Yes, Luca, you are right. Eric Baumier helped me with that issue; we also found that there where a couple of bugs around at that time, but the main problem was that I was missing the root element.
a. -=(-----Original Message----- -=(From: Luca Fossato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -=(Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:53 AM -=(To: Alberto Bolchini -=(Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=(Subject: Re: RE : [dbforms] Validator Framework -=( -=( -=(Hi Alberto, -=( -=(I had the same problem... -=( -=(I resolved it adding the "<form-validation>" element as the "root -=(element" of the validation.xml file. -=(Note that the dbforms guide gives the following information -=((page 91): -=( -=(--- cut here --- --- cut here --- --- cut here --- -=( -=(14.5. Building the Validation.xml file -=( -=(In a previous section, we defined that our (dbform) form would be -=(associated to an [entry] called 'bugs'. The 'bugs' form contained a -=(single textField entry (referring to 'title'). Let's take a -=(look at the -=(resulting Validation.xml file: -=( -=(<formset> -=(<form name="bugs"> -=(<field property="title" depends="required,mask,maxlength"> -=( <msg name="required" key="errors.required" resource="true"/> -=( <arg0 name="required" key="bugsForm.title.displayname" -=(resource="true"/> -=( -=( <msg name="mask" key="bugsForm.error.title.mask" -=(resource="true"/> -=( -=( <msg name="maxlength" key="errors.maxlength" -=(resource="true"/> -=( <arg0 name="maxlength" key="bugsForm.title.displayname" -=(resource="true"/> -=( <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" -=(resource="false"/> -=( <var> -=( <var-name>mask</var-name> -=( <var-value>^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9\s]*$</var-value> -=( </var> -=( <var> -=( <var-name>maxlength</var-name> -=( <var-value>10</var-value> -=( </var> -=( </field> -=( </form> -=( </formset> -=( -=(--- cut here ------ cut here ------ cut here --- -=( -=(I follow this example to set up the DbForms validation -=(features, and it -=(didn't work. -=(Then I watched the validation.xml of the bugtracker example and I -=(noticed that it starts with: -=( -=(<form-validation> -=( <global> -=( ... -=( <formset> -=( ... -=( -=(So, I simply added the <form-validation> element to the -=(configuration -=(taken from the dbforms guide example. -=(The validation framework now works. -=( -=(Luca -=( -=( -=( -=( -=( -=( -=(Alberto Bolchini wrote: -=( -=(>Thanx Eric. -=(> -=(>How about the missing javascript, why do you think I keep -=(on missing it? -=(>I now have a call to validateAdministrator(this); in the -=(onSubmit form -=(>event, though I cannot get the function definition based on the -=(>validation.xml file, I only get the -=(>// End --> -=(></SCRIPT> -=(>from the results.append(getJavascriptEnd()); call. -=(> -=(> -=(> -=( -=( ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy >>> http://thinkgeek.com/sf <<< _______________________________________________ DbForms Mailing List http://www.wap-force.net/dbforms
