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TEXT creates a text entry field (the most popular type of data entry field):
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<FORM ACTION="../cgi-bin/mycgi.pl">
name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="realname">
<P><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="submit">
</FORM>
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TEXT is the default input type (if you want a text field, you don't even need to use
the TYPE attribute).
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<FORM ACTION="../cgi-bin/mycgi.pl">
<!-- Note absence of TYPE attribute -->
name: <INPUT NAME="realname">
<P><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="submit">
</FORM>
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The behavior of TEXT fields can be modified
using these attributes:
VALUE: set an initial value for the field
SIZE: how wide the field should be
MAXLENGTH: the maximum number of characters the user can enter
