Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Unleashed- P11: The good news is Dreamweaver provides numerous windows, panels, inspectors, and toolbars for streamlining the way you build websites. The bad news, unfortunately, is that Dreamweaver provides numerous windows, panels, inspectors, and toolbars for streamlining the way you build websites. Why so many windows, panels, and so on, Dreamweaver is unprecedented in the feature set it provides, allowing developers complete control when building websites and applications | As you can see from Figure numerous form objects exist in an effort to collect different types of information from the seller. Text boxes like the one used in the search form are used to collect general information such as first name last name address city email and so on. Drop-down menus are used to allow the user to choose from a predefined set of states and countries and from lists of months days and years for birthdays. In addition if you scroll further down the page a check box is used to collect a value indicating that yes the user accepts the user agreement when checked or if left unchecked no the user does not agree with the user agreement. Finally a button object is used to submit the information to eBay for processing. We ll get to processing the content of forms and form objects in Part V Dynamic Web Page Development Both models buyer and seller demonstrate forms and form objects used in a real-world website that millions of people use daily. Of course forms and form objects aren t exclusive to eBay. Companies all over the web use forms and form objects so that users can interact with the services they offer on their websites. Even with this explanation you still might be unclear about the differences between forms and form objects. To clear up any misconceptions between the two think of the process of registering for a driver s license at your local Department of Motor Vehicles DMV . You wait in line until it is your turn you tell the usually expressionless attendant that you d like to register to receive a new driver s license in which case she hands you a form. Think about what that form contains. Paper-based forms like the one from the DMV contain places for you to enter your name address city ZIP phone number car model car type and so on. The places on that driver s license registration form can be considered form objects. You fill out the form that is you fill in all the form objects or fields and hand it back to the attendant for processing. .
