Adding a submit button

You need to include a submit button for your audience to send their information. Each time someone clicks the submit button, the information filled in the form area is sent to the CGI script.

You can add more than one submit button and assign a different action name to each one that corresponds with the different actions supported by the CGI script. When someone clicks on a particular submit button on your form, the data is sent to the CGI script and handled according to the action specified for that submit button. For example, one submit action name may add a record to a database. Another action name may delete a record.

Submit buttons must call a CGI script to function properly. For this reason, you won't be able to test their functionality in Edit Page or Preview Page mode.

To add a submit button to the form area:

1. Place the insertion point inside the red border of the form area.
   
2. Choose Forms from the Insert menu and then choose Submit Button from the submenu.
   
   Claris Home Page inserts a submit button form element and opens the Submit Button Object Editor.

   

   

   

3. If you're adding more than one submit button to your form, type the name of the action in the Action Name text box.
   
   The action name identifies how the button works and is not the button label.
   
   Note Some older browsers do not support multiple submit buttons associated with separate names and values or actions. Also, actions supported by a CGI will vary from script to script. Check the documentation that comes with your CGI script to be sure you use an action name that is supported by your CGI.
   
4. Close the Submit Button Object Editor.
   

When you add a submit button to your form, the default label appears in it.

To change this label so that the viewer sees something different:

• Double-click the text Submit in the form element to select it and type the new text.

Using an image as a submit button

You can turn an image into a submit button, so that when someone clicks on the image, the form is submitted.

For information on other ways to use an image, see Making images interactive.

To use an image as a submit button:

1. Insert the image into the form area on your page.
   
2. Double-click the image to open the Image Object Editor.
   
3. Click the Behavior tab in the Image Object Editor and select Form Submit Button.
   
4. Click the Appearance tab, type the action name (for example, submit) in the Name text box.
   
   Note Some older browsers do not support multiple submit buttons associated with separate names and values or actions. Also, actions supported by a CGI will vary from script to script. Check the documentation that comes with your CGI script to be sure you use an action name that is supported by your CGI.
   
5. Close the Image Object Editor to apply the new setting.