JavaScript Valadation

crmayer · Dec 2, 2002

I am using frontpage 2000 to design an online application and I am running into a problem with the validation on some fields. I am using the frontpage validator and everything was working fine. Then I wanted to modify the javascript to force a user to fill in a field if asnwered yes to a radio button. When I try to do this in frontpage, it does not show me the javascript for this function, I think Frontpage names it "FrontPage_Form1_Validator(theForm)". If I upload my page to our unix server and edit the file there, the Validator function is there, but it will not show it in frontpage. The problem is if I edit it on the unix side, then pull the file back down to my pc and open it in frontpage, the code I changed gets wiped out. Is there a way to have frontpage display this code/javascript? The javascripts that I manually added are there, but not the one created by FrontPage?

Any Ideas or help on this?

Craigieboy · Dec 12, 2002

Hey

My advice would be ditch FrontPage validation because it's rubbish.

You can use client side validation (JavaScript) or server side validation (Active Server Pages). Probably use JavaScript client side as it cuts down on the number of times you need to make a call to the web server.

Join the Tek-Tips JavaScript forum and start searching for forms validation. There are loads and loads of examples - I've used a few myself in my time. All you would need to do is stick the JavaScript into the <head> of your page within a function, then call that function with an onSubmit command from within your <form> tag.

Hope this helps,
Craigieboy

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