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"To add alternative text for images" on page 341
"To create image borders" on page 342
"Setting up inactive form elements in a form" on page 418
To set up a hidden tag, key generator, or file browser
Drag the Hidden, Key Generator, or File Browser icon from the Forms set in the objects toolbox to your form.
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In the form element's Inspector, enter a unique name in the Name box.
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Enter a value:
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For a Hidden tag, type a default value in the Value box.
For a Key Generator tag, type the security level in the Challenge box.
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For a File Browser, type the file browser window width value in the Visible box.
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To set a text or text area form field to read-only status
Select the form element.
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Select Read-only in the Inspector.
You can set text fields to read-only status. For example, you might want to include text that must accompany the
form. Only text fields, password fields, and text area fields support read-only status.
Setting up inactive form elements in a form
You can make particular form elements unavailable until the viewer does something, such as activate a script by
selecting a particular option or filling in a particular element. For example, you can keep a form's Submit button
inactive until viewers enter some required data. Only text fields, password fields, text areas, all buttons, check boxes,
and radio buttons support inactive status.
The Form Inventory feature
When your viewers click the form's Submit button, the browser sends the contents of the form to a specified server
and script for processing. The most common workflow is to pass information to a CGI script. You'll need to develop
your custom scripts and work with the system administrator to implement them.
The Form Inventory feature lets you preview how the information will be returned by your form. This is especially
useful if the tasks of graphical form creation and web server integration are accomplished by different persons—for
example, a web author and a system administrator.
To create a form inventory
The top pane of the Form Inventory lists all form elements used—the form inventory. The bottom pane is the Form
Result Preview pane, which displays the code exactly as it will be passed to the script on the server. You can save the
content of both panes as separate text files.
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Select the Form icon in the document window.
In the Form Inspector, click the Inventory button.
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Select Export for the form inventory and the result preview; then name and save the text files.
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