Operation Manual

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Building applications visually
Last updated 11/30/2015
An empty form is created on the page. You may have to enable Invisible Elements (View > Visual Aids > Invisible
Elements) to see the form’s boundaries, which are represented by thin red lines.
3 Name the HTML form by clicking the <form> tag at the bottom of the Document window to select the form,
opening the Property inspector (Window > Properties), and entering a name in the Form Name box.
You don’t have to specify an action or method attribute for the form to tell it where and how to send the record data
when the user clicks the Submit button. The Insert Record server behavior sets these attributes for you.
4 Add text fields (Insert > Form > Text Field) to let the user enter a user name and password.
The form can also have more form objects to record other personal data.
You should add labels (either as text or images) beside each form object to tell users what they are. You should also
line up the form objects by placing them inside an HTML table. For more information on form objects, see
Creating
web forms.
5 Add a Submit button to the form (Insert > Form > Button).
You can change the label of the Submit button by selecting the button, opening the Property inspector (Window >
Properties), and entering a new value in the Value box.
The next step in creating a registration page is to add the Insert Record server behavior to insert records in the table
of users in the database.
Update the database table of users
You must add an Insert Record server behavior to the registration page to update the table of users in the database.
1 In the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server Behaviors), click the Plus (+) button and select Insert Record from
the pop-up menu.
The Insert Record dialog box appears.
2 Complete the dialog box, making sure to specify the table of users in the database into which the user data will be
inserted. Click OK.
The final step in creating a registration page is to make sure the user name is not used by another registered user.
Add a server behavior to ensure a unique user name
You can add a server behavior to a user registration page that verifies that the user name is unique before adding that
user to your database of registered users.
When the user clicks the Submit button on the registration page, the server behavior compares the user name entered
by the user against the user names stored in a database table of registered users. If no matching user name is found in
the database table, the server behavior carries out the insert record operation normally. If a matching user name is
found, the server behavior cancels the insert record operation and opens a new page (usually a page alerting the user
that the user name is already taken).
1 In the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server Behaviors), click the Plus (+) button and select User Authentication
> Check New Username from the pop-up menu.
2 In the Username Field pop-up menu, select the form text field that your visitors use to enter a user name.
3 In the If Already Exists, Go To box, specify a page to open if a matching user name is found in the database table,
and click OK.
The opened page should alert the user that the user name is already taken and let the user try again.