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Radio Button                                               

A Radio Button is a diamond-shaped or circular button that you can click either on or off. Only one Radio Button in a group of buttons with the same Form Tag may be on. When a form is submitted, if the radio button is turned on, then the POST to the form URL sets the Value Tag equal to the Form Tag.

Add a Radio Button:

Radio dialogue

1. Position the cursor where you want the Radio Button to be.
2. Click the Radio button on the form palette to get the dialogue box above.
3. Specify values for Button Label, Form Tag, and Value Tag and You may also click Default.
   • The Button Label is the text that follows the button, and therefore identifies it, in your page. It is not submitted with the form.
   • All Radio Buttons with the same Form Tag are bound together. Only one of them may be selected at a time. You thus use buttons with the same Form Tag to submit options.
   • The Value Tag is the internal variable name. Each Value Tag must be unique within a group of Radio Buttons with the same Form Tag.
   • If Default is selected, the Radio Button is turned on by default when the Form is selected. There can be no more than one radio button with the same Form Tag set as the default.
4. Click OK to insert the Radio Button at the cursor position within the form.

Check Boxes

Check Boxes are similar to Radio Buttons, except that they allow multiple Value Tags to be submitted with the same Form Tag. The dialogue and mechanism for placing Check Boxes in your form are similar to those for the Radio Button.

Add a Check Box:

Check box dialogue

1. Position the cursor where you want the Check Box to be.
2. Click the Check button on the form palette to get the dialogue box above.
3. Specify values for Button Label, Form Tag, and Value Tag and You may also click Checked.
   • The Button Label is the text that follows the check box, and therefore identifies it, in your page. It is not submitted with the form to the server.
   • All Check Boxes with the same Form Tag are in a group.
   • The Value Tag is the internal variable name. Each Value Tag must be unique within a group of Value Tags with the same Form Tag. If the Check Box is selected, a string like "Form_Tag=Value_Tag" is submitted when the Form is submitted. The Check Box allows multiple Value Tags in the same Form Tag.
   • If Checked is selected, the Check Box is turned on by default when the Form is initialized. More than one check box with the same Form Tag may be Checked.
4. Click OK to insert the Check Box at the cursor position within the form.

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