About Forms

Forms can be used to collect information from the user and manipulate it in some way. The collection of information is usually achieved using a series of text boxes, check boxes, buttons etc. The information can then be processed by sending it to a script held on a remote server, or by a Java script written into the page itself.

Forms can be built with the assistant of the Form Wizard. This wizard can only really help with the creation of the individual controls in the text box, since the processing of the information is achived using seperate programming languages which cannot be dealt with using wizards. You can get to the Form Wizard using the button.

The names you give controls are dependant on the script you are using. When the user clicks on the Submit button, the information is sent to the script in the form Control_Name=Control_Value. Since the script gets the relavent piece of information for an operation by the control name, it is important you check with the supplier of the script what you should name specific controls.