Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 - Manual (Page 597)

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1. Insert an HTML List/Menu form object in your page:
a. Click inside the HTML form on the page (Insert > Form > Form).
b. Select Insert > Form > List/Menu to insert the form object.
2. Do one of the following:
Select the new or an existing HTML List/Menu form object, and then click the Dynamic button in the Property inspector.
Select Insert > Data Objects > Dynamic Data > Dynamic Select List.
3. Complete the Dynamic List/Menu dialog box, and click OK.
a. In the Options From Recordset pop-up menu, select the recordset to use as a content source. You also use this menu to edit both static
and dynamic list/menu items later.
b. In the Static Options area, enter a default item in the list or menu. Also, use this option to edit static entries in a list/menu form object
after adding dynamic content.
c. (Optional) Use the Plus (+) and Minus (–) buttons to add and remove items in the list. Items are in the same order as in the Initial List
Values dialog box. The first item on the list is the selected item when the page is loaded in a browser. Use the up and down arrow
buttons to rearrange items in the list.
d. In the Values pop-up menu, select the field containing the values of the menu items.
e. In the Labels pop-up menu, select the field containing the labels for the menu items.
f. (Optional) To specify that a particular menu item is selected when the page opens in a browser or when a record is displayed in the
form, enter a value equal to the menu item’s value, in the Select Value Equal To box.
You can enter a static value or you can specify a dynamic one by clicking the lightning bolt icon beside the box, and selecting a dynamic
value from the list of data sources. In either case, the value you specify should match one of the menu item values.
Make existing HTML form menus dynamic
1. In Design view, select the list/menu form object.
2. In Property inspector, click the Dynamic button.
3. Complete the dialog box, and click OK.
Display dynamic content in HTML text fields
You can display dynamic content in HTML text fields when the form is viewed in a browser.
Before you begin, you must create the form in a ColdFusion, PHP, or ASP page, and you must define a recordset or other source of dynamic
content for the text field.
1. Select the text field in the HTML form on your page.
2. In the Property inspector, click the lightning bolt icon beside the Init Val box to display the Dynamic Data dialog box.
3. Select the recordset column that will supply a value to the text field, and then click OK.
Set the Dynamic Text Field dialog box options
1. Select the text field to make dynamic from the Text Field pop-up menu.
2. Click the lightning bolt icon beside the Set Value To box, select a data source from the list of data sources, and click OK.
The data source should contain textual information. If no data sources appear in the list, or if the available data sources don’t meet your
needs, click the Plus (+) button to define a new data source.
Dynamically preselect an HTML check box
You can let the server decide whether to select a check box when the form is displayed in a browser.
Before you begin, you must create the form in a ColdFusion, PHP, or ASP page, and you must define a recordset or other source of dynamic
content for the check boxes. Ideally, the source of content should contain Boolean data, such as Yes/No or true/false.
1. Select a check box form object on your page.
2. In the Property inspector, click the Dynamic button.
3. Complete the Dynamic CheckBox dialog box, and click OK:
Click the lightning bolt icon beside the Check If box and select the field from the list of data sources.
The data source must contain Boolean data such as Yes and No, or true and false. If no data sources appear in the list, or if the
available data sources don’t meet your needs, click the Plus (+) button to define a new data source.
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