| re: IE vs Firefox Javascript Validation Problem
2nd Part of gen_validatorv2.js code
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function add_validation(itemname,descriptor,errstr)
{
if(!this.formobj)
{
alert("BUG: the form object is not set properly");
return;
}//if
var itemobj = this.formobj[itemname];
if(!itemobj)
{
alert("BUG: Couldnot get the input object named: "+itemname);
return;
}
if(!itemobj.validationset)
{
itemobj.validationset = new ValidationSet(itemobj);
}
itemobj.validationset.add(descriptor,errstr);
}
function ValidationDesc(inputitem,desc,error)
{
this.desc=desc;
this.error=error;
this.itemobj = inputitem;
this.validate=vdesc_validate;
}
function vdesc_validate()
{
if(!V2validateData(this.desc,this.itemobj,this.err or))
{
this.itemobj.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}
function ValidationSet(inputitem)
{
this.vSet=new Array();
this.add= add_validationdesc;
this.validate= vset_validate;
this.itemobj = inputitem;
}
function add_validationdesc(desc,error)
{
this.vSet[this.vSet.length]=
new ValidationDesc(this.itemobj,desc,error);
}
function vset_validate()
{
for(var itr=0;itr<this.vSet.length;itr++)
{
if(!this.vSet[itr].validate())
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
function validateEmailv2(email)
{
// a very simple email validation checking.
// you can add more complex email checking if it helps
if(email.length <= 0)
{
return true;
}
var splitted = email.match("^(.+)@(.+)$");
if(splitted == null) return false;
if(splitted[1] != null )
{
var regexp_user=/^\"?[\w-_\.]*\"?$/;
if(splitted[1].match(regexp_user) == null) return false;
}
if(splitted[2] != null)
{
var regexp_domain=/^[\w-\.]*\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/;
if(splitted[2].match(regexp_domain) == null)
{
var regexp_ip =/^\[\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\]$/;
if(splitted[2].match(regexp_ip) == null) return false;
}// if
return true;
}
return false;
}
function V2validateData(strValidateStr,objValue,strError)
{
var epos = strValidateStr.search("=");
var command = "";
var cmdvalue = "";
if(epos >= 0)
{
command = strValidateStr.substring(0,epos);
cmdvalue = strValidateStr.substr(epos+1);
}
else
{
command = strValidateStr;
}
switch(command)
{
case "req":
case "required":
{
if(eval(objValue.value.length) == 0)
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field";
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case required
case "maxlength":
case "maxlen":
{
if(eval(objValue.value.length) > eval(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name + " : "+cmdvalue+" characters maximum ";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case maxlen
case "minlength":
case "minlen":
{
if(eval(objValue.value.length) < eval(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name + " : " + cmdvalue + " characters minimum ";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case minlen
case "alnum":
case "alphanumeric":
{
var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9]");
if(objValue.value.length > 0 && charpos >= 0)
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Only alpha-numeric characters allowed ";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case alphanumeric
case "num":
case "numeric":
{
var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^0-9]");
if(objValue.value.length > 0 && charpos >= 0)
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Only digits allowed ";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}//numeric
case "alphabetic":
case "alpha":
{
var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z]");
if(objValue.value.length > 0 && charpos >= 0)
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Only alphabetic characters allowed ";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}//alpha
case "alnumhyphen":
{
var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9\-_]");
if(objValue.value.length > 0 && charpos >= 0)
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": characters allowed are A-Z,a-z,0-9,- and _";
}//if
alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]");
return false;
}//if
break;
}
case "email":
{
if(!validateEmailv2(objValue.value))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Enter a valid Email address ";
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case email
case "lt":
case "lessthan":
{
if(isNaN(objValue.value))
{
alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number ");
return false;
}//if
if(eval(objValue.value) >= eval(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name + " : value should be less than "+ cmdvalue;
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case lessthan
case "gt":
case "greaterthan":
{
if(isNaN(objValue.value))
{
alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number ");
return false;
}//if
if(eval(objValue.value) <= eval(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name + " : value should be greater than "+ cmdvalue;
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}//if
break;
}//case greaterthan
case "regexp":
{
if(objValue.value.length > 0)
{
if(!objValue.value.match(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Invalid characters found ";
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}//if
}
break;
}//case regexp
case "dontselect":
{
if(objValue.selectedIndex == null)
{
alert("BUG: dontselect command for non-select Item");
return false;
}
if(objValue.selectedIndex == eval(cmdvalue))
{
if(!strError || strError.length ==0)
{
strError = objValue.name+": Please Select one option ";
}//if
alert(strError);
return false;
}
break;
}//case dontselect
}//switch
return true;
}
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