prevent unwanted box appearing..

[Jon99]

I have some code on a form. onSubmit check for email address and if it doesn't find one returns false to prevent the form submitting. The problem is that when you click ok or cancel on the alert box "false" or "true" pops up as an alert. How do I stop this?

function email_check()
{
if(document.input.field_1a.value == "&quot
{
alert(confirm("You must enter your email address&quot);
goFocus();
return false;
}

else {
return true;
}
}

Thanks
Jon

 

[iza]

confirm(anything) already opens a popup, asking a question, and it returns either true or false
so you don't need to alert(confirm(something)) !!!!! it'll open a pop up with true, or false ... !
change it to
function email_check()
{
    if(document.input.field_1a.value == "&quot    
    {        
        confirm("You must enter your email address"    
        goFocus();
        return false;
    }    
return true;
}

 

[aperfectcircle]

One way to stop it would be to change the alert(confirm("You must enter your email address&quot); line to:
alert("You must enter your email address"

 

[aperfectcircle]

I hate it when that happens...

 

[Jon99]

Sorted - thanks for your help!

Jon