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If you've been folloing things in sequence you should know the basics of the inputs into forms (form fields) However it's all very good creating a nice set of buttons and text entries but what do you do with the data gathered? Well that where the second part of the form comes in. Remember forms send data else where. They either send info without checking with the event handler (POST) or check first and/or combine the data and then send it on (GET) An easy exploitation of this is to create a form which simply uses a push button as a link Begin by creating a push button as before Now right click in the form area and select form properties (alternatively click over the button and get form field properties and select the form... button)
You can give your form a name if you want (B) (handy if you've more than one form on the page) Click (A) Settings
In the "Settings for custom form Handler" box, fill in the full target URL including http:// (here http://www.fluffbucket.com/") in the (a) action box.. Select GET from the (b) method box. Click OK Then double click on the button itself (not the form field)
Enter the name you want your button to say in value/label (B). Ensure that the Button type is set at "Submit" (C) Again you can replace the button name and URL as you see fit. You can use this to set up any form of Hyperlink as we discussed in our basic tutorials. For example an email triggering button can be created by typing in your email address into the (a) action box prefixed by mailto: rather than a web address Now lets create a more dynamic form that sends data back to you in the form of an email
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