FP98: How to Create a "Back" Button on a Web Page Using VBScript

ID: Q194157

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SUMMARY

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


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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>
Problems produced by editing the HTML which FrontPage generates will not be resolved by Microsoft Technical Support. This HTML Code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend the capabilities of FrontPage. For more information on writing HTML, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm#/workshop/author/default.asp

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


Keywords          : fphtml 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999