FP2000: How to Create a "Back" Button on a Web Page Using Custom HTML

ID: Q205693

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides sample HTML code that inserts a command button, or a hyperlink, on a Web page that will return you to the previous document when you click the link or button.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Technical Support will not resolve problems produced by editing the HTML that FrontPage generates. This HTML Code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend the capabilities of FrontPage. For more information about writing HTML, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm#/workshop/author/default.asp

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE HTML PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this HTML "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

The following HTML code adds a command button to a Web page form:

HTML Code That Uses VBScript:

<FORM method="POST" name="VBScript_Nav_Sample">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Go Back!" VALUE="VBScript_Backup_Sample" LANGUAGE="VBScript" OnClick="call window.history.back(1)">
</FORM>

HTML Code That Uses JavaScript:

<FORM>
<input type="button" value="Button" name="B3" onClick="javascript:history.back(1)">
</FORM>

The following HTML code adds a hyperlink that retraces the Web browser's history:

<a href="JavaScript:history.back(1)">the past</a>

Note: Netscape Navigator versions 4.5 and earlier require all form elements to be contained within form tags. If you are certain your browsing audience will be using Internet Explorer, you may omit the form tags from the sample above. Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Internet Explorer 3.0 and all more recent versions of those browsers support the onClick method of the button input type.

Additional query words: JavaScript Link History Back kbusage kbhowto kbprg kbcode fphtml fpscript front page

Keywords : kbdta fphtml
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
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