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May 13.2008

Hi there:

I have this function which validates chosend fields from the form and gives the alert poop up box on submission listing which all fields were not filled.

But for some reason…even after leaving al the fields blank..i am not getting any pop up box…here is my function:

[code]
function validateForm()
{
var count=0;
var msg=””;
var ele = new Array();
ele[0]=”firstname”;
ele[1]=”lastname”;
ele[2]=”address1″;
ele[3]=”city”;
ele[4]=”state”;
ele[5]=”zip”;
ele[6]=”email”;
ele[7]=”dayphone”;
ele[8]=”programofinterest”;
ele[9]=”campus”;
ele[10]=”todo”;
ele[11]=”hsdiploma”;
ele[12]=”yearofhs”;
ele[13]=”ged”;
ele[14]=”yearofgrad”;
ele[15]=”leadsource”;

for(i=0;i<ele.length;i++)
{
if(document.contact.ele[i].value==””)
{
count=1;
msg=msg+”n”+document.contact.ele[i].name;
}
else if((i>ele.length) && (count==0))
{
return(true);
}
}
for(i=0;i<ele.length;i++)
{
if(document.contact.ele[i].value==””)
{
alert(“PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FIELD(S)n “+msg);
document.contact.ele[i].focus();
return(false);
}

}

}
[/code]

submit button as onsubmit=”return validateForm();”>

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@KorMay 13.2008 — [B]ele [/B]is a variable, not an element's name. And [B]return[/B] stops the code, thus in your code you will receive always only [B]return true[/B]

Try this (untested):
<i>
</i>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
function validateForm(){
var msg='';
var ele=[
"firstname",
"lastname",
"address1",
"city",
"state",
"zip",
"email",
"dayphone",
"programofinterest",
"campus",
"todo",
"hsdiploma",
"yearofhs",
"ged",
"yearofgrad",
"leadsource"
];
for(var i=0;i&lt;ele.length;i++){
document.contact[ele[i]].value==''?msg+=(ele[i]+','):null;
}
if(msg.length&gt;0){
var firstName=msg.split(', ')[0];
alert("PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FIELD(S)n "+msg);
document.contact[firstName].focus();
return false;
}
}
&lt;/script&gt;
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