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    Posted: 30 October 2006 at 8:54pm
I have installed the CAPTHCA files and the application works up to the time that the form variables are sent to CDONTS mail to be processed in my file:  http://www.volz.org/hauntedhouse/emailForm.asp  This form uses Option Explicit
 
 
I have declared the variables in the email form body as follows:
 
'This is the CAPTCHA Code entered on the form
 Dim securityCode = strCAPTCHAenteredCode
 
But something is still amiss.  I get the error:
 

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0400'

Expected statement

/hauntedhouse/emailForm.asp, line 4 

Option Explicit
Are there other variables that I am missing?  I would
appreciate any help you can provide so that I can get the
application working properly.  Thanks.
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You would need to use:-


Dim securityCode

securityCode = strCAPTCHAenteredCode
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Unfortunately, I still get the same error:
 
 

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0400'

Expected statement

/hauntedhouse/emailForm.asp, line 4 

Option Explicit
^
It doesn't matter whether I place the code at the top of the file
or within the body.
What am I missing.  Should the variable be declared somewhere else?
Perhaps in the include file CAPTCHA_form_inc.asp?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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The simplest option is to remove the line option explicit 
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I removed the Option Explicit statement and the errors did go away.
But in further troubleshooting this application, I noted that the form submits even though nothing is filled out in the CAPTCHA field.
 
 
Since the form was uploaded to the server, the email address for the form results has been clobbered by SPAM.
 
The installation of the application is going a lot rougher than I expected.
 
Shouldn't the ASP script test the CAPTCHA field for an unfilled field?  Or does there need to be an additional condition to test if the field is blank?
 
Also, the form results are sent where or not the CAPTCHA Code is correct or incorrect.  Where should the additional conditions be written?  It was my understanding that the ASP files supplied with the application do not need modification.
 
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The files supplied are only for demonstration.

You need to put in what happens if the CAPTCHA code is entered incorrectly.

If you have setup the CAPTCHA correctly then when you submit the form it will test to see if the CAPTCHA image has been entered correct, if the CAPTCHA image is correct the varaiable 'blnCAPTCHAcodeCorrect' is set to true.

So you need to write a condition into your software something like:-

If blnCAPTCHAcodeCorrect =  True Then
    
    Run code to send email

ElseIf blnCAPTCHAcodeCorrect = False Then

    Inform user the CAPTCHA code it wrong

End If


As the Web Wiz CAPTCHA is a generic application that could be used for lots of different things it's not possiable to supply it pre-done so to speak, so instead the variable 'blnCAPTCHAcodeCorrect' is set to true or false, you then need to write the code yourself as to what to or not do if the CAPTCHA image is not correct.


Edited by -boRg- - 01 November 2006 at 6:33pm
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