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Open your Website in Microsoft FrontPage.
From the file menu select New, Page
Click the mouse.

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A blank form will appear on your page outlined by a checked line and including a submit and a reset button
Click the enter key a few times to create some space

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From the Insert, Form menu select various objects such as one-line text boxes, scrolling text boxes and add them to your form
Type regular text in front of your objects to label them

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Since the name of the database FrontPage will create for you is named after your page, you should save the page before you begin the process of creating the database
From the File menu, select Save As
Give the file a descriptive, but succinct name and be sure to change the save as type from Web Pages to Active Server Pages as shown above

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After Saving your new page hold your mouse over a blank area in your form and click the right mouse button
From the pop-up menu that appears select Form Properties. The dialogue shown above will appear
Select Send to database and click OK
A prompt will appear, click Yes.

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The dialogue shown above will appear.
Under the Database Results tab select Create Database so that FrontPage can create the database for you
A message will appear telling you that FrontPage has created a new Database for you
Click Ok, on all of the open dialogues until you return to your page.
Save your web page

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After saving the new page, publish your website
Go online and test the new form
After clicking the Submit button you should see a confirmation page if your form is working properly

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