FP: How to Create a "Back" Button on a Web Page Using VBScript

ID: Q168391

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1

SUMMARY

This article provides sample HTML code that inserts a control button or a link on a Web page that returns you to the previous document when you click it.

MORE INFORMATION

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 control button to a Web page form:


<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>

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


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

For more information about writing HTML, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/newhtml/default.htm

Additional query words: 1.10 97 JavaScript Link History Back kbusage kbhowto kbprg kbcode fphtml fpscript

Keywords : kbdta fphtml
Version : windows:1.1,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo