Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual page 685

Lets you specify the width of the control, in pixels.
Width
Lets you specify the size of the control.
Size
Lets you specify whether the text field must contain data before the form is submitted to the server.
Required
Lets you edit properties not listed in the Property inspector.
Display Tag Editor
Insert ColdFusion hidden fields
You can visually insert a ColdFusion hidden field into your form and set its properties. Use hidden fields to store and
submit information that the user does not enter. The information is hidden from the user.
Note: This enhancement is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later.
In Design view, place the insertion point inside the form outline.
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2 In the CFForm category of the Insert bar, click the CF Hidden Field icon.
A marker appears in the ColdFusion form. If you don't see the marker, select View > Visual Aids > Invisible
Elements.
Select the hidden field on the page and set any of the following options in the Property inspector:
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Lets you specify the unique name for the hidden field.
Cfhiddenfield
Lets you specify a value for the hidden field. The data can either be static or dynamic.
Value
To specify a dynamic value, click the lightning bolt icon beside the Value box and select a recordset column in the
Dynamic Data dialog box. The recordset column supplies a value to the text field when you view the form in a
browser.
Specifies the type of validation for the current field.
Validate
Specifies when the field is validated: onSubmit, onBlur or onServer.
Validate At
Lets you specify a label for the control. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run time.
Label
Lets you specify a JavaScript regular expression pattern to validate input. Omit leading and trailing slashes.
Pattern
For more information, see the ColdFusion documentation.
Lets you specify the height of the control, in pixels. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run time.
Height
Lets you specify the width of the control, in pixels. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run time.
Width
Lets you specify the size of the control. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run time.
Size
Lets you specify whether the hidden field must contain data before the form is submitted to the server.
Required
Lets you edit properties not listed in the Property inspector.
Display Tag Editor
See also
"Modify ColdFusion form controls" on page 685
Insert ColdFusion text areas
You can visually insert a ColdFusion text area into your form and set its properties. A text area is an input element
that consists of multiple lines of text.
September 4, 2007
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