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Mar 19, 2005 at 05:53 PM

Form Field Validation

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I'm trying to validate an input field (for empty/null fields) using javascript, by using the onClientClick. But when I click the button nothing happens (no validation error message). Here is the code for the validation. Any idea why it's not working? Thanks.

<script language="javascript">

<!--

function validateField()

{

var funcName = htmlb_formid+"_getHtmlbElementId";

func = window[funcName];

var inputfield = eval(func("fname_input"));

var inputString = inputfield.getValue().toString();

alert("Validate fired");

if (inputString == "")

{

inputfield.setText("Please enter a value");

//htmlbevent.cancelSubmit="true";

//return false;

}

}

-->

</script>

<hbj:button

id="Submit_Button"

text="Submit"

tooltip="Sends your info"

onClick="onClick"

onClientClick="validatField()"

width="30px"

design="EMPHASIZED" >

<% simpleForm.setDefaultButton(Submit_Button); %>

</hbj:button>

Message was edited by: Rajiv Subramanian