ipad and asp forms

flux2003 · 11 Sep 2012 at 17:33

I have basic code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="test.asp" method="post">
Your name: <input type="text" name="fname" size="20" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<%
dim fname
fname=Request.Form("fname")
If fname<>"" Then
Response.Write("Hello " & fname & "!<br />")
Response.Write("How are you today?")
End If
%>
</body>
</html>

and the ipad is not reading in the form variables is this a known issue and how can i fix it ?

Brian The Snail · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:36

Assuming 'test.asp' is the correct target I can see nothing obvious with your ASP.

Things to try:
- Try using trim(request.form("fName"))
- Your doctype is for HTML5 and you've not set 'id' attributes for your form or form entities.
- You've not got a <head> tag.

Safari may be less forgiving.

Clutches at straws.

sist_si · 12 Sep 2012 at 07:09

what are you getting when you submit the form? The form variables are read on server side so it's not going to be an ipad problem. id suspect its the action of the form that's the issue. if you;re getting a blank page, thats def the case

GravyMonster · 12 Sep 2012 at 08:41

Are you trying to run that code on the iPad itself? If so that won't work, unless there's some kind of knockoff IIS app you're using. ASP code needs to be interpreted by a server.

flux2003 · 12 Sep 2012 at 16:43

Found the issue

The issue is ISA server blocking the form post variables, very annoying. take the ipads out of the proxy no issues. We have enabled annoymous access via ISA but its still not playing ball.

Ipads in a work environment through a proxy = Issues everywhere.

Brian The Snail · 12 Sep 2012 at 20:07

That still doesn't compute.

- Is your IIS or firewall blocking the iPad's HTTP header?
- Does this work over HTTPS?
- Does IIS send anything back to the browser (e.g a page with just: <%response.write now() %>
- Have a look at this: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#technotes/tn2010/tn2262/_index.html