<param name="submitmode"    value="code">

• "simple"
  In this case, you should also include the following set of six parameters:-
  

    <param name="contest1"    value="Your solution code is ">
    <param name="contest2"    value="Here you can insert up to five lines of">
    <param name="contest3"    value="instructions to successful solvers.">
    <param name="contest4"    value="You should tell them to make a note of">
    <param name="contest5"    value="the solution code so that they can type">
    <param name="contest6"    value="it into the submit page which you provide.">

  The text which you provide here will be presented to any solver who has entered a complete (though not necessarily correct) solution to a contest puzzle. It will appear in the area normally occupied by the optional graphic banner, so you should make sure that you do provide for a banner in these cases. A number having a maximum of six digits will be appended to the first line before it is displayed, and the value of this number will indicate whether or not the puzzle has been solved correctly. You can find out what this number will be for a correct solution by selecting the puzzle into the Miscellaneous Functions screen of the Crossword Express Compiler program. From version 5.0 onwards, this value will be displayed as the Validation Code. The solver will also be presented with a submit button which, when clicked, will lead them to the submit page which is displayed in a new browser window.
  
• "code"
  You will need to write a different set of "contest1" to "contest6" params to act as instructions to the solver. In this case the submit button and the instructions are displayed, but the solution code is not appended to the first line of the instructions. Instead, a string of the form:-
  ?code=solution code&time=solution time
  is appended to the URL which you provide, and is transmitted to your submit page as part of the HTML header. The solution time is simply a decimal number indicating the time taken by the solver to complete the solution. Note that transmitting data in this way requires a single ? character between the address part of the URL, and the appended data, and this ? character is automatically provided by the applet. A submit button will be presented to the solver in the usual way, and clicking this button will display the submit page in a new browser window.
  
• "solution"
  Once again, you will need to write a different set of "contest1" to "contest6" params to act as instructions to the solver. The solution code plays no part in this submit mode at all. Instead, a string of the form:-
  ?solution=solution string&time=solution time
  is appended to the URL which you provide, and is transmitted to your submit page as part of the HTML header. The solution string consists of exactly one character for each cell of the puzzle, presented in row order. The character will simply be the character entered into that cell by the solver, or if the cell does not contain a letter (pattern cell) then a single * character will be used as a place holder. Note that transmitting data in this way requires a single ? character between the address part of the URL, and the appended data, and this ? character is automatically provided by the applet. A submit button will be presented to the solver in the usual way, and clicking this button will display the submit page in a new browser window.
  

• Set the submitmode parameter to solution. The simple and code values have no role when using email submissions, and must not be used.
• Add the URL to the end of the Puzzle Notes as described above. The URL to be used must be of the form
  mailto:youraddress@yourdomain.com?subject=Crossword competition entry
  The sections shown in red can be varied to suit your own requirements. If you wish, you can enter two mailto: items separated by a single space. If you do this, then correct entries will be forwarded to the email address included in the first mailto: while incorrect entries will be forwarded to the email address in the second mailto:.