This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

HtmlForm::Method Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates how a browser posts form data to the server for processing.

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

public:
property String^ Method {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
<asp:HtmlForm Method="String" />

Property Value

Type: System::String
A string that indicates how a browser posts form data to the server. The default value is POST.

Use this property to specify how the browser sends form data to the server for processing. The two common methods supported by all browsers are GET and POST.

Caution noteCaution

You can override the default value of this property and use the GET method instead of POST. However, because GET requests are limited in how much data they can include, using the GET method can, in some cases, cause the postback and state management capabilities provided by the ASP.NET page framework to fail.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Method property to specify that form data is posted back to the server.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

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

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.
Show: