Question

I have a simple form that passes to an ASPX page to watch a video. The ASPX page uses a hidden field from the form to load the correct video.

This works for me, but a couple other people are the error message because it appears the value isn’t being passed. I’m assuming it’s a setting in IE… Anyone seen this or know how to fix? OR a better idea?

Simple form on “yourdomain.org”

<form action="http://www.mydomain.org/WatchVideo/Default.aspx" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="hidden" name="hidden" value="movie.flv" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Watch Video" />
</form>

The ASPX page on “mydomain.org”

    If Request.Form("hidden") IsNot Nothing Then
        lit.Text = Request.Form("hidden")
    Else
        Response.Write("Not Authorized. Video Not Passed.")
    End If

Sounds and loooks pretty straight forward. Not sure why the same version of IE would have different results. Any other thoughts on how to do this? I need to keep the “off site” coding simple and in HTML for non-technical folks.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It appears to be a setting inside of the browser. I couldn’t narrow it down to a specific setting, but once we changed the “Internet” zone to medium from medium-high it began working. It has something to do with posting form data across domains.