Logic Check 1

[boab]

Folks can you have a look at the code below and tell me if I have missed something.

The Background is that in the movie clip(page5) I have 2 yes/no questions controlled by radio groups the first is in the root of the movie clip. If the user clicks no to the first question(radio_a) this reveals a movie symbol "ifno" which contains a dynamic multiline textarea "inputno"(not a component) which has "Comments" as the variable and the second question (radio_b). If the user then answers yes to the second question this reveals a second movie symbol "ifyes" which simply contains a dynamic multiline textarea "inputyes" which has Comments1 associated with it.

The problem that I am having is that I want to validate the form such that if radio_a = no then the user must enter something into the textarea "ifno" and must answer radio_b then if radio_b =yes the user must enter something into textarea "ifyes"

the code I am using is:
returnVal = true; //default value

// check if radio_a is answered
if (this.page5.radio_a.getValue() == undefined) {
returnVal = false;

} else if (this.page5.radio_a.getValue() == No) {
if (this.page5.ifno.radio_b.getValue == undefined) {
returnVal = false;
} else if (this.page5.ifno.radio_b.getValue == 'Yes')
{
if (this.page5.ifyes.inputyes=null) {
returnVal = false;
}
} else if (this.page5.ifno.inputno=null) {
returnVal = false;

}
}

the problem that I am having is that it will not validate the form at all. Any suggestions will be gratefully received


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[pixl8r]

Looks like you are using different syntax throughout.

If you are going to use a variable assignment for true or false you should have two different variables. One for radio_a and one for radio_b. That said I would not use a variable assignment at all but rather simply return true or false.

Since I don't have your .fla file I can only partially test this but give this a try:

_global.checkRadio = function(){
	if (this.page5.radio_a.getValue() == "No" && this.page5.ifno.getValue() == null){
		trace("Please enter a comment in the 'No' comment field");
		return false;
	}else if (this.page5.radio_b.getValue() == "Yes" && this.page5.ifyes.getValue() == null){
		trace("Please tell us why you entered yes");
		return false;
	}else{
		return true;
	}
}

Then on your submit button:

on(release){
    if(_global.checkRadio){
        //enter form action here
    }else{
        //enter alternative action here
    }
}

Let me know how it turns out!

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!