how to create constraint so field 2 value matches field 1 value

[Deb Brown]

Hi there.

I have a web site that has a form that captures namese and addresses of
people who are interested in information. Quite often people submit the form
with typos in their e-mail addresses. I would like to add a confirmation
field where the user has to retype the e-mail address for accuracy. The text
in the confirmation field should match the text in the e-mail field.

I don't see this option in the form field properties. Can the
"s-validation-constraint" in the webbot line be modified to make this work?

<!--webbot bot="Validation" s-display-name="mail validation"
s-data-type="String" b-allow-letters="TRUE" b-allow-digits="TRUE"
s-allow-other-chars="@.,-_" b-value-required="TRUE" i-minimum-length="1"
s-validation-constraint="Equal to" s-validation-value="Email" -->

Thanks much in advance!

 

[Jon Spivey]

Hi Deb,

Add your 2 email fields, let's call them email1 and email2 then flip over to
code view, find the submit button and make it look like this
<input type="submit"
onclick="if(this.form.email1.value!=this.form.email2.value){alert('Emails
don\'t match');return false;}".....

 

[Deb Brown]

Hi Jon.

I tried your suggestion and it didn't work (changed the form name in the
example to the actual name of the form on the page). It still sent the mail
without complaint.

I'm using a custome image for my submit button, but removed the
customization when trying this - not sure how to make the image customization
work with the mod you sent. Did I Leave something out? I notice you have a
'...' at the end of your string, was there more I needed there?

Thanks much for the help!
Deb

 

[Jon Spivey]

Hi Deb,

You shouldn't use the name of the form - this.form refers to the form
whatever it's called, I assume that's all that's gone wrong but to be sure
can you post this page up on the web and I'll take a look for you.

 

[Deb Brown]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the help! The URL is http://imaniacs.org/join_us_test.htm

I noticed other validation statements using the string "theForm" instead of
"this.form" and tried that in your example. Didn't help. I also tried adding
a whitespace around the " !=" in the statement. Also didn't help.

Also, if it helps, I'm using FP 2003. The form was created with FP 2000 (I
believe).

Deb

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You can not just add custom JavaScript Validation to a Form when using FP Form Field Validation. You
have to copy the FP Form Field Validation script from View Source in the Browser, add your custom
JavaScript Code, then add the code back to your form, and remove all the FP JavaScript Form Field
Webbot tags.

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[Jon Spivey]

Deb,
I put the form up how it should be here
http://65.110.92.71/deb.htm

It will catch unmatching emails and your other validation will work - do a
view source to see how the submit button should look

 

[Jon Spivey]

Deb,
I put the form up how it should be here
http://65.110.92.71/deb.htm

It will catch unmatching emails and your other validation will work - do a
view source to see how the submit button should look

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Jon
Microsoft MVP