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JavaScript Validate Working in IE but not FF

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pirigyi

pirigyi

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Apr 26, 2001
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Hi,

My script seems to be working just fine in IE, but not in firefox. Any suggestions on how to fix? I stripped a lot of the HTML, but I copied in the JS script from the header and the form info.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike


<body>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function checkFields() {

missinginfo = "";

if (document.theForm.Reason_Contact.value == "0") {

missinginfo += "\n - Reason For Contact";

}

if (document.theForm.realname.value == "") {

missinginfo += "\n - Name";

}

if (document.theForm.Address.value == "") {

missinginfo += "\n - Address";

}

if (document.theForm.City.value == "") {

missinginfo += "\n - Town / City";

}

if (document.theForm.State.value == "0") {

missinginfo += "\n - State or Province";

}

if (document.theForm.Postal_Code.value == "") {

missinginfo += "\n - Zip / Postal Code";

}

if (document.theForm.Country.value == "0") {

missinginfo += "\n - Country";

}

if ((document.theForm.email.value == "") ||

(document.theForm.email.value.indexOf('@') == -1) ||

(document.theForm.email.value.indexOf('.') == -1)) {

missinginfo += "\n - Email address";

}

if (!(theForm.Contact_Preference[0].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[1].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[2].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[3].checked)) {

missinginfo += "\n - Contact Preference";

}



if (missinginfo != "") {

missinginfo ="_____________________________\n" +

"You failed to correctly fill in your:\n" +

missinginfo + "\n_____________________________" +

"\nPlease re-enter and submit again!";

alert(missinginfo);

return false;

}

else return true;

}


// End -->

</script>

<!-- End Verify Fields //-->


<form name="theForm" method="post" action="cgi-bin/formmail/FormMail.pl" onSubmit="return checkFields();">

<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="XXX">

<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Online Assistance">



<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="


<table width="95%" border="0">

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font> <b>Reason

for Contact:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="8" CLASS="Text1"> <select name="Reason_Contact" id="select3" class="S3" width="235px">

<option value="0" selected>Click Here to Select</option>

<option value="Request Free Literature">Request Free Literature</option>

<option value="Have a Representative Contact Me">Have a

Representative Contact Me</option>

<option value="Have a Technician Contact Me">Have a Technician Contact Me</option>

<option value="Web Site Related Inquiry">Web Site Related Inquiry</option>

<option value="Presale Inquiry">Presale Inquiry</option>

<option value="Post Sale Inquiry">Post Sale Inquiry</option>

<option value="General Inquiry">General Inquiry</option>

</select> <br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="8">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font><b> Full

Name:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="20" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="realname" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="20">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b>Company:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Company" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b>Title:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Title" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" class="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font> <b>Address:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" class="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Address" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> </td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" class="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Address2" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">* </font><b>Town/City:</b></td>

<td>&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="City" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font> <b>State

or Province:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <select name="State" id="select51">
<OPTION selected value="0" >Select State or Province
<OPTION value="0" >---USA---
<OPTION value="Alabama" >Alabama
<OPTION value="Alaska" >Alaska
</select> <br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">* </font><b>Zip

/ Postal Code:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Postal_Code" size="15" maxlength="15">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font><b> Country:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="17" CLASS="Text1"> <select name="Country" id="select52">
<option value="0" selected>Choose Country </option>
<option value="United States">United States </option>
<option value="Canada">Canada </option>
</select> <br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="17">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b>Phone:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="13" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Phone" size="20" maxlength="20">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="13">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b>Fax:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="10" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="Fax" size="20" maxlength="20">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="10">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><font color="#FF0000">*</font><b> Email:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="6" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="text" name="email" size="33" maxlength="200">

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="6">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b><font color="#FF0000">* </font><b></b>Contact

Preference:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" height="65" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="radio" name="Contact_Preference" value="Email">

&nbsp;Email <br> <input type="radio" name="Contact_Preference" value="Fax">

&nbsp;Fax <br> <input type="radio" name="Contact_Preference" value="Phone">

&nbsp;Phone <br> <input type="radio" name="Contact_Preference" value="Do not contact">

&nbsp;Please do not contact me<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="65">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="2" CLASS="Text1"><b>Product Line:</b><br>

Please choose one or more products from the list below.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1" height="15"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Compactstar">

Compactstar</td>

<td width="46%" class="Text1" height="15"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Portastar">

Portastar</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Starlet">

Starlet</td>

<td width="46%" class="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="SN50">

SN50</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Turbostar">

Turbostar</td>

<td width="46%" class="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="SN81">

SN81</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Twinstar">

Twinstar</td>

<td width="46%" class="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="SN101">

SN101</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1" height="9"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Mobilstar">

Mobilstar</td>

<td width="46%" height="9" class="Text1"> <input type="checkbox" name="Product_Selections" value="Not Sure">

I'm not really sure...</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1" height="3"><br> </td>

<td width="46%" height="2" class="Text1">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"><b>Comments / Special Instructions:</b></td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%" CLASS="Text1"> <textarea cols="40" rows="8" name="Comments"></textarea>

<br> <br> </td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%">&nbsp;</td>

<td width="46%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="54%"> <a href="javascript:Validate()"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="email"> <input type="hidden" name="env_report" value="HTTP_USER_AGENT,HTTP_REFERER">

<input type="hidden" name="print_config" value="realname,email">

<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="order:env_report,realname,Reason_Contact,Company,Title,Address,Address2,City,State,Postal_Code,Country,Phone,Fax,email,Contact_Preference,Product_Selections,Comments">


</body>

</html>
 
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You need to reference your form data differently.

You have:
Code: 
document.theForm.realname.value

That is not standard compliant and FF doesn't recognize that syntax. Instead do this:

Code: 
document.forms["theForm"].elements["realname"].value

Syntax is document.forms["formName"].elements["elementName"].value


You can do that, or you can put id tags on each element and reference the element's value like this:

Code: 
document.getElementById("elementId").value

I prefer the second method, but either way is acceptable.

<.

 
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Thanks for the info.

I wasn't using the document. reference here (w/ radio buttons) and there's a [#] included with the element name. What would be the proper syntax here?


if (!(theForm.Contact_Preference[0].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[1].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[2].checked ||

theForm.Contact_Preference[3].checked)) {

missinginfo += "\n - Contact Preference";

}


Also, I have made the changes but there seems to be a FF issue with the Submit button. It actually has what appears to be a hyperlink on the word Submit. I click it and it does nothing. In IE works fine. I guess I'm not calling the function properly?

Thanks,
Mike
 
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I see you have an anchor tag around the submit button:

Code: 
[!]<a href="javascript:Validate()">[/!]<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">[!]</a>[/!]
That anchor tag is calling a javascript function that doesn't even exist. Erase that anchor tag entirely.

Code: 
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">


And this is how you would reference the radio buttons:

Code: 
document.forms["theForm"].elements["Contact_Preference"][2].checked

<.

 
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Doh!! That was a real bonehead thing to do! Thanks for your help!

-Mike
 
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If you're going to use a validation function to return true or false, you should put it in the onsubmit event handler in the form tag:

<form name="formname" onsubmit="return Validate();">

But, like monksnake said, the function doesn't exist in the code you've provided.

Lee
 
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