Are you going directly to the JSP page or are you going through an action? I suspect you are going through an action and you have 'validate="true"'. This would cause the page to be validated before it was actually submitted. So you could either go directly to a JSP or have 'validate="false"' and have a hidden field (like action) so you can tell whether or not to validate in the action itself.
David --- Greg Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've written a small login/password app using Struts > and Validator. > The client & server side validation is working well, > except for one > thing: the "required field" error messages (i.e. > User Name is required) > are displayed when the page is first displayed. > > I've attached the HTML that is generated when the > page is initially > displayed. > > Thanks, > Greg Wilson > > __________________________________________________ > Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > Donate cash, emergency relief information > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ <HR> <html lang="en"> <head> <title> VPNSC Login </title> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript1.1"> <!-- Begin var bCancel = false; function validateLoginForm(form) { if (bCancel) return true; else return validateRequired(form); } function required () { this.aa = new Array("userName", "User Name is required.", new Function ("varName", " return this[varName];")); this.ab = new Array("password", "Password is required.", new Function ("varName", " return this[varName];")); } function validateRequired(form) { var bValid = true; var focusField = null; var i = 0; var fields = new Array(); oRequired = new required(); for (x in oRequired) { if ((form[oRequired[x][0]].type == 'text' || form[oRequired[x][0]].type == 'textarea' || form[oRequired[x][0]].type == 'select' || form[oRequired[x][0]].type == 'radio' || form[oRequired[x][0]].type == 'password') && form[oRequired[x][0]].value == '') { if (i == 0) focusField = form[oRequired[x][0]]; fields[i++] = oRequired[x][1]; bValid = false; } } if (fields.length > 0) { focusField.focus(); alert(fields.join('\n')); } return bValid; } // End --> </SCRIPT> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> </head> <body> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <ul> <li><span style="color:red;">Password is required.</span></li> <li><span style="color:red;">User Name is required.</span></li> </ul><hr> </td> </tr> <form name="loginForm" method="POST" action="/vpnsc/verify.do" onsubmit="return validateLoginForm(this);"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <th align="right"> User name: </th> <td align="left"> <input type="text" name="userName" maxlength="16" size="16" value=""> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="right"> Password: </th> <td align="left"> <input type="password" name="password" maxlength="16" size="16" value=""> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Log In"> </td> <td align="left"> <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear"> </td> </tr> </table> </form> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.forms["loginForm"].elements["userName"].focus() // --> </script> </body> </html> __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
