User info -posted again

[Robert Presender]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 09:01  AM, Gary Rathbone wrote:

>> It is noted that in registration forms, the user's name and
>> email address are pre-inserted.
>>
>> Would appreciate info as to how such info is obtained. Would
>> like to use in a Rev/MC standalone.
>
> I'm assuming you mean a web based registration form ? ie a user goes 
> to a
> web site and when they reach a form their name and email address is 
> already
> filled in ?

Bill Vlahos  provided the answer in the post before yours.

> This may be done on the web through 'cookies' - ie the user has
> registered with the site which then plants a small file on the users
> machine. This 'cookie' is then read the next time the user visits that 
> site.
> You can see these on your computer in the 'cookie' directory. As these
> cookies can be created in a proprietary format, and even encrypted,its
> almost impossible to extract any 'useful' information from them.
>
> If I've missed the point totally then please provide a further 
> explanation
> and maybe an example, and I'll take another look.
>
> Regards
>
> Gary Rathbone

   I will leave the how to create a cookie bit to a later time.  Not 
ready for prime time yet!

Gary, thank you for your reply.  Appreciate it.

Regards ...  Bob