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monthSelectTag()

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

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	Yes		Name to populate in tag's name attribute.
selected	string	No		The month that should be selected initially.
monthDisplay	string	No	names	Pass in names, numbers, or abbreviations to control display.
monthNames	string	No	January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December	[see:dateSelect].
monthAbbreviations	string	No	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	[see:dateSelect].
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. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prepend	string	No		String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append	string	No		String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel	string	No		String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel	string	No		String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
encode	any	No	true	When set to `true`, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to `attributes` to only encode attribute values and not tag content.

// This "Tag" version of the function accepts a `name` and `selected` instead of binding to a model object 
<cfoutput>
    #monthSelectTag(name="monthOfBirthday", selected=params.monthOfBirthday)#
</cfoutput>