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Modify coldfusion form controls, Validate coldfusion form data – Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

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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.

To specify a dynamic value, click the lightning bolt icon beside the Value box and select a recordset column in the
Dynamic Data dialog box. The recordset column supplies a value to the date field when you view the form in a
browser.

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.

Width

Lets you specify the width of the control, in pixels.

Size

Lets you specify the size of the control.

Required

Lets you specify whether the date field must contain a value before the form is submitted to the server.

Display Tag Editor

Lets you edit properties not listed in the Property inspector.

See also

“Validate ColdFusion form data” on page 685

Modify ColdFusion form controls

You can visually change the properties of ColdFusion form controls whether you’re working in Design view or Code view.

Note: This enhancement is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later.

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In Design view, select the form control on the page; in Code view, click anywhere inside the control’s tag.

The Property inspector displays properties of the form control.

2

Change the control’s properties in the Property inspector.

For more information, click the Help icon in the Property inspector.

3

To set more properties, click the Display Tag Editor button in the Property inspector and set the properties in the

Tag editor that appears.

Validate ColdFusion form data

You can build ColdFusion forms in Dreamweaver that check the contents of specified fields to ensure the user
entered the correct data type.

September 4, 2007