ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using the ASP.NET FormParameter Object

The FormParameter object represents a form field submitted to the server. Typically, you never work directly with browser form fields because their functionality is encapsulated in the ASP.NET form controls.

The page in Listing 9.20 contains a client-side HTML form that enables you to enter a movie title and director. When the form is submitted to the server, the values of the form fields are saved to the Movies database table (see Figure 9.13).

Figure 9.13. Using a client-side HTML form.

Listing 9.20. ShowFormParameter.aspx

You check whether a form field named AddMovie exists in the Page_Load() method. ...