ENCTYPE Attribute | enctype

HTML (DHTML)

ENCTYPE Attribute | enctype Property

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Sets or retrieves the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) encoding for the form.

Syntax

HTML<FORM ENCTYPE = sType... >
ScriptingFORM.enctype(v) [ = sType ]

Possible Values

sTypeString that specifies or receives the format of the data being submitted by the form.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Remarks

The enctype property was introduced in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6. If backwards compatibility is required, use the encoding property.

Internet Explorer also recognizes multipart/form-data, which, along with a POST method, is required to submit a file upload to the server.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 3.2 Non-Microsoft link and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

FORM

See Also

action