Web Forms

Web forms are used to:

	Collect data - usually for submission to a web site for further processing, or
	Provide interactivity via a browser scripting environment such as JavaScript.

There are a number of things that you can include in a form...

Single line text box...	Last name:
Scrolling text box ...	Describe something...
Check box - used to select something...	Check if you wish to receive something
Option or radio buttons - select one only...	Male Female
Drop-down box - pick one from the lost...
List-box - pick one from the list...
Password text box - note the "hiding" characters...
Buttons for clicking (does not submit the form)...
Submit and reset buttons...

When the Submit button is pressed, the contents of the form are sent to wherever is specified in the Action attribute of the form. When the submit is clicked on this page you will be sent to a web server which will echo your information back to you.

The Reset button restores the form to the original state when it was loaded.

Other web pages in the Applications section use a variety of forms for applications such as guest books, calendar maintenance, and accessing password controlled web sites.

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