intercepting the submit event

I want to intercept the submit event for field validation to cancel this
action if validation failes. I tried to script using the submit method and
also use the FireEvent("OnSubmit") method but neither option submited the
form. Is there another way to do this?

Mark
Tue Apr 05 12:36:01 CDT 2005

That's a client-side question that would be better asked on a client-side
group. However:

<form name="myform" action="myaction.asp" onsubmit="return
validate_form(this);"

Then add a script function to check each field

function validate_form(theForm)
{
//if a validation fails then return "false"

//first and last names are required
if( trim( theForm.fname.value ).length &lt; 1 )
{
alert( "first name is required" );
theForm.fname.focus();
return( false );
}
if( trim( theForm.lname.value ).length &lt; 1 )
{
alert( "last name is required" );
theForm.lname.focus();
return( false );
}

return( true );

}

--
--Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com

"scott cooper" <scott.cooper@charter.net> wrote in message
news:O$shbQgOFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I want to intercept the submit event for field validation to cancel this
>action if validation failes. I tried to script using the submit method and
>also use the FireEvent("OnSubmit") method but neither option submited the
>form. Is there another way to do this?
>

Curt_C
Tue Apr 05 13:41:05 CDT 2005

easiest I know of is dont use a SUBMIT button.
Use a standard one. In the onClick do your stuff then call a
yourForm.submit();


--
Curt Christianson
Site & Scripts: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com


"scott cooper" <scott.cooper@charter.net> wrote in message
news:O$shbQgOFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I want to intercept the submit event for field validation to cancel this
>action if validation failes. I tried to script using the submit method and
>also use the FireEvent("OnSubmit") method but neither option submited the
>form. Is there another way to do this?
>