Inserting a Design-Time Control

The HTML editor you use determines the steps that are necessary for inserting a control.

In most editors, you would find the correct menu option, such as Insert and then select the correct submenu option, such as Design-Time Control.
In Microsoft FrontPage 98 and Microsoft FrontPage 2000, you would select Insert Advanced Design-Time Control.
In Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev, you can insert Design-Time Controls through either the Insert menu or the SAS panel of the object palette.

Refer to the documentation for your HTML editor for more information about how to insert controls.

Accessing Control Properties

After you insert a control into the page, you need to access the Properties dialog in order to set the properties for the control.

Some HTML editors might automatically display the Properties dialog.
Others editors will require you to invoke the dialog by double-clicking on the control or selecting an option from the control's pop-up menu.
Access to the Properties dialog in Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev is provided through the property inspector for that object.

If you are unable to access the Properties dialog for the Design-Time Controls, please refer to the documentation for your HTML editor.

If you are using FrontPage 98, you must make sure that your paragraph tags are turned on; otherwise, the editor hides the Design-Time Control. Find the toolbar icon for paragraph tags and make sure that it is selected before you proceed. You must also apply a patch before you can use Design-Time Controls with FrontPage 98. For information about acquiring this patch, see the client requirements for Design-Time Controls.
When you bring up the pop-up menu for a Design-Time Control in FrontPage 98, you will see the option Properties listed twice. To access the preferred Properties dialog, choose the second of the two menu options. Choosing the first option displays a rudimentary properties list that is not as easy to understand as the tabbed properties dialog.