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TheIDand/orclass.ID'sandclassesareparticularlyusefulwithregardtovariabledata
(see"Personalizingcontent"onpage708)andstyling(see"StylingtemplateswithCSS
files"onpage672).
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AnAction:theURLwheretheformdatashouldbesent.TheURLshouldbeaserver-side
scriptthatcanacceptformdata(aWorkflowprocessthatstartswithaServerInputtask,
forexample).
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AMethod:thisdefineswhethertheformshouldbesentusingtheGETorPOSTmethod.
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An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con-
verted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.
Changing a Form's validation method
InConnectPlanetPressConnect,therearetwowaysinwhichaForm'sinputcanbevalidated:
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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max-
imumlengthasanadditionalrequirementforsomefields.
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JQuery ValidationvalidatesinputusingJQueryscripts.Thisallowsforstricterrequirementsper
fieldand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thisoptionis
chosen.
TochangeaForm'svalidationmethod:
1. Right-clickontheFormelementandchooseValidation settings.
2. Chooseavalidationtype(seeabove).
3. Double-clickeachfieldinthelisttoedittheirvalidationsettings:
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Required:Checkifthefieldisrequiredtosubmittheform.Ifafieldisrequiredbutcontains
nodata,amessagewillbeshowntotheuser.
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