Joseph W. Lowery
"Dreamweaver CS3 Bible"
A second enctype value, text/plain, is useful for e-mail replies. Instead of one long string, your form
data is transmitted in a more readable format, with each form element and its value on a separate line, as
shown in the following example:
fname=Joseph
lname=Lowery
email=jlowery@idest.com
comment=Please send me the information on your new products!
Another enctype value, multipart/form-data, is used only when a file is being uploaded as part of
the form. There??™s a further restriction: The method must be set to post instead of get.
Dreamweaver includes an Enctype list box on the Form Property inspector so you can easily specify the encoding
type. You can choose a value from the drop-down list, or manually enter a value in the Enctype list box.
Using Text Fields
Anytime you use a form to gather text information typed in by a user, you use a form object called a text
field. Text fields can hold any number of alphanumeric and punctuation characters. The Web designer can
decide whether the text field is displayed in one line or several. When the HTML is written, a multiple-line
text field uses a