System directory. =====================================+ 4.0 HTML OVERVIEW The HTML FORM tag defines a fill out form in an HTML document. The ACTION attribute may be used to direct form responses to be sent to an e-mail address. This attribute uses the MAILTO command.