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FORM

<FORM
ACTION=url
METHOD=GET|POST
onSubmit=event
TARGET=window>
</FORM>

Denotes a form. The end-tag is required.

ACTION=url

Specifies the address to be used to carry out the action of the form. If none is specified, the base URL of the document is used.

METHOD=GET|POST

Indicates how the form data should be sent to the server. The default is GET.

GET	Appends the arguments to the action URL and opens it as if it were an anchor.
POST	Sends the data via an HTTP post transaction.

onSubmit=event

References an event, possibly a script statement such as a VBScript functional call, when the form is sent to the server.

TARGET=window

Specifies to load the results of the form submission into the targeted window. The window can be one of these values:

window	Specifies to load the link into the targeted window. The window must begin with an alphanumeric character to be valid, except for the following four target windows:
blank	Load the link into a new blank window. This window is not named.
parent	Load the link into the immediate parent of the document the link is in.
self	Load the link into the same window the link was clicked in.
top	Load the link into the full body of the window.

Example

<FORM TARGET="viewer" ACTION="http://www.sample.com/bin/search">
    ...
</FORM>

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