32.5. Posting Back to the Web Server
This simple HTML page is executing all functionality within the hosting browser. A real web page needs to post back to a resource on the web server, passing all of the input data at the same time. Once the server side resource receives this data, it can use it to build a proper HTTP response.
The action attribute on the opening <form> tag specifies the recipient of the incoming form data. Possible receivers include mail servers, other HTML files on the web server, a classic (COM-based) Active Server Pages (ASP) file, an ASP.NET web page, and so forth.
Beyond the action attribute, you will also likely have a submit button, which when clicked, will transmit the form data to the web application via an HTTP request. ...
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