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HtmlForm.Enctype Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets or sets the encoding type a browser uses when posting the form's data to the server.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

C++

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public string Enctype { get; set; }

ASP.NET

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<asp:HtmlForm Enctype="String" />

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string that contains the encoding type. The default value is an empty string (""), indicating that the browser's default content type is used.

Remarks

Use the Enctype property to specify the encoding type a browser uses to post data back to the server.

The following table shows the common encoding types.

Encoding type	Description
application/x-www-form-urlencoded	Form data is encoded as name/value pairs. This is the standard encoding format.
multipart/form-data	Form data is encoded as a message with a separate part for each control on the page.
text/plain	Form data is encoded in plain text, without any control or formatting characters.

For more information on encoding types, see the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C Web site.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Enctype property to specify the encoding type the browser uses to send data back to the server.

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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

    protected void AddButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        int Answer;

        // Calculate and display the result.
        Answer = Convert.ToInt32(Value1.Value) + Convert.ToInt32(Value2.Value);
        AnswerMessage.InnerHtml = Answer.ToString();

    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > 
<head>
  <title>HtmlForm Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form method="Post"
         enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 
         runat="server" id="myform">

      <h3> HtmlForm Example </h3>

      <table>
         <tr>
            <td colspan="5">
               Enter integer values into the text boxes. <br />
               Click the Add button to add the two values. <br />
               Click the Reset button to reset the text boxes.
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td colspan="5">
               &nbsp;
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr align="center">
            <td>
               <input id="Value1"
                      type="Text"
                      size="2"
                      maxlength="3"
                      value="1"
                      runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td>
               + 
            </td>
            <td>
               <input id="Value2"
                      type="Text"
                      size="2"
                      maxlength="3"
                      value="1"
                      runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td>
               =
            </td>
            <td>
               <span id="AnswerMessage"
                     runat="server"/>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td colspan="2">
               <asp:RequiredFieldValidator
                    ID="Value1RequiredValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value1"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter a value.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>

               <asp:CompareValidator
                    ID="Value1MinCompareValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value1"
                    Operator="LessThan"
                    Type="Integer"
                    ValueToCompare="100"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer less than 100.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>

               <asp:CompareValidator
                    ID="Value1MaxCompareValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value1"
                    Operator="GreaterThan"
                    Type="Integer"
                    ValueToCompare="0"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer greater than 0.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td colspan="2">
               <asp:RequiredFieldValidator
                    ID="Value2RequiredValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value2"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter a value.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>

               <asp:CompareValidator
                    ID="Value2MinCompareValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value2"
                    Operator="LessThan"
                    Type="Integer"
                    ValueToCompare="100"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer less than 100.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>

               <asp:CompareValidator
                    ID="Value2MaxCompareValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="Value2"
                    Operator="GreaterThan"
                    Type="Integer"
                    ValueToCompare="0"
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer greater than 0.<br />"
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    runat="server"/>

            </td>
            <td>
               &nbsp;
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr align="center">
            <td colspan="4">
               <input type="Submit"
                      name="AddButton"
                      value="Add"
                      onserverclick="AddButton_Click"
                      runat="server"/>

               &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

               <input type="Reset"
                      name="AddButton"
                      value="Reset"
                      runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td>
               &nbsp;
            </td>
         </tr>
      </table>

   </form>
</body>
</html>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

HtmlForm Class

System.Web.UI.HtmlControls Namespace

Method

Other Resources

HTML Server Controls

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