checking and validating script

[Samir]

Say I have 4 forms, all four have different numbers of text boxes. is there
a script that I can use to check to make sure everything on the form is not
blank?

[Samir]

Everything is going terrific!! Just to let you know that everything works.

You have been a great help.

"Mick White" <mw******@BOGUS rochester.rr.co m> wrote in message
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Samir wrote:

One more thing

Is it possible to put some kind a flag on a field so that the validation
does not check it(non required field)?

I would add a suffix to the name or the id:

name="zipREQ"

if(document.for ms[f][k].type=="text" && document.forms[f][k].value==""
&& document.forms[f][k].name.indexOf(" REQ") != -1 )

Mick

"Mick White" <mw******@BOGUS rochester.rr.co m> wrote in message
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Samir wrote:
Thanks, it works perfect.

One more thing, is it possible to add a description to a textbox so

that

the warning can tell them what field it is??

Yes it's possible (in most browsers), you could,for example, change the
empty field's background to shocking pink if you like. Where would you
like the description/warning to appear?
does this also work for drop

downs as well right?
No, but you can make sure that something is selected, or more precisely,
if the selection has a value:

if(document.f orms[f][k].type=="select-one" &&

!document.forms[f][k].value){

alert("Sele ct something from the "+document.form s[f][k].name+" menu");
return false;
}

Ur if you use the first slot in all of the menus for something like
"Select a ... ", you could rewrite the preceding code:

if(document.f orms[f][k].type=="select-one" &&
!document.for ms[f][k].selectedIndex) {alert( ...}
See if you can incorporate the code above into your page, let me know if
you get stuck.

Do all 4 of these forms get submitted at some point? I'm curious.

Mick

Original function below.

function verifyNoBlankEn tries(){

//Loop through forms:
var f= document.forms. length;
while(f--){

// loop through each form control:
fc=document.f orms[f].length;
for(k=0;k<fc; k++){

// look for empty text boxes
if(document.f orms[f][k].type=="text" && document.forms[f][k].value==""){
alert("empt y field");documen t.forms[f][k].focus();return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}