DBI Forms User Manual Version 1.0 This manual is under development. As soon as it is ready, it will be posted to this web site. CREATING A NEW FORM ------------------- Run the program "/cgi-bin/DBIforms/insert.pl" Click on the link labeled: Click Here to insert new records for form "MKPAGE" This will prompt you to enter the following information: Form Name: NO DEFAULT VALUE PROVIDED Enter a unique name which will be used to identify this form Page Title: NO DEFAULT VALUE PROVIDED Enter a title which will be displayed at the top of the form Contact Name: NO DEFAULT VALUE PROVIDED Enter the name of the person who will be responsible for questions about this form Contact E-mail Address: NO DEFAULT VALUE PROVIDED Enter the email address of the person who will be responsible for questions about this form Page Background Color: DEFAULT VALUE = white Enter a color to be used as the background color of this form Link Color: DEFAULT VALUE = blue Enter a color to be used as the color for all hypertext links on this form Active Link Color: DEFAULT VALUE = yellow Enter a color to be used as the color for active hypertext links on this form Viewed Link Color: DEFAULT VALUE = red Enter a color to be used as the color for viewed hypertext links on this form Table Background Color: DEFAULT VALUE = lightyellow Enter a color to be used as the background color for tables Table Header Background Color: DEFAULT VALUE = lightblue Enter a color to be used as the background color for header cells in tables Base Font Color: DEFAULT VALUE = black Enter a color to be used as the base font color. This is the color of all text outside of a table. Table Header Font Color: DEFAULT VALUE = darkblue Enter a color to be used as the table header font color. This is the color of text which appears in table header cells. Table Cell Font Color: DEFAULT VALUE = black Enter a color to be used as the table cell font color. This is the color of text which appears in table data cells. Base Font Size: DEFAULT VALUE = 4 Enter a font size which will be used as the font size of all text outside of a table. Table Header Font Size: DEFAULT VALUE = 4 Enter a font size which will be used as the font size of text which appears in a table header cell. Table Cell Font Size: DEFAULT VALUE = 3 Enter a font size which will be used as the font size of text which appears in a table data cell. Table Cell Spacing: DEFAULT VALUE = 0 Enter the number of pixels which will separate each table cell. Table Cell Padding: DEFAULT VALUE = 10 Enter the number of pixels which will pad the table cell data from the table cell wall. Form Action: NO DEFAULT VALUE PROVIDED This value is not implemented Form Method: DEFAULT VALUE = GET Enter the CGI form method to use for transfering information between CGI programs. When you have finished entering the information for your new form, click the button labeled "Submit". This will cause the data you entered to be inserted into an SQL record in the database.