User Guide

Using Forms to Specify the Data to Retrieve 41

<form name="getReportCriteria"

action="runReport.cfm?RequestTimeout=120" method="post">

Form controls

Within the form, you describe the form controls needed to gather and submit user

input. There are a variety of form controls types available. You choose form control

input types based on the type of input the user should provide.

The following table illustrates the format of form control tags:

Control Code

Text control

<input type="Text" name="ControlName" size="Value"

maxlength="Value">

Radio buttons

<input type="Radio" name="ControlName"

value="Value1">DisplayName1

<input type="Radio" name="ControlName"

value="Value2">DisplayName2

<input type="Radio" name="ControlName"

value="Value3">DisplayName3

List box

<option value="Value1">DisplayName1

<option value="Value2">DisplayName2

<option value="Value3">DisplayName3

</select>

Check box

<input type="Checkbox" name="ControlName"

value="Yes|No">Yes