| After you have created your form, you are ready
to design the form itself. Remember that you create a form field with the <FORM></FORM> tag pair. Within the <FORM> tags will go the entire form, i.e. both the questions you ask and the form elements, i., e., the box and button spaces where the user will supply responses. |
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| To create a form element in HomeSite, use the Advanced tab on the speedbar. | ||
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| The Radio Button | The
radio button is a form element that allows the user to select only one of
a number of offered choices. The term refers to the fact that you can choose to press only one button (i.e., listen to only one station) at a time on a car radio. The radio button tag requires a VALUE for each possible choice. VALUE refers to the actual data being collected. The VALUE attribute identifies the information gathered when a user specifies a particular choice from a list provided by you. |
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| Example | In what county do you live? Arlington Fairfax Loudoun Prince William |
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| To add a radio bitton to your form in HomeSite, choose the Form element button on the Advanced tab. The Form Element dialog box will appear. |
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| In the Form Element dialog box choose Radio
Button The Form Element dialog box for a radio button will appear. |
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| In the Name text box fill in the name of the radioset, i.e., the term designating the kind of data being collected. In our example above, the radioset might be called county. | ||
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box fill in the name of the value for that particular button (In our example above the
value for the first radio button would be arlington). Click on OK. |
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| Repeat the process for the
remainder of the radio buttons in the radioset. Add the word CHECKED to a particular button's <INPUT TYPE> tag if you wish that button choice to be pre-selected. |
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