making fields required on a form

[the walker]

just a quick question

is there any way i can make a text field mandatory for a user to fill in before they can submit a form for an edit or search

Cheers

[Steve T.]

Hi, Walker! I think this Q comes up often, especially wrt login/password systems. I believe the answer is "yes" and it can be done with JavaScript or FMP/CDML. If no one gives you code right away, search previous posts... --ST

[Garry Claridge]

Here is an example:

This Javascript goes between the <head.. tags:

<script>

function checkField() {

if (document.myform.myfield.value) == "") {

alert("Field cannot be empty") ; }

else {

document.myform.submit() ; } ;

} ;

</script>

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This is your form:

<form name="myform" action="FMPro" method="post" onsubmit="checkField(); return false;">

.

.

Enter Field:<input type="text" name="myField" value="">

<input type="button" value="Find" onclick="checkField();">

</form>

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Hope this helps.

Garry