Set Web form control properties

Set the properties of a submit button

1. Double-click the submit button on your Web form.
2. Under Button properties, click Submit.
3. Do one of the following:
   • To label the button "Submit," select the Button text is same as button type box.
   • To rename the button, clear Button text is same as button type, and then type the new name in the Button text box.
4. Select your method of data retrieval.

Select the properties of a single-line text box

1. Double-click the single-line text box on your Web form.
2. In the Default text box, type your sample text.
3. In the Number of characters allowed box, enter the maximum number of characters that visitors will be allowed to type in the text box.
4. If visitors’ responses will be sensitive in nature (such as passwords), select the Hide sensitive text with asterisks box.
5. Under Data processing, in the Return data with this label box, type the label you want associated with the data you receive from this control.
6. If you always want your Web page visitor to fill in this single-line text box, select the This control must be filled in by user box.

Set the properties of a reset button

1. Double-click the reset button on your Web form.
2. Under Button properties, click Reset.
3. Do one of the following:
   • To label the button "Reset," select the Button text is same as button type box.
   • To rename the button, clear Button text is same as button type to remove the check mark, and then type the new name in the Button text box.

Set the properties of a multi-line text box

1. Double-click the multi-line text box on your Web form.
2. In the Default text box, type your sample text.
3. Under Data processing, in the Return data with this label box, type the label you want associated with the data that you receive from this control.
4. If you always want your Web page visitor to fill in this multi-line text box, select the This control must be filled in by user box. The submit function is disabled until the visitor fills in the text box.

Set the properties of a list box

1. Double-click the list box on your Web form.
2. Under Data processing, locate the Return data with this label box and type the label you want associated with the data you receive from this control.
3. Click Add to add items to the list box.
4. Type the name of the item. The item will appear inside the list box with this name.
5. Under Show item as, click the option you want visitors to see initially.
6. If you want the form data you receive to be different from the item text inside the list box, click Item value is same as item text to remove the check mark.
7. In the Item value box, type a value for the list box.
8. Click OK.
9. To let Web site visitors select more than one item at a time from the list box, under Appearance, select the User can select more than one item check box.

Set the properties of a group of option buttons

1. Double-click the first option button in a group (not its label) on your Web form.
2. Under Appearance, click the option you want visitors to see initially.
3. In the Return data with this label box, type the label you want associated with the data you receive from this group of option buttons.
4. In the Option button value box, type the value you want to receive if this control is selected. This is your form data.
5. Click OK.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for all option buttons in the group.
7. Make sure that the label you specified in step 3 for the Return data with this label box is the same for all option buttons in the group.

Set the properties of a check box

1. Double-click the check box (not its label) on your Web form.
2. Under Appearance, click the option you want to show initially.
3. Under Data processing, in the two boxes Return data with this label and Check box value, specify how you want form data to be processed and returned to you.