Important  While site visitors cannot see or change the data in hidden form fields directly, the data is not secure. Visitors can view the source code of a Web page in a Web browser, and discover the values of the hidden fields.

If you are not familiar with the benefits of using hidden form fields, see About creating forms in FrontPage 2003.

You can hide any field in a Microsoft FrontPage form by following the procedures below.

1. Open the page that contains the form.
2. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
3. Right-click a form field, and then click Form Properties.
4. In the Form Properties dialog box, click Advanced.
5. Click Add.
6. In the Name box, type the name of the new hidden field.

   For your form to submit data correctly, you need to use a unique name for this form field.

7. In the Value box, type the value that is to be sent to the form handler, and then click OK. For example, you might want to use an e-mail address for where you want to send the data, or a URL for redirecting a site visitor to a confirmation page.

   Note  You do not need to enter a value if you are using hidden fields to store information (for example, from one page to another in a multi-page form), or to collect additional data from your site visitors (for example, a login name or a timestamp).

8. Click OK twice to close the open dialog boxes.