Ramon (and others who might ever face such a challenge), while all the suggestions so far are good ones, still one more that may suit your needs would be to change CF's validation to happen when the user leaves the field, rather than waiting until they submit the form.
That's now an option, as of CF 7, though many missed the change. There's a new ValidateAt attribute, and the values are onsubmit, onblur, and onserver. You can specify multiples (including all 3) by separating them with commas. OnBlur is the one that enables the new behavior to validate when they leave (the term "blur" refers to leaving a field, as opposed to giving "focus", or moving the cursor, to a field). For those who may be curious, the OnServer form of validation does the work of creating the hidden fields for the old-style server validation. Hope that may help someone. /charlie BTW, I don't say this at all to discourage people considering the other options, all of which are useful and have their place. Just pointing out this change in the built-in features. I did an article in my back page "TipicalCharlie" column in the FAQU a few issues ago (Vol ii Issue ii, "CFFORM: Are You Sure You Want to Ignore It?") where I highlighted this and many other enhancements in CFFORM that may warrant giving it some renewed attention. Still, I do realize that those using other solutions find them to offer even more power. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ecung II,Ramon J Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [houcfug] CFFORM Question 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
