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skwurl

skwurl

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Sep 30, 2005
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Hello,

I downloaded a form validation script from but can't it working. I followed all the instructions located at but just can't get it running.

If anyone has used this script or knows javascript really well, can you help me out.

The page that I'm trying to valiate is located at
Thanks
 
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Can you explain what isn't working? Also, I can't seem to navigate to the imported JS file. Is it in the right place?

--Dave


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Are you talking about the JS at ?
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Yes, I suppose so. You reference test1_files/CSScriptLib.js in your code. Where is that?

The link to the validate directory is forbiddin:
You do not have permission to access the requested file on this server. For further information on this issue, contact the Deacro webmaster.
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...for ME, anyway.

I can't fix what I can't see.

If you can't unblock the URL, then at least post the code for function validateForm(...) (and any other functions it might call).

--Dave


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If you have seen the page before, then perhaps a forced refresh?
 
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Yes, and in it there is:
Code: 
<FORM id=Request name=Request 
onsubmit="return [b]validateForm[/b]( f[, bConfirm[, bDisable[, bDisableR[, groupError[, errorMode]]]]] );" 
action=[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.deacro.com/cgi-bin/formprocessorpro.pl[/URL] method=get>

... but not the function validateForm(...). Where is the script for that function?

--Dave


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All the scripts that came with the download are located at
I reference the scripts at the top of the page. Sorry for being a newbie, but..I am.

Do you mean that you can't open the JS located in this folder?
 
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/cgi-bin/validate/ said:
Forbidden :: 403: You do not have permission to access the requested file on this server. For further information on this issue, contact the Deacro webmaster.
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If your javascript is in this directory, I can't get to it to see it. Also, I don't see in your HTML where you call in any javascript from there.

According to the instructions you link to, above:
The core and config modules are required, and you must also include at least one module with validators in it. fValidate.validators.js is the validator master-file, and contains all the validators. To include them into your page, place HTML script elements in the head of your page and link them properly:

Code: 
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/js/fValidate.config.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/js/fValidate.core.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/js/fValidate.lang-enUS.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/js/fValidate.validators.js"></script>
</head>
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I see a bunch of empty <script> tags in your HTML, but not the above.

Regardless of all of that, you took the instructions too literally.
This is the only fValidate function you will have to directly interact with. The syntax for integrating it into your forms is as follows:

Code: 
<form onsubmit="return validateForm( f[, bConfirm[, bDisable[, bDisableR[, groupError[, errorMode]]]]] );">
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When it refers to the 'syntax', it means that you do not include this exactly as written. Anything in square brackets in considered optional and values (as described in the instructions) must be used in place of 'f', 'bConfirm' etc. It appears that there is only one required parameter in the call to validateForm(...). The first one. After that, if you include another parameter, it will be assumed to be a value in place of "bConfirm". Let's say you wanted to force your submit button to disable after a user presses it, then, according to the instructions, you would have to set the third parameter to true. So your onsubmit call would now have to look like this:
Code: 
<form onsubmit="return validateForm( this, false, true);">

I can see why this is confusing if you're trying to incorporate cut-and-paste code and you're unfamiliar with JavaScript. Do you understand what I have said so far and do you understand how to start remedying your problem?

--Dave


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Ah.

I had a feeling that I was taking that line too literally.

It works now - well it needs to be massaged, but it does work.

The script references are on the page though. I can't understand why you don't see it. Maybe a forced refresh would work.

Either way,

Thanks a bunch.

You=star
 
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I don't know why I couldn't see it either. It was weird because the 'View Source' wasn't working for me for some reason. I had to save the HTML, then open it in a text editor. Perhaps some of that stuff was lost in translation.

I didn't understand until later that you were using the code you downloaded without alteration. I wanted to see the code to find your bug, but it turned out the problem was that you were never actually calling the code.

Once I looked at the instructions, it became clear.

Thanks for the star!

--Dave


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