Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Building applications visually
Last updated 3/28/2012
You can also change the order of the form objects on the HTML form by selecting a form object in the list and clicking
the up or down arrow on the right side of the dialog box.
8 Specify how each data-entry field should appear on the HTML form by clicking a row in the Form Fields table and
entering the following information in the boxes below the table:
• In the Label box, enter a descriptive label to display beside the data-entry field. By default, Dreamweaver displays
the table column’s name in the label.
• In the Display As pop-up menu, select a form object to serve as the data-entry field. You can select Text Field, Text
Area, Menu, Checkbox, Radio Group, and Text. For read-only entries, select Text. You can also select Password
Field, File Field, and Hidden Field.
Note: Hidden fields are inserted at the end of the form.
• In the Submit As pop-up menu, select the data format expected by your database table. For example, if the table
column only accepts numeric data, select Numeric.
• Set the form object’s properties. You have different options depending on the form object you select as your data-
entry field. For text fields, text areas, and text, you can enter an initial value. For menus and radio groups, you open
another dialog box to set the properties. For options, select the Checked or Unchecked option.
9 Set the properties of other form objects by selecting another Form Fields row and entering a label, Display As value,
and Submit As value.
For menus and radio groups, open another dialog box to set the properties. For options, define a comparison between
the current record’s value for the option and a given value to determine whether the option is checked when the record
is displayed.
10 Click OK.
Dreamweaver adds both an HTML form and an Update Record server behavior to your page.
The data object adds both an HTML form and an Update Record server behavior to your page. The form objects are
laid out in a basic table, which you can customize using the Dreamweaver page design tools. (Make sure all the form
objects remain within the form’s boundaries.)
To edit the server behavior, open the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server Behaviors) and double-click the
Update Record behavior.
More Help topics
“Retrieve the record to update” on page 592
“Insert or change a dynamic HTML form menu” on page 634
Form Element Properties options
The purpose of the Form Element Properties dialog box is to set the options for form elements on pages that let users
update records in a database.
1 Select either Manually or From Database, depending on how you plan to create the form element.
2 Click the Plus (+) button to add an element.
3 Enter a label and value for the element.
4 In the Select Value Equal To box, if you want a particular element selected when the page opens in a browser or
when a record displays in the form, enter a value equal to the element’s value.