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Unit 9: Working with user Input

submit the form data to the server for further processing. To submit data to the server in WML, Notes
you need the <go></go> and <postfield/> tags. The <postfield/> tag should be enclosed in the
<go></go> tag pair.
Let’s first have a look at the following WML example before we go into the details:

Example: (sendDataEg1.wml)
<?xml version=”1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC “-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.3//EN” “http://
www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml13.dtd”>
<wml>

<card id=”card1" title=”WML Form”>
<onevent type=”onenterforward”>
<refresh>
<setvar name=”my_temp_id” value=”123456"/>
</refresh>
</onevent>

<p>
Hello, welcome to our WML tutorial.<br/>
What’s your name?<br/>
<input name=”myName”/><br/>
Are you a boy or a girl?<br/>
<select name=”myGender”>
<option value=”Boy”>I am a boy</option>
<option value=”Girl”>I am a girl</option>
</select><br/>

Which part of our WML tutorial do you like?<br/>
<select name=”favorite_tutorial_part” multiple=”true”>
<option value=”Part 1">Part 1</option>
<option value=”Part 2">Part 2</option>
<option value=”Part 3">Part 3</option>
<option value=”Part 4">Part 4</option>
</select><br/><br/>

<anchor>
<go method=”get” href=”processing.asp”>
<postfield name=”name” value=”$(myName)”/>
<postfield name=”gender” value=”$(myGender)”/>
<postfield name=”tutorial_part” value=”$(favorite_tutorial_part)”/>
<postfield name=”temp_id” value=”$(my_temp_id)”/>

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