To insert the Record
Insertion Form application object, follow these steps:
1. Place your cursor where you??™d like the form to appear and choose Insert ??? Application Objects ???
Record Insertion Form. Alternatively, you can drag the Record Insertion Form object from the
Application category of the Insert bar onto your page. The Record Insertion Form dialog box
appears as shown in Figure 23-15.
FIGURE 23-15
The Record Insertion Form application object automatically creates a label and form element
for every field in the selected data table.
2. From the Record Insertion Form dialog box, choose a connection from the Connection dropdown
list. If you need to establish a new connection, click Define.
3. Select the data table from the Insert Into Table list.
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4. Enter the path to the destination page in the After Inserting, Go To field or click the Browse
button to locate the file. At this point, Dreamweaver has added an entry in the Form Fields area
for every field in the data source.
5. Delete any unwanted fields by selecting their entries in the Form Fields area and clicking the
Remove (??“) button. It??™s best to remove any fields that use auto-incrementing numbers. Such fields
are commonly used to generate unique identification numbers for each record and are automatically
incremented when a new record is added.
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