Creating dynamic form objects You can create a dynamic HTML form to both display records from a database, and to collect information from users. For example, a form could display suppliers’ contact information retrieved from a database table.
Dynamic forms can simplify site maintenance. For example, many sites use HTML form menus to let users jump to other areas of the site. Typically, this kind of menu appears in several places on the site. If the menu is dynamic, you can add a new menu item once—to the database table—to update all the menus on the site.
List/menus are common dynamic form objects. You can also create and use dynamic radio buttons, checkboxes, text fields, and image fields.
This section describes how to make form objects dynamic.
Note: MX does not provide the following dynamic form objects for ASP.NET: Dynamic Text Field, Dynamic CheckBox, Dynamic List/Menu, or Dynamic Radio Group.
Creating a dynamic list/menu
You can dynamically populate a list or menu form object with entries from a
database.
To add a dynamic list/menu:
Click inside the HTML form on your page.
Choose Insert > Form Objects > List/Menu
inserts a List/Menu form object into the page.
Select the List/Menu form object.
The List/Menu property inspector displays.
Click OK.
inserts the dynamic list/menu into the HTML form. You can edit the
menu using the Server Behaviors panel or the Property inspector, or you can
edit the menu’s source code directly.
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