Try this. Shot in the dark.
<script>
function savedata()
{
mytopic=document.header.topic_list.options[document.header.topic_list.select
edIndex].value;
if(mytopic=='FC'){
alert(mytopic)
alert("Please choose topic code.");
}
else
return true;
}
</script>
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to abort a program in JS
Aprogram checks a variable's value and has to abort the process if the
value is ''FC. The same page should be displayed to let a user to change
the value. How to do it? My program continues excution afte an alert box is
closed
<script>
function savedata()
{
<cfoutput>
mytopic=document.header.topic_list.options[document.header.topic_list.select
edIndex].value;</cfoutput>
if(mytopic=='FC')
alert(mytopic)
alert("Please choose topic code.");
}
</script>
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