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Chapter 7 ✦ The Form and Related Objects (Chapter 23)
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Use The Evaluator (Chapter 13 in the JavaScript Bible) to determine the number
of form controls in the first form of the page. Enter the following statement into the
top text box:
document.forms[0].length
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If you need to modify the first form in a document so that the content is sent via
the POST method, the statement is:
document.forms[0].method = “POST”
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If you want to direct the response from the first form’s CGI to a new window
(rather than the target specified in the form’s tag), use this statement:
document.forms[0].target = “_blank”
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