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"Form Thing" Speeds Up the Creation of HTML Forms


The HTMLForm TOOLBAR Tools

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AKA "Form Thing", the HTMLForm toolbar contains 10 tools to speed the frequently tedious process of creating HTML forms.

The HTML FORM TOOL

offers a list of each of the other form tools. Any of the form tool's tags can be inserted by selecting one of the entries on the list.

BEGINNING FORM TAG TOOL

Enters the appropriate beginning form tag and prompts you for the URL of the script which will run the form.

CANCEL FORM TAG TOOL

Enters the tag which indicates the end of the form.

CHECKBOX TOOL

Prompts you for the "VALUE" you wish to assign and enters a Checkbox Tag. Offers the "SELECTED" option for each entry. The "NAME" field is recorded and remains the default name until you choose to change it.

Strawberry
Raspberry
Chocolate

DROPDOWN BOX TOOL
Select any number of paragraphs containing text in your document, click the tool and an <OPTION> tag will be immediately inserted at the beginning and an </OPTION> tag will be inserted at the end of each paragraph in your selection.

<SELECT NAME="whatever-you-choose"> and </SELECT> <P> tags will also immediately be inserted at the beginning and at the end, respectively, of the selection. The default setting will display the first entry in the list on the HTML page. If you prefer, you can easily choose the "SIZE" option so that any number of the list entries will be displayed without scrolling in the HTML document.


The Dropdown Box Tool also offers an option for an "OPTION VALUE". If that option is selected, a dialog box opens at each entry and asks for the value. In the box used for gathering that value, the number of the entry is displayed and can be used as the default value or replaced with any other value, text or numeric.

RADIO BUTTON TOOL

Prompts you for the "VALUE" you wish to assign and enters a Radio Button Tag. Offers a "CHECKED" option. The "NAME" field is recorded and remains the default name until you choose to change it.

Moon
Sun
Stars

TEXTAREA TOOL


Enters a Textarea Tag and offers "WRAP TEXT" or "DON'T WRAP TEXT" options. The "ROWS" field and the "COLS" field are recorded and remain the default selections until you choose to change them. In addition, an option is provided which accommodates any default text you want to display within the TextArea.

TEXTBOX TOOL

Enters a Textbox Tag and offers "DEFAULT VALUE" and "MAXLENGTH" options. The "SIZE" field is recorded and remains the default selection until you choose to change it.

Name:
Zip Code:
Email:

SUBMIT BUTTON TOOL

Enters a Submit Button Tag.


The default value is "Submit", but you can easily change the text to whatever you like.

RESET BUTTON TOOL

Enters a Reset Button Tag. The default value is "Clear Form", but you can easily change the text to whatever you like.


The DROPDOWN LIST TOOL automatically adds a <P> tag to the end of the Cancel Tag in each list. Most of the other form tools offer the following options:

  • Insertion of a line break, <BR> tag at the end of the entry
  • Insertion of a line break, <P> tag at the end of the entry
  • None of the above

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