Thank you very much. I wanted to avoid rolling my own validation for some 30 fields. Sometimes CF makes me lazy... errr... I mean productive.
G! On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Azadi Saryev <[email protected]> wrote: > > when you use cfform, cf automatically creates a js function named > _CF_Check[your cfform's NAME attribute value] to validate your form, and > adds the onsubmit attribute to the form tag. i guess it overwrites any > onsubmit you put in the tag while doing this... > one way i managed to have custom validation work with cfform is to NOT > use a SUBMIT button, but a regular button that fires off a custom > validation js function and calls submit() at the end if the form validates. > if you ALSO want to use cf's built-in validation alongside your custom > validation, just call the _CF_Check[you form's name] function at the end > of your custom validation function - iirc the cf's autogenerated js > validation already includes the submit() part... > > Azadi Saryev > Sabai-dee.com > http://www.sabai-dee.com/ > > > > Gerald Guido wrote: > > Anyone seen this before? > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Gerald Guido <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> I have some custom validation code that I want to include using onsubmit > on > >> CFForm and the validation function is not being called > >> > >> I am calling it like this > >> <cfform action="#script_name#" method="post" enablecab="no" > name="Myform" > >> onsubmit="return(checkForm(this) && false);"> > >> > >> But the rendered HTML looks like this. > >> > >> <form name="Myform" action="/OKGEARUP/EventAdmin/events.cfm" > method="post" > >> onsubmit="return _CF_checkMyform(this)"> > >> > >> This is the first time I mixed regular JS with CFform. I RTFM and I am > not > >> seeing anything about problems with Mix and match > >> > >> Am I missing something here? > >> > >> As always TIA. > >> > >> G! > >> -- > >> Gerald Guido > >> http://www.myinternetisbroken.com > >> > >> > >> "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." > >> -- Thomas A. Edison > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
