When you click Insert or Edit button in Form Properties dialog, Form Row Properties dialog appears. You can add text and/or various objects that enable user interaction, such as text fields, list boxes, check boxes, and radio buttons in the row.

Row type

Text and Object - The row contains both text and object.
Only Text - The row contains text only.
Only Object - The row contains object only.

Text - The text in the row
Object Name - Object name will not be visible to your website visitors. It is used to help you identify the information you receive when a form is submitted to you. Assigning a different and meaningful name to each object in the form will make it easier for you to understand the form responses you receive.

Object Type

Input Box - A form object in which users enter a response. There are 3 types. You can also change the width and height by clicking Advanced button.
one-line input - single-line input typically provide a few words response. For example:
password input - Same as one-line input except that when a user types in a password input, the entered text is replaced by asterisks to protect the information from being viewed.
multi-line textarea - Multiple-line input provides the visitor with a larger area in which to enter a response.

Single Selection
Use single selection object when the user must select only one choice form a set of options. There are 3 types. They have same function with different appearance.You need to edit Choices in the Selection also.
radio - For example . You can change the height by clicking Advanced button.
popup menu - For example
list - For example . You can change the height by clicking Advanced button.

Multiple Selection
Use a Multiple Selection object to let users choose multiple items from the list of available choices. There are 2 types. They have same function with different appearance.You need to edit Choices in the Selection also.
checkbox - For example . You can change the height by clicking Advanced button.
multiple-list - multiple-list is the same as list except that visitors can select more than one choices.

Button
There 3 kinds of buttons. You usually need Submit button only, which is added automatically when you create a new form. To change the caption (displayed text) of the button, click Advanced button.
submit button - The submit button permits your website visitors to submit their form responses to you.
reset button - The reset button lets you website visitors clear their form responses. (Not recommended).
normal button - The normal button does nothing unless you uses some javascript with it (Not recommended).

Choices in the Selection

You need to create choices when you choose Single Selection or Multiple Selection.
Selected - Have the choice to be selected by default.
Text - Text will be visible to your website visitors.
Value - Value will not be visible to your website visitors. It is used to help you identify which choices your visitors have made when a form is submitted to you.
The Text and Value of a choice can be same or different.

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