The WebCom Forms Processor Configuration File Parameter List

Unless otherwise noted, the following parameters can be set in either the configuration file for your fill-out form or in the form itself as a hidden field. Most have default values, so you only need to set them if you want to override the defaults. Those without a defaults are optional.

• chmod default 700 - sets the permissions mask for the file containing the form data (use with the file parmeter).
• delete no default - use to automatically delete all instances of unwanted characters, such as line feeds, from the user's input on the form
• e_delimiter default="\"" - used to override the default value delimiter in the email message sent to you each time the form is submitted
• e_field_separator default="\n" - used to override the default value between each field in the email message sent to you each time the form is submitted
• e_names default="Y" - whether or not to show the field names as well as the values in the email message
• email used to set the email address(es) to which the form data is sent (to specify multiple addresses, list them all separated by commas) - default (if you have no configuration file) is userid@webcom.com; if you have a configuration file for your form, there is no default for this parameter; you must explictly set this parameter to the email address (if any) to which you'd like the data mailed.
• email_subject default=<form_name> form - the subject of the email message
• escape no default - used to set characters to be escaped in the user's input
• escape_char default=\ - used to set the escape character
• f_delimiter default="\"" - used to override the default value delimiter in the file containing the form's data (used with the file parmeter)
• f_field_separator default="," - used to override the default field separator in the data file specified in the file parm
• f_form_separtor default="\n" - used to override the default separator between each form's data in the data file specified in the file parm
• f_names default="N" - whether to include field names as well as values in the file specified in the file parm
• file no default - CANNOT BE USED AS A HIDDEN FIELD IN HTML FORMS. The name of a file to write (append) the form's data to each time it's submitted
• replace no default - used to automatically replace all instances of a given character in the user's input to another value, for instance changing < to &lt;
• screen no default - CANNOT BE USED AS A HIDDEN FIELD IN HTML FORMS. The name of the web page to be displayed to the user after the form has been processed

Note: more sophisticated control over how your form is handled is also available via formats (and if/else/endif statements).