Research Resume and Classification with CSREES 2008
Annual or Final Report
Research Funds and Staff Support
Research Funds and Staff Support for USDA agencies

Getting Help with Web Forms

If you are unfamiliar with basic features of Web browsers, you need help with Web browser basics.

Reporting Errors

If you have a problem using the Web forms, don't call CRIS, contact one of the addresses you see on the screen when the error occurs or on this page.

Whenever a server problem occurs, please report it immediately. Copy and paste the message screen that you see into a mail message to Pat Downer (pdowner@uvm.edu) , or whatever email address you see on the screen. Then we will see the complete text that you got as well as the time it occurred. (If you do not know how to copy and paste, take a few moments to learn this most basic skill.)

If you see the "500 Server Error" message, this probably was not caused by anything you did, but we still need to know the time that you received it. You will not get a reply from us unless we need more information, but it does help to know whenever this happens.

All other errors can be traced and fixed, but only if you give us the complete error message. It would also be helpful to know what text you had entered just before you got the error, so again, copy and paste the text you entered on the previous screen by using your "Back" button, then copy and paste the screen into a mail message for us. If you also paste it into a file (wordprocessor, any text editor such as Notepad, or even a mail message to yourself) then you won't lose any work. You can paste it back into the form when the problem has been fixed.

Pat Downer (pdowner@uvm.edu)
Sue Lang (slang@uvm.edu.)


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