How to do data validation before the submit by email

[former_member311401]

I am developing an offline interactive form. There is submit button inside, which should check all data and submit the form by email if checking passes.

My problem is that I can not cancel the submit event when the checking failed.

I use Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1.3284.

If I use Email Submit Button, I can do validation in presubmit event. But I can not cancel the event. Even there is error in validation, form is submitted anyway.

If I use normal button, I can do validation in Click event. But I can not submit form with code.

Is there anyone who has experience on this issue?

Best Regards,

Jun

[former_member189058]

Hi Jun,

Use a normal button to validate and set the presence of the E-mail button only if validation is successful, else keep the Submit by E-mail button hidden.

Regards,

Reema.

[former_member311401]

Thank you for your solution. Then there are two buttons in the form, one for validating and one for submitting. The problem is that after validating, user can change something and make data invalid, then he still can submit the data with Submit button.

Is there other solution? I think this is a common use case for offline form.

[former_member189058]

in that case, you can code just one line in the change event of all fields of the form

xfa.form.form1.....button_validation.presence = "visible"
xfa.form.form1.....button_submit_by_email.presence = "hidden"

After click of validate button,

if validation is successful,

xfa.form.form1.....button_validation.presence = "hidden"
xfa.form.form1.....button_submit_by_email.presence = "visible"

[former_member311401]

With these code, user still can do changes and submit without validation.

[chintan_virani]

Jun,

Do the validations in the exit event of fields as well.

So when user goes back and changes something, exit event will be triggered where your validation will be done and hide the EmailSubmit button if the validation fails.

Chintan

[chintan_virani]

Jun,

Did you resolve this? If yes then mark the thread as answered.

Chintan

[Former Member]

Hi,

I faced the same problem and what i've done is to hide the submit button until all controls are ok .

When controls are ok i make the button visible, if user change a value and controls become not ok the button diseapears.

Hope this help you.

Regards