FORM

This tag is used to specify the container for a form tag. For example:

<FORM> --insert action and input tags here -- </FORM>

FORM Attributes:

ACCEPT-CHARSET=" ... "

This attribute is used to define the character encoding to be used for input. The default is a comma delimited file, represented by ACCEPT-CHARSET="ISO-8859-1". A full listing of character sets can be found in RFC2045.

ACCEPT=" ... , ... "

This attribute specifies a list of MIME types used to encode or decode to data correctly.

ACTION="URL"

This attribute is used to define the location of the CGI script or executable program which will be used to process the form data.

CLASS=" ... "

This attribute indicates the style 'class' applicable to the tag to which it has been assigned, the style 'class' being a function of a style sheet. For example, assume the style class 'relaxed' includes text with a font size of 8, and the style class 'active' includes text with a font size of 12. Using the CLASS="relaxed" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 8. Using the CLASS="active" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 12.

ENCTYPE=" ... "

This attribute is used to define the MIME formatting which will be used to submit data from the form to be processed on by the CGI script. The default is 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. When the data to be returned includes files (of any kind), use 'multipart/form-data'.

ID=" ... "

The ID attribute is used to assign a unique ID selector (identification) to the tag in which it is invoked. A style may be assigned to that ID, which will effect only that one instance of the attribute.

METHOD="POST or GET"

This attribute is used to specify in what format the data is to be sent to the form processor. POST will send the data as the standard, or defualt, input for that program. GET wil send the form data as an environment variable.

NAME=" ... "

This tag is used to mark a location within a document with a unique name. This named location can then be quickly moved to by means of a hyperlink using the HREF="#URL" attribute. Note the pound (#) sign before the URL. The pound sign used in this way indicates to the browser that the target location has been defined by the NAME=" ... " attribute.

STYLE=" ... "

Used to specify which style sheet commands to apply to the instance of the STYLE attribute invoked within the tag.

TARGET=" ... "

This attribute indicates the name of the frame in which the linked document, image, or program file will be loaded. Frame names are defined with the FRAME tag.

TITLE=" ... "

The TITLE attribute is used to display a note or information in a popup window pertaining to the object to which it was assigned. The popup window is invoked by holding the mouse pointer over the object.

This tag also accepts the following Event Handlers: onClick onDblClick onDragStart onHelp onMouseDown onMouseUp onMouseOver onMouseMove onMouseOut onKeyPress onKeyDown onKeyUp onReset onSelectStart onSubmit