re form validation with onSubmit

[thibault]

i tried using &quot;return false;&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;you're right that it doesn't submit the form when i use &quot;return false;&quot;, but it tells the users that it is submitting the form.&nbsp;&nbsp;i don't want it to do that. <p>bobbie<br><a href=mailto:thibault@hotbot.com>thibault@hotbot.com</a><br><a href=

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[palbano]

Dear bobbie,<br><br>&gt; it tells the users that it is submitting the form<br><br>What is 'it'?<br><br>-pete

 

[carpeliam]

I'm assuming he meant the status line, or the page in general or something... my question is, the subject line contains &quot;re&quot; and the subject of a previous thread.. why the new thread? <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[thibault]

this is &quot;it&quot;...the function that is called &quot;onSubmit&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;as i said, if the length criteria are met it does not set the focus back to the indicated field.&nbsp;&nbsp;it displays an alert box which states that it is submitting the form via e-mail.&nbsp;&nbsp;then it does nothing.<br>ps: i'm not a 'he'.&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm a 'she'.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;function checkValue() { // check for null field value<br> if (document.frmOrder.Assoc.value.length &lt; 1) {<br> val = window.eval(&quot;document.frmOrder.Assoc.focus()&quot;<br> alert(&quot;A value must be entered in the Associate Name field.&quot;<br> return false;<br> }<br> if (document.frmOrder.Assoc.value.length &lt; 1) {<br> val = window.eval(&quot;document.frmOrder.Guest.focus()&quot;<br> alert(&quot;A value must be entered in the Customer Name field.&quot;<br> return false;<br> }<br> else {<br> submitIt();<br> }<br>} <p>bobbie<br><a href=mailto:thibault@hotbot.com>thibault@hotbot.com</a><br><a href=

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[palbano]

Dear bobbie,<br><br>Is this a form where the 'action' attribute is set to a 'mailto' protocol? If so try doing this to stop the dialog from appearing.<br><br>Set the action attribute to point to a web page rather than putting the 'mailto:... ' in it. Then in your 'submitIt()' function set the action attribute to the 'mailto:... ' value, i.e.:<br><br>function submitIt(){<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;document.myform.action = 'mailto:<A HREF="mailto:thibault@hotbot.com">thibault@hotbot.com</A>';<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;... rest of stuff<br>}<br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete

 

[carpeliam]

my apologies, Bobbie, your name threw me for a loop ) <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.