Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 624)

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Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
Last updated 6/3/2015
4 Position the insertion point inside the form outline where you want to file field to appear.
5 Select Insert > ColdFusion Objects > CFForm > CFfilefield.
A file field appears in the document.
6 Select the file field on the page and set any of the following properties in the Property inspector:
Cffilefield Lets you specify a unique name for the control.
Max Length Lets you specify the maximum number of characters that the path to the file can have.
Validate Specifies the type of validation for the field.
Validate At Specifies when the field is validated: onSubmit, onBlur, or onServer.
Label Lets you specify a label for the field.
Pattern Lets you specify a JavaScript regular expression pattern to validate input. Omit leading and trailing slashes.
For more information, see the ColdFusion documentation.
Height Lets you specify the height of the control, in pixels. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run
time.
Width Lets you specify the width of the control, in pixels. This property is ignored by the ColdFusion server at run
time.
Size Lets you specify the size of the control.
Required Lets you specify whether the file field must contain data before the form is submitted to the server.
Display Tag Editor Lets you edit properties not listed in the Property inspector.
Insert ColdFusion date fields
Although you can’t visually insert a ColdFusion date field in Dreamweaver, you can visually set its properties. A
ColdFusion date field is a special type of text field that lets users select a date from a pop-up calendar to insert it in the
text field.
Note: This enhancement is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later.
1 In Design view, select the CFForm to display its Property inspector.
To quickly select the form, click anywhere in the form outline and click the tag in the tag selector at the
bottom of the Document window.
2 In the Property inspector, set the form’s Format property to Flash.
The date field control can only be rendered in Flash-based ColdFusion forms.
3 Switch to Code view (View > Code) and enter the following tag anywhere between the opening and closing CFForm
tags:
4 Switch to Design view, select the date field on the page, and then set any of the following options in the Property
inspector:
Cfdatefield Lets you specify a unique name for the control.
Value Lets you specify a date to be displayed in the field when the page first opens in a browser. The date can either
be static or dynamic.