Auto validate text box on change

[Angela]

Hello

How would one auto validate using the 'onchange' method a text box for
invalid entries?

Invalid entries would include:

1. Input string of '....'
2. Input string of 'aaaa'
2. Check to see if all entries are uppercase

Thanks greatly

[Randy Webb]

Angela said the following on 10/1/2007 11:57 PM:

Hello

How would one auto validate using the 'onchange' method a text box for
invalid entries?

You would call a function that would then check the value of the textbox
and make sure it satisfies your desires for invalid entries and then
return a message of some sort indicating failure to the user if it failed.

Invalid entries would include:

1. Input string of '....'
2. Input string of 'aaaa'
2. Check to see if all entries are uppercase

Thanks greatly

if(textboxRef.value == "....")

The rest is left as an exercise as I have my thoughts that it might have
been one to start with.

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[Doug Miller]

In article <UkjMi.36318$nO3.25338@edtnps90>, an****@adjingo.com wrote:

>Hello

How would one auto validate using the 'onchange' method a text box for
invalid entries?

Invalid entries would include:

1. Input string of '....'
2. Input string of 'aaaa'
2. Check to see if all entries are uppercase

Insisting that the user type everything in uppercase is stupid. If it's
important to your application that all entries be in uppercase, then shift
everything to uppercase after it's been entered and let the user type in
lowercase if he wants to.

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[Angela]

Doug Miller wrote:

In article <UkjMi.36318$nO3.25338@edtnps90>, an****@adjingo.com wrote:

>Hello

How would one auto validate using the 'onchange' method a text box for
invalid entries?

Invalid entries would include:

1. Input string of '....'
2. Input string of 'aaaa'
2. Check to see if all entries are uppercase

Insisting that the user type everything in uppercase is stupid. If it's
important to your application that all entries be in uppercase, then shift
everything to uppercase after it's been entered and let the user type in
lowercase if he wants to.

Sorry, maybe I need to clarify further

I want to check to see if all entries are uppercase, (which is bad),
then convert to lowercase - mybad

[Doug Miller]

In article <tZsMi.36360$nO3.15492@edtnps90>, an****@adjingo.com wrote:

>Doug Miller wrote:

>In article <UkjMi.36318$nO3.25338@edtnps90>, an****@adjingo.com wrote:

>>Hello

How would one auto validate using the 'onchange' method a text box for
invalid entries?

Invalid entries would include:

1. Input string of '....'
2. Input string of 'aaaa'
2. Check to see if all entries are uppercase

Insisting that the user type everything in uppercase is stupid. If it's
important to your application that all entries be in uppercase, then shift
everything to uppercase after it's been entered and let the user type in
lowercase if he wants to.

Sorry, maybe I need to clarify further

I want to check to see if all entries are uppercase, (which is bad),
then convert to lowercase - mybad

OK, fine.

Insisting that the user type everything in lowercase is stupid. If it's
important to your application that all entries be in lowercase, then shift
everything to lowercase after it's been entered and let the user type in
uppercase if he wants to.

Sheesh.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.