javascript and forms
by "Jim Stanford" <jrstanford(at)home.com>
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 03:56:00 -0600 |
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I've been having a terrible time trying to make sense of creating a form
using input validation. Below is a sample of the code (pardon the mess, I
could not get it to come over formatted).
I am sure the problem has to do with my not understanding how the DOM works,
but nothing I have read seems to be truly clear on this. Any help is
appreciated.
Jim Stanford
<html>
<head>
<title>
Form Testing Page
</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!-- Hide script from older browsers
function checkForm(testform) {
if (document.testform.name.value ="") {
alert ("You must enter your name in the required field.")
tmp.focus()
tmp.select()
}
}
// end hiding from older browsers -->
</script>
</head>
<body leftmargin="50">
<form name="testform" action="mailto:jrstanford(at)home.com" method="post"
onSubmit="checkForm(testform)">
<table cellpadding=2>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><font type="sans serif" size="5"><b>FORM TESTING</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Name</td>
<td><input type="text" size="40" name="name" value=""> *</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick> <input
type=reset></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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