Help! Is there anyway of saving HTML form data in a local HTML page?

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 12:25

Hoping that somebody might be able to shed some light on this for me.... i'm in the process of creating a HTML form and was wondering if there is any way to save the data from this form into a offline HTML webpage stored on the desktop?

I've googled it and not really found any relevant information.... any help would be great!

Thanks in advance....
Chet

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 13:46

Tbh this is going to sound really strange but I was going to use the web form offline altogether (not put it online at all...)

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:06

Right ok... as i'm not hosting it am I right in saying that it doesn't matter which language I use? If that is the case, I might as well go with php... I did a course on it a uni (not that I can remember any of it lol!)... I am being a real n00b - thanks for the help so far!

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:26

Right, basically what I am trying to do is create a checklist that can be used to check that my collegues are doing their jobs properly and to leave our customers with a report of what they have done at the end of it. My idea was to create a HTML form that could be filled in, which would in turn create a branded report once it was complete that we could then leave on the desktop of customers computers... but I've since found out it is not that easy. Am I going about this the right way or is there an easier way?

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:34

marc2003 said:
you could set up an access database with a form front end. (assuming you have office)

I could, be we can't ensure all of our customers have office (which is why I opted for html)...

chet84 · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:50

I'd go with a small application on a USB stick but I think i'm in well over my depth here tbh... I thought it would be something relatively simple but after reading more around the subject, it gets more and more complicated!