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One server-side form tag and multiple client HTML form elements
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Multiple HTML Forms</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pageContent">
<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<h2>Any collection of controls here</h2>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
<h3>This represents an ordinary ASP.NET page</h3>
</div>
</form>
</td>
<td valign="top" align="right" >
<form method="post" action="search.aspx">
<h3>Search Box</h3>
<table>
<tr >
<td>Keyword</td>
<td><input type="text" id="Keyword" name="Keyword" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="submit" id="StartSearch" value="Search" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
File: NextPage.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="NextPage.aspx.cs"
Inherits="NextPage" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Search Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div id="pageContent">
<h1>Searching for...
<asp:Label ID="KeywordBeingUsed" runat="server" ForeColor="blue"></asp:Label></h1>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: NextPage.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class NextPage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string textToSearch = Request.Form["Keyword"].ToString();
KeywordBeingUsed.Text = textToSearch;
}
}
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