Hi Dan,
I would also consider using AJAX for your validation. Check out
Adobe's Spry framework:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/
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On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Dan Stein wrote:
Thanks that should get me where I need to be. A good base to work from
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From: Ben Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:09:16 -0700
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: JS Form Validation
Take II
<pre>
<FORM NAME="theForm" onSubmit="return validateForm(this);"
METHOD=POST ACTION="<@CGI><@APPFILE>">
Field1 = <INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=25 NAME="field1"><br>
<span id="field2Label" style="color: Green;">Field2</span> = (max 5
chars) <INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=25 NAME="field2">
<P>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
<INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE=Reset>
</FORM>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin JavaScript
function validateForm(formObj)
{
if (formObj.field1.value == "")
{
alert("field1 is blank");
formObj.field1.focus();
return false;
}
if (formObj.field2.value.length > 5)
{
//alert("field2 is longer than 5 chars");
fieldLabel = document.getElementById("field2Label");
fieldLabel.style.color = "Red";
formObj.field2.focus();
return false;
}
}
// -- End JavaScript -->
</SCRIPT>
</pre>
On Mar 30, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Dan Stein wrote:
I guess if no one has something they have found to work well I will
do that.
I have done some searching so far just found stuff that puts up an
alert
where I really would prefer the color coding of the missing fields.
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to me,
we're all running at the same speed and heading towards the same
destination. The only "winners" are the ones who've made the world a
better
place for having been here.'
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From: Ben Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:43:26 -0700
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: JS Form Validation
Honestly Dan you need to crack open Google on JS some
Here is sample
<pre>
<FORM NAME="theForm" onSubmit="return validateForm(this);"
METHOD=POST ACTION="<@CGI><@APPFILE>">
Field1 = <INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=25 NAME="field1"><br>
Field2 = (max 5 chars) <INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=25 NAME="field2">
<P>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
<INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE=Reset>
</FORM>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin JavaScript
function validateForm(formObj)
{
if (formObj.field1.value == "")
{
alert("field1 is blank");
formObj.field1.focus();
return false;
}
if (formObj.field2.value.length > 5)
{
alert("field2 is longer than 5 chars");
formObj.field2.focus();
return false;
}
}
// -- End JavaScript -->
</SCRIPT>
</pre>
Ben
On Mar 30, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Dan Stein wrote:
Ben that sounds good but don't I still need some sample code to use?
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From: Ben Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:31:42 -0700
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: JS Form Validation
What i do to alleviate that is use the JS core checks on client
side
and server side JS, that way I get most bang for buck on JS code
and
i dont have to have rules in both JS and Witango (or PHP ;-)
Ben
On Mar 30, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Alan Wolfe wrote:
Client side validation is good but not fool proof. I worked on a
witango project for a couple of years where there was a time
when we
relied exclusively on client side checking and it worked 99% of the
time, but that last 1% of users hitting errors started to add up.
IMO server side checks are a must have and client side checks are a
nicety.
On 3/30/07, Dan Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I need to find a good JS form validation that I can use to
validate
a form
before it is entered so I don't have to trap for things with
Witango. This
site uses SHTML for most of the functions.
I prefer a validation that someone know will work even though the
action is
to a taf file and hopefully one that just brings back the form
with
the
missing fields in red.
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