Adobe 38028779 User Guide - Page 485

4 In the Action field, specify the path to the URL where the processing script or application that will process the form information resides, by doing one of the following: • Click the folder icon, then navigate to the appropriate folder. • Type the complete path to the folder. If you're specifying a path to a CGI script, the path to the URL will look similar to this example: http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/process.cgi 5 In the Method pop-up menu, choose the method in which the form data will be handled. • Choose POST to send the form values in the body of a message. • Choose GET to send information to the server with the submitted form values appended to the URL. Note: Don't use the GET method with long forms. URLs are limited to 8,192 characters; if the amount of data sent is too long, data will be truncated, leading to unexpected processing results. Nor should you use GET when dealing with credit card numbers or other confidential information, as this method of passing information is not secure. • Choose Default to use the user's browser default setting for sending form data which is generally the GET method. About form fields Once you add form tags to your document you can start adding form objects. You use form objects to request information from site visitors. Use form fields when you want to set up a form in which visitors type their response, such as their name and address. There are three types of fields you can insert in a form-text fields (in which a user types a response), file fields (in which a user enters the path of a file to upload to your server, and hidden fields (which store information a user entered in another field). As you add a field to a form you can set the field's length, number of lines the field contains, number of characters a user can enter, and whether the field is a password field. Creating Forms 485