Sets or retrieves the MIME encoding for the form.
Syntax
| HTML | <FORM ENCTYPE
= sType... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | [ sType = ] FORM.enctype [ = v ] |
|---|
Possible Values
| sType | String 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.
Windows Internet Explorer also recognizes "multipart/form-data," which is required, by using a POST method, to submit a file upload to the server.
In Internet Explorer 6 and later, enctype sets or retrieves the MIME encoding for the form.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
HTML 3.2 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
See Also
action