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Chapter 40:  Building ColdFusion Applications Rapidly

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If required, set the properties of the control with the Property inspector. 

Make sure the control is selected in Design view and then set the properties in the 
Property inspector. For more information on the properties, click the Help icon in the 
Property inspector.

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Adjust the layout of the ColdFusion form. 

If you’re creating an HTML-based form, you can use line breaks, paragraph breaks, 
preformatted text, or tables to format your forms. You cannot insert a ColdFusion form in 
another ColdFusion form (that is, you cannot overlap tags), but you can include more 
than one ColdFusion form in a page.

If you’re creating a Flash-based form, use CSS styles to lay out your form. ColdFusion 
ignores any HTML in the form.

Remember to label the ColdFusion form fields with descriptive text to let users know 
what they are responding to. For example, create a “Type your name label” to request 
name information.

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Inserting ColdFusion form controls

You can use the Insert bar or Insert menu to quickly insert ColdFusion form controls into a 
ColdFusion form.

These enhancements are only available if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion 
MX 7 or later. For more information, see 

You should create a blank ColdFusion form before inserting controls in it. For more 
information, see 

. If you don’t create a blank form 

and attempt to insert a control, Dreamweaver asks you if you want to create one.

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