Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 657)

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Building applications visually
Last updated 6/3/2015
6 In the Form Fields area, specify the form objects you want to include on the insert page’s HTML form, and which
columns in your database table each form object should update.
By default, Dreamweaver creates a form object for each column in the database table. If your database automatically
generates unique key IDs for each new record created, remove the form object corresponding to the key column by
selecting it in the list and clicking the Minus (-) button. This eliminates the risk that the user of the form will enter
an ID value that already exists.
You can also change the order of the form objects on the HTML form by selecting a form object in the list and
clicking the up or down arrow on the right side of the dialog box.
7 Specify how each data-entry field should be displayed on the HTML form by clicking a row in the Form Fields table
and entering the following information in the boxes below the table:
• In the Label box, enter a descriptive label to display beside the data-entry field. By default, Dreamweaver displays
the table column’s name in the label.
• In the Display As pop-up menu, select a form object to serve as the data-entry field. You can select Text Field,
Text Area, Menu, Checkbox, Radio Group, and Text. For read-only entries, select Text. You can also select
Password Field, File Field, and Hidden Field.
Note: Hidden fields are inserted at the end of the form.
• In the Submit As pop-up menu, select the data format accepted by your database table. For example, if the table
column only accepts numeric data, select Numeric.
• Set the form object’s properties. You have different options depending on the form object you select as your data-
entry field. For text fields, text areas, and text, you can enter an initial value. For menus and radio groups, you
open another dialog box to set the properties. For options, select the Checked or Unchecked option.
8 Click OK.
Dreamweaver adds both an HTML form and an Insert Record server behavior to your page. The form objects are
laid out in a basic table, which you can customize using the Dreamweaver page design tools. (Make sure all the form
objects remain within the form’s boundaries.)
To edit the server behavior, open the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server Behaviors) and double-click the
Insert Record behavior.
More Help topics
Creating web forms
Building an update record page
Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the
options described in this article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see
this article .
About record update pages
Your application can contain a set of pages that lets users update existing records in a database table. The pages normally
consist of a search page, a results page, and an update page. The search and results page let users retrieve the record and
the update page lets users modify the record.