Hi, I am a new user to Struts, using 1.1. I am trying to use the javascript
validation and not having much luck. I am trying to model after an example found in
the Chuck Cavaness's book, but I am not sure if I have all the working pieces
connected correctly:
1) my form (contactForm) extends ValidatorForm.
2) struts-config.xm entry for validator
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation-rules.xml" />
</plug-in>
3) validation.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator Rules Configuration
1.0//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_0.dtd";>
<form-validation>
<global>
<constant>
<constant-name>zip</constant-name>
<constant-value>^\d{5}</constant-value>
</constant>
</global>
<formset>
<form name="contactForm">
<field property="firstName" depends="required">
<arg0 key="First Name" resource="false"/>
</field>
<field property="lastName" depends="required">
<arg0 key="Last Name" resource="false"/>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>
4) validation-rules.xml pulled from struts downloaded distribution
5) form tag from page - <html:form action="<%=formName%>" method="post"
focus="firstName" onsubmit="return validateContactForm(this);">
6) added errors.required={0} is required. to my resources.
Problem: the javascript validation functions are included but validateContactForm()
function is not generated. When I manually add that in to call something like
validateRequired, I don't get the error messages. From what I read in the book, the
validateXXXX for the form should have been automatically generated.
What do I have wrong?
