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- <FORM ACTION=url METHOD=method [ENCTYPE=encrypt] [SCRIPT=url]
- [TARGET=text]>
- This is the start tag of a new form. ACTION is the URL of a
- cgi script, an email or a page to which it will be sended.
- METHOD is either "post" or "get", depending how to send the
- information. ENCTYPE is the encryption type, for example MIME.
- SCRIPT is the client side URL script. TARGET is a Netscape
- extension which opens the result in a (new) window or frame
- named "text". If text is "_blank", the window will be unamed.
- If it is "_self", the current window or frame will be used.
- Must end with </FORM>. To convert the result of a mailto: form
- into readable text, I've written another freeware program named
- Mailto Converter, available from my homepage or Info-Mac and
- other shareware libraries on the net. Use it if you like.
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- NOTE:
- If ACTION is not defined, Netscape will display an email window
- with your own subject. I'm not sure if this is an official
- feature, or if it is supported in all versions of the program.
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- <INPUT>
- INPUT is a form object, for example a field. The following
- parameters are allowed:
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- NAME=text
- The name of the object. The result will be sent as 'name=value'
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- TYPE=text
- Defines the object type. Can be either TEXT (Text field), INT
- (Number field), PASSWORD (Password field, characters is viewed
- as bullets, ΓÇó), RADIO (radio button, only one can be checked),
- CHECKBOX (Hilited or not), HIDDEN (A hidden textfield), FILE
- (A special button which will ask the user for a file to upload.
- Requires special cgi-scripts and servers.), SUBMIT (a button
- used to send the form), IMAGE (Imagemap as a submit button)
- and RESET (a button which reset all objects to its default
- values). An object of the type SUBMIT or IMAGE must be
- included to make the form to work.
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- VALUE=text
- Is the default value of the object, for example "Hello" in
- a text field. If TYPE is RADIO or CHECK, VALUE is returned
- only if the radiobutton or checkbox is checked. May be used
- in all objects.
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- SIZE=n
- Defines the width of the object in pixels. Not needed in
- all objects, for example not in buttons.
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- MAXLENGTH=n
- Defines the max length of the value, for example 3 (characters).
- Needed in almost the same objects as the SIZE parameter.
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- CHECKED
- Set the hilite of a radiobutton or checkbox to true as default.
- Not used in other objects.
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- SRC=url
- For use with TYPE=IMAGE. Same as for <IMG> pictures.
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- ALIGN=right|center|left
- Optional parameter for use with TYPE=IMAGE. Same as for <IMG>.
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- Other form objects
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- <SELECT NAME=text [SIZE=n] [MULTIPLE]>
- Start tag for a popup button or list. Must end with </SELECT>.
- NAME is the object name and SIZE the number of visible rows.
- If the optional MULTIPLE parameter is used, the object will be
- a list. If not, it will show up as a popup button. Multiple
- items can be hilited in a list by holding the command and
- control keys. Use the following tag within the <SELECT> tag:
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- <OPTION [VALUE=text] [SELECTED]>text2
- Defines a new popupmenu option. Don't end with </OPTION>!
- Value is the text to be sent, usually "text2".
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- <TEXTAREA NAME=text [COLS=n] [ROWS=n] [WRAP=virtual|physical>
- Insert a scrolling text field. COLS is the number or columns
- (horizontal characters). WRAP is a Netscape tag and sets the
- text aling of the textfield. Must end with </TEXTAREA>. The
- text between the start and end tag is the default text in the
- box, for example <TEXTAREA>Hello</TEXTAREA>.
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