Validate and change entered text

[RottPaws]

I'm trying to migrate a VB app I have to the web.

I'm using InterDev to build .asp pages.

I've created a form that accepts a customer account number and then retrieves information about that account when a button is clicked.

It works great except that the database I'm querying uses a 9-character text field for the account number. So if the account number the user is looking up only has 7 digits, it needs 2 leading zeros.

In VB, I have have a validation procedure in the Lost_Focus event that checks the length of the entered text and if len(Cust_No) < 9, it adds a '0' to the front of the account number and then loops until len(Cust_No)=9.

How do I do the same thing in my web page?

Thanks in advance. _________
Rott Paws

 

[cbokowski]

in html you could use the onBlur event for an input tag.
<input type=text onblur='myValidateField()'>

<script language=vbscript>
sub myValidateField()
your code here
end sub

 

[mmcg]

<input type=submit onclick='myValidateField()'>


<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
function myValidateField(){
le=document.form_name.accno.length
if le<9 then{
***enter code for 0 stuffing
}
}

 

[RottPaws]

I'm having trouble getting either of the above suggestions to work.

Where do I put the <script . . . .> and the function/sub?
Once I get it in the right place, it also needs a </Script>, right? _________
Rott Paws

 

[cbokowski]

i would put the script before your </body> tag.

and yes you do need a </script> tag.

 

[RottPaws]

I'm sort of making progress. I now have it getting to the sub using the vbscript suggestion, but I get an error there.

I've got a line of code that says
do while len(Cust_No)<9 then
but it says this is an invalid reference.

What is the syntax to reference the field in the form?

_________
Rott Paws

 

[cbokowski]

try
document.[myform].[myfield].value
in place of Cust_No

where [myform] is your form name
and [myfield] is the field you need to validate

 

[RottPaws]

Excellent!!! Works great!

Thanks a bunch!!! _________
Rott Paws

 

[RottPaws]

My form name is GetCriteria and it has a field called Cust_No.

The HTML for the field is:
<INPUT type=text onblur='CustNoValidate()' id=Cust_No maxLength=9 name=Cust_No value=&quot;<%=Cust_No%>&quot;>

The procedure to insert leading zeros to the account number is below.

<script language=vbscript>
sub CustNoValidate()

do while len(document.GetCriteria.cust_No.value)<9
document.GetCriteria.cust_No.value=&quot;0&quot; + document.GetCriteria.cust_No.value
loop

end sub

</script> _________
Rott Paws