Apple WebObjects 3.5 Tools And Techniques - Manual (Page 72)

Chapter 3 Working With Dynamic Elements
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• Keys must specify their full key path. For example, to bind the key that is
selected in the following figure, you would type
session.selectedSailboards.count
Creating Form-Based Dynamic Elements
In HTML, a form is a container element (one that can contain other elements).
Typically, forms contain input elements (such as text fields, radio buttons and
checkboxes) to capture user information, a button or active image to submit the
form data, as well as display elements such as text and images.
In WebObjects Builder, you create form elements by clicking one of the buttons
in the Form Elements portion of the switchable toolbar (or using their menu
equivalents).
All the form elements you create in the toolbar are dynamic equivalents of
standard HTML elements. You can convert any dynamic form element to its
static equivalent (and vice versa) by using the Inspector (see “Dynamic and
Static Inspectors”).
If you add form elements without creating a WOForm first (for example, if you
add a text field to an empty page, or if you add form elements outside of the
form) WebObjects Builder assumes you want to create a new form and places a
<FORM> tag before and a </FORM> tag after the element.
Most form elements have a value attribute that represents the information
entered by the user. You bind this attribute to a variable so that your application
can work with it. Others, such as WOSubmitButton, WOImageButton, or
WOForm WOText WOResetButton WOCheckbox WOBrowser
WOTextField WOSubmitButton
WOPopupButton
WOImageButton WORadioButton