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whichraisesprivacyconcerns.ThereforePOSTisthepreferredmethodtouse.

5. UsingthetheMethoddrop-down,selectwhethertheformshouldbesentusingtheGETor

POSTmethod.

6. Usingthenextdrop-down,selecttheform'sEncryptionType(enctype):

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application/x-www-form-urlencoded:Default.Allcharactersareencodedbeforethey

aresent.Spacesareconvertedto"+"symbols,andspecialcharactersareconvertedto

ASCIIHEXvalues.

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multipart/form-data:Nocharactersareencoded.Thisvalueisrequiredwhenyouare

usingformsthathaveafileuploadcontrol.

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text/plain:Spacesareconvertedto"+"symbols,butnospecialcharactersareencoded.

7. Selectavalidationmethod:

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TheBrowservalidationmethodleavesituptothebrowsertovalidatetheuserinput.When

addingfieldstotheForm(seethenextstep)youcanonlymakefieldsrequiredandsetthe

maximumlengthasanadditionalrequirementforsomefields.

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SelectJQuery ValidationtovalidateusingJQueryscripts.Thisallowsyoutospecify

stricterrequirementsperfieldandtypeadifferentmessageforeachfieldtodisplaytothe

useriftheinputisnotvalid.Thismethodensuresamoreconsistentvalidationasitis

browserindependent.ThenecessaryJQueryfileswillbeaddedtotheJavaScriptfolderon

theResourcespanewhentheformisinserted.

8. UnderFields,clicktheAddbuttonandclickonthedesiredfieldtypetoaddafieldofthattype;

see"FormElements"onpage644.

Note: AFieldsetisnotavailableintheFormWizard,becauseaFieldsetitselfcancontain

multipledifferentfields.AddtheFieldsetafterinsertingtheForm;see"Addingelementsto

aForm"onpage507.

9. Double-clickeachfieldintheFieldslistandchangeitssettings.Foranexplanationoftheset-

tings,see"AddingelementstoaForm"onpage507.

10. TheorderoftheelementsinthelistunderFieldsdeterminesinwhichordertheelementswillbe

addedtotheForm.UsetheMove UpandMove Downbuttonstochangetheorderoftheele-

mentsinthelist.

11. UsetheLocationdrop-downtoselectwheretoinserttheelement.

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