By server side messaging you mean _Required hidden fields or something else?
<Ajas Mohammed /> http://ajashadi.blogspot.com We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. You can't improve what you don't measure. Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Ecung II,Ramon J <[email protected]>wrote: > Awesome. I completely forgot about the server side messaging because the > CFForm validation never let me get to that point with any malformed data. > I'll just use that and forget about the javascript validation. If I had more > time I'd probably do something with jQuery. > > > > Thanks guys. > > > > Ramon Ecung, BS, ACHDS, MCP > > 713-794-4273 | [email protected] | Unit 421 > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Aaron Rouse > *Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 6:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [houcfug] Re: CFFORM Question > > > > For something like this I tend to use a combination of libraries. Offhand > I'd probably end up using qForms(yes, I know, old school) and Spry, Spry to > divide the thing up into sections and qForms for its validation. For some > reason jQuery's form validation has just not bought me as a user but > probably because I have made so many custom functions to work with qForms > over the years that just not been a need to change my validation methods. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Chris Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are my hero! That is cool stuff. I've been doing much less in CF and > more in Grails these days, and it's great to remember that Javascript does a > lot of cool stuff like that. Grails comes with support for prototype and > YUI. I will check if there is a plugin for jQuery, too. By support, I mean > that there are Grails tags (e.g. AJAX) that will adapt themselves to > generate client code compatible with the Javascript library of your choice, > requiring nothing more than telling Grails which library you're using. > > Thanks! > Chris > > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Ken Auenson, II <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ramon, > > The built-in features in CFForm are good for the majority of use cases when > you are dealing with simple forms, but when you start dealing with trying to > customize the javascript features, it is sometimes better to look elsewhere. > > I personally use jQuery for all of my JS functionality these days and there > are great form validation functionalities built in. > http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation > > This allows the "this field required" text to be placed next to the form > element when the user attempts to submit the form, instead of in one large > pop-up. > (try the demo on that page) > > hope this helps! > > -- > Ken Auenson > > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Ecung II,Ramon J <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey, I've got a quick question. I have a form with about 200 questions on > it with all of the questions being required. > > > > Right now if a user doesn't input any data and just hits submit, an alert > box pops up that is too large for the screen. Does anyone have any ideas > about how make this more user-friendly? > > > > Ramon Ecung, BS, ACHDS, MCP > > Support Services Analyst - Web Application Developer > > Division of Cancer Medicine - FC10.2005 > > 713-794-4273 | [email protected] | Unit 421 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Aaron Rouse > http://www.happyhacker.com/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
