Where to put Form tag

I have pages that are identical except for the middle of the page to the 
right where I do all my work.

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table>
   <tr>
     <td>
         <table>
            <tr>
               <td>
                  <form>
                     <asp:...>
                     <asp:...>
                     ...
                 </form
               </td>
           </tr>
        </table>
     </td>
   </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

This works fine.

But now I need to add an <asp:Label> and maybe an <asp:textbox> just below 
the <body> tag.

Do I need to move the <form> to just after the <body> and the </form> to 
just before the </body>?

There is a lot of objects such as images and flash that will now be inside 
the forms tag.

Is this going to be a problem?  Will it slow the page down doing this?

Thanks,

Tom

Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:48:44 -0700 Author:

Re: Where to put Form tag

Hi Tom


> Do I need to move the <form> to just after the <body> and the </form> to 
> just before the </body>?

Yes, as the autogenerated Site looks like in Visual Studio.
The whole Event System with the serverside controls build on the form
and needs them around.

[...]
<body>
<form....>
    [All other Content goes here]
</form>
</body>
[...]

-- 
Gruss, Peter Bucher
Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland
http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community
http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET

Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:22:08 +0200 Author:

Re: Where to put Form tag

Yes, you should adjust the form tags as you specified.
It's ok that a lot of other stuff will be in the form tags.  If these 
elements are not marked as runat="server" then they will have no effect on 
performance.

-- 
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net


"tshad"  wrote in message 
news:%232644ot0HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>I have pages that are identical except for the middle of the page to the 
>right where I do all my work.
>
> <html>
> <head>
> </head>
> <body>
> <table>
>   <tr>
>     <td>
>         <table>
>            <tr>
>               <td>
>                  <form>
>                     <asp:...>
>                     <asp:...>
>                     ...
>                 </form
>               </td>
>           </tr>
>        </table>
>     </td>
>   </tr>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> This works fine.
>
> But now I need to add an <asp:Label> and maybe an <asp:textbox> just below 
> the <body> tag.
>
> Do I need to move the <form> to just after the <body> and the </form> to 
> just before the </body>?
>
> There is a lot of objects such as images and flash that will now be inside 
> the forms tag.
>
> Is this going to be a problem?  Will it slow the page down doing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>

Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:09:27 -0700 Author:

Re: Where to put Form tag

That was what I figured,

Thanks,

Tom
"Peter Bucher [MVP]"  wrote in message 
news:OKxGw7t0HHA.5408@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hi Tom
>
>> Do I need to move the <form> to just after the <body> and the </form> to 
>> just before the </body>?
> Yes, as the autogenerated Site looks like in Visual Studio.
> The whole Event System with the serverside controls build on the form
> and needs them around.
>
> [...]
> <body>
> <form....>
>    [All other Content goes here]
> </form>
> </body>
> [...]
>
> -- 
> Gruss, Peter Bucher
> Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland
> http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community
> http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET

Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:34:24 -0700 Author:

Re: Where to put Form tag

"Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]"  wrote in 
message news:5D6A7477-A600-4B77-BB0E-FF8BCFD5EE14@microsoft.com...

> Yes, you should adjust the form tags as you specified.
> It's ok that a lot of other stuff will be in the form tags.  If these 
> elements are not marked as runat="server" then they will have no effect on 
> performance.
>


That makes sense.

I was always used to building my look and feel first and then started 
putting my <form> tag around the area where my asp objects were which as 
usually a cell in a table.

If there is no drawback that putting the form right after the body makes 
more sense as it doesn't matter where on the page that I put some object 
that may be outside of my normal work area.

Thanks,

Tom

> -- 
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr,
> MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
> http://SteveOrr.net
>
>
> "tshad"  wrote in message 
> news:%232644ot0HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have pages that are identical except for the middle of the page to the 
>>right where I do all my work.
>>
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <table>
>>   <tr>
>>     <td>
>>         <table>
>>            <tr>
>>               <td>
>>                  <form>
>>                     <asp:...>
>>                     <asp:...>
>>                     ...
>>                 </form
>>               </td>
>>           </tr>
>>        </table>
>>     </td>
>>   </tr>
>> </table>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> This works fine.
>>
>> But now I need to add an <asp:Label> and maybe an <asp:textbox> just 
>> below the <body> tag.
>>
>> Do I need to move the <form> to just after the <body> and the </form> to 
>> just before the </body>?
>>
>> There is a lot of objects such as images and flash that will now be 
>> inside the forms tag.
>>
>> Is this going to be a problem?  Will it slow the page down doing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>

Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:37:47 -0700 Author: