HtmlForm::Enctype Property
Gets or sets the encoding type a browser uses when posting the form's data to the server.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
<asp:HtmlForm Enctype="String" />
Property Value
Type: System::StringA string that contains the encoding type. The default value is an empty string (""), indicating that the browser's default content type is used.
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.
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