yearSelectTag()

Description

Builds and returns a string containing a select form control for a range of years based on the supplied name.

Function Syntax

yearSelectTag(name [, selected, startYear, endYear, includeBlank, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel ])

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Default Description
name string Yes Name to populate in tag's name attribute.
selected date No [runtime expression] The year that should be selected initially.
startYear numeric No 2004 First year in select list.
endYear numeric No 2014 Last year in select list.
includeBlank any No false Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass true to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, "- Select One -").
label string No The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacement string No around Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control.
prepend string No String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
append string No String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
prependToLabel string No String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
appendToLabel string No String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.

Examples

<!--- view code --->
<cfoutput>
<p>#yearSelectTag(name="yearOfBirthday")#</p>
</cfoutput>