Just floating an idea. In Validator, to use different formats for different locales, you need to create entirely new <formset>s. Since validator can accept multiple config files, then we can just have one config per locale, and it all works out okay, kinda. However, we already have a set of locale-specific files - the message resources. What do you think of placing the validation formats in the locale-specific message resource file?
So instead of multiple validation config files containing the same rules for the same field: <field property="birth" depends="required,date"> <arg0 key="employeeform.birth.displayname"/> <var> <var-name>datePatternStrict</var-name> <var-value>MM/dd/yyyy</var-value> </var> </field> We can have one validation config with one entry for our one field: <field property="birth" depends="required,date"> <arg0 key="employeeform.birth.displayname"/> <var> <var-name>datePatternStrict</var-name> <var-value key="myForm.birth.validationPattern"/> </var> </field> When a different locale is being used, the locale's message resource file will contain the locale-specific validation pattern. This way, we won't need multiple locale-specific files and the repetition of information is greatly reduced. Granted it's not a one-size-fits-all solution (some locales may require add'l address fields), so for those cases the existing multiple-config file will have to do. Like I said, just floating an idea. Hubert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]