RWS_FORM

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Example

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Purpose

Tags the contents of a string as a form. Data from objects on the submitted form, such as edit boxes, can then be processed in ActionSub by making calls to RW_GET_PARAM for each of the objects.

Syntax

RWS_FORM(vString, ActionSub, Name, aClass)

Parameters

vString A string variable containing the content for the form. On return, the variable contains the modified string.

ActionSub The URL Uniform Resource Locator - a web address.  of the subroutine to be run when the user clicks the form's Submit button.

Name Name of the form.

aClass A dynamic array A multi-element string variable in which data is divided into elements by attribute marks, value marks and subvalue marks, matching the structure of a Reality file item. The entire array is referenced and stored as a single variable. For more information, refer to the Reality DataBasic Reference Manual.  that can contain the following elements:

Element No.	Attribute	Description
1	CLASS	The name of a tag class defined in a CSS Cascading Style Sheet - a mechanism by which the presentation of an HTML page can be separated from the content. A style sheet can be used to determine the appearance of one or more HTML pages.  stylesheet.
2	TARGET	Name of the target frame where the form is to be presented.
3	METHOD	The method by which the browser will send the form's data to the server for processing. This attribute can be set to "GET" or "POST"; the default is "POST". For more information on GET and POST, see RW_START_HTML_FORM.
4	ENCTYPE	Specifies the encoding to be used to send the data back to the server. Can be optionally set to 'multipart/form-data' or 'text/plain'.  If you do not set this attribute, the standard encoding format is used. You should specify 'text/plain' if the form is to be sent to an email address.

Attributes defined in the aClass parameter are applied to the FORM tag.

For information about using aClass, see The aClass Parameter.