Web Connection User's Guide
Use the Form part to contain a set of elements that provide an interface
for user interaction. This part generates the HTML
form element.
To add a Form part, select the Web Form Parts Category (
), then the Form part (
). You can also add the part using the Add Part dialog and specifying
the class name, AbtHtmlForm.
The Form part has the following properties:
- action
- Use the action property to specify the URL of the program or
script that accepts and processes the contents of the form. This
property is equivalent to the action attribute of the
HTML form element.
- eventHandlers
- Use the eventHandlers property to define any event handlers for
this part. Event handlers provide the ability to detect and react to
events that occur while an HtmlPage is loaded in a Web browser. An
example of an event handler is mouse over, where you can specify
when the mouse moves over an HTML element, something happens, usually a
JavaScript is executed..
- extraAttributes
- Use the extraAttributes property to specify any additional HTML
attributes that you want included in the HTML tagging generated by the
part. You can use this property to include HTML attributes that are not
directly supported by VisualAge.
- method
- Use the method property to specify how you want the form to be
submitted:
- Get
- Specifies that you do not want to make any changes to the existing page or
database. Essentially, you use Get to retrieve information
to present to the user.
- Post
- Specifies that you want to make changes to the existing page or
database.
This property is equivalent to the methodattribute of
the HTML form element.
- partName
- In the Part name field, type the name you want to use to
describe the part. For non-visual parts, this text appears under the
icon for the part on the free-form surface.
The name of the part can consist of alphanumeric characters, and must be
unique from all other parts on the layout surface.
This field is optional. If you do not specify a part name, VisualAge
generates a unique name based on the class name of the part.
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