Using forms in ColdFusion MX

ColdFusion MX lets you use a variety of types of forms. You can use plain HTML or CFML, and you can generate HTML, Macromedia Flash, or skinned XML forms. This section describes your form options and introduces a basic ColdFusion MX form.

• ColdFusion forms tags
• ColdFusion Form tag features
• Creating a basic form
• Forms guidelines

ColdFusion forms tags

You can use HTML or CFML tags to define your form. ColdFusion includes the following CFML tags that correspond to HTML tags, but provide additional functionality:

• cfapplet
• cfform
• cfinput
• cfselect
• cftextarea

These tags support all the attributes of their HTML counterparts, plus ColdFusion attributes and features.

ColdFusion also provides the following forms tags that have no direct equivalent in HTML:

• cfcalendar Lets users select dates from a Flash month-by-month calendar.
• cfgrid Displays and lets users enter data in a row and column grid format; can get data directly from a query.
• cfslider Lets users input data by moving a sliding marker.
• cftree Displays data in a hierarchical tree format with graphical indicators; can get data directly from a query.

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