//--> // Call function like this:

// If you want verification to occur you must define field type: // document.RequestForm.login.input_type='text'; // You can define the name that appears in the error message like this // document.RequestForm.myfield.desc='Login Name'; // You can select from the following input types: // //text Text or textarea must not be blank //select single select - first value is a dummy ie "Please Select" //select_multiple a multiple select box - user must select at least one //phone a phone number - reformats to XXX-XXX-XXXX //email an email address //float a //currency a number with 2 decimal places //numeric a number //adate Date 3/4/2000 //radio a series of radio or checkboxes. At least on must be checked // define radio buttons using the first element ie: // document.RequestForm.myradio[0].input_type='radio'; // The following length/value options are also available: // // document.RequestForm.myfield.lmin=10; Minimum length // document.RequestForm.myfield.lmax=10; Max Length // document.RequestForm.myfield.min=10; Min number value // document.RequestForm.myfield.max=10; Max numeric value // //Questions: email me at jonb@davidandgoliath.com // Enjoy! function testit(ftype) { var theForm = document.forms[0] for(i=0; i/g,"[GT]"); if (strOrig != strTemp){ theForm.elements[i].value = strTemp; } } } //if type send in, complaint form needs to be checked if (ftype == '1') { whattodo = valcomplaintform(theForm); if (whattodo){ theForm.alt_submit.value = 'YES'; theForm.submit(); } else return false } else { whattodo = verify(theForm); if (whattodo) theForm.submit(); else return false; } } // end of function to test for special characters and remove when found function replace(myString,char_to_replace,char_to_substitute) { var output = ""; for(var i = 0; i < output.length; i++){ var c = output.charAt(i); if (c == char_to_replace ) { output = output + char_to_substitute; }else{ output = output + c; } } return true; } function isblank(myString) { for(var i = 0; i < myString.length; i++){ var c = myString.charAt(i); if ((c != ' ') && (c != '\n') && (c != '\t') && (c != '\r')) return false; } return true; } function isValidSize(myString,theMin,theMax) { if ((theMax != null) && (myString.length > theMax)) return false; if ((theMin != null) && (myString.length < theMin)) return false; return true; } function isInNumericRange(myString,theMin,theMax) { if ((theMax != null) && (myString > theMax)) return false; if ((theMin != null) && (myString < theMin)) return false; return true; } function isSelect(select_obj,least_valid_selectIndex) { if (select_obj.selectedIndex < least_valid_selectIndex) return false; return true; } function isInteger(numString) { for(var i = 0; i < numString.length; i++){ var c = numString.charAt(i); if ((c != '\n') && (c != '\t') && (c != '\r') && (c != '1') && (c != '2') && (c != '3') && (c != '4') && (c != '5') && (c != '6') && (c != '7') && (c != '8') && (c != '9') && (c != '0') ) return false; } return true; } function isEmail(theEmail) { var sEmail = "" + theEmail; if (sEmail.indexOf('@') == -1) return false; if (sEmail.indexOf('.') == -1) return false; return true; } function isPhone(theNumber) { var phone = ""; var area = ""; var lastfour = ""; for(var i = 0; i < theNumber.length; i++){ var c = theNumber.charAt(i); if ((c != '\n') && (c != '\t') && (c != '\r') && (c != '1') && (c != '2') && (c != '3') && (c != '4') && (c != '5') && (c != '6') && (c != '7') && (c != '8') && (c != '9') && (c != '0') && (c != '-') && (c != ' ') && (c != '(') && (c != ')') ) return false; if ((c == '1') || (c == '2') || (c == '3') || (c == '4') || (c == '5') || (c == '6') || (c == '7') || (c == '8') || (c == '9') || (c == '0') ) phone = phone + c; } if (phone.length != 10) return false; area = phone.charAt(0) + phone.charAt(1) + phone.charAt(2); local = phone.charAt(3) + phone.charAt(4) + phone.charAt(5); lastfour = phone.charAt(6) + phone.charAt(7) + phone.charAt(8) + phone.charAt(9); if ((area == '111') || (area == '222') || (area == '333') || (area == '444') || (area == '555') || (area == '666') || (area == '777') || (area == '999') || (area == '000') ) return false; return area + "-" + local + "-" + lastfour; } function isRadio(radioObj) { for(var i = 0; i < radioObj.length; i++){ if (radioObj[i].checked) return true; } return false; } function isFloat(numString) { for(var i = 0; i < numString.length; i++){ var c = numString.charAt(i); if ((c != '\n') && (c != '\t') && (c != '\r') && (c != '1') && (c != '2') && (c != '3') && (c != '4') && (c != '5') && (c != '6') && (c != '7') && (c != '8') && (c != '9') && (c != '0') && (c != '.') ) return false; } return true; } function isCurrency(numString) { for(var i = 0; i < numString.length; i++){ var c = numString.charAt(i); if ((c != '\n') && (c != '\t') && (c != '\r') && (c != '1') && (c != '2') && (c != '3') && (c != '4') && (c != '5') && (c != '6') && (c != '7') && (c != '8') && (c != '9') && (c != '0') && (c != '.') ) return false; } return true; } function isDate(myString) { var x = 0; var m = 0; var d = 0; var y = 0; var count = 0; for(var i = 0; i < myString.length; i++){ var c = myString.charAt(i); if (c == "/") { if (count == 0) m = parseInt(x); if (count == 1) d = parseInt(x); count++; x = ""; }else if (isInteger(c)) { x = x + c ; }else if ((c == " ") || (c == '\n') || (c == '\t') || (c == '\r')) { }else{ return false; } } y = parseInt(x); var maxday = 31; if ((m > 12) || (m < 1)) return false; if ((m == 4) || (m == 9) || (m == 11) || (m == 6) ) maxday = 30; if ((m == 2) ){ if (y % 4 != 0) { maxday = 28; }else if (y % 400 == 0){ maxday = 29; }else if (y % 100 == 0){ maxday = 28; }else{ maxday = 29; } } if (d > maxday) return false; if (y < 0 ) return false; return true; } function verify(myField) { var msg; msg=""; var empty_fields = ""; var errors = ""; for(var i = 0; i < myField.elements.length; i++){ var e = myField.elements[i]; var description = e.desc; var value = e.value; if (description == null) description = e.name; if (e.input_type == null) { }else if (e.input_type == "radio") { if (!isRadio(myField.elements[e.name])) msg = msg + description + " has not been selected.\n"; }else if (e.input_type == "text") { if (isblank(value)) { msg = msg + description + " is blank.\n"; }else if (!isValidSize(value,e.lmin,e.lmax)){ msg = msg + description + " must be "; if (e.lmin != null) msg = msg + "longer than or equal to " + e.lmin + " characters"; if (e.lmax != null) msg = msg + " and shorter than or equal to " + e.lmax + " characters" ; msg = msg + " characters.\n"; } }else if (e.input_type == "select") { if (!isSelect(e,1)) msg = msg + description + " has not been selected.\n"; }else if (e.input_type == "select_multiple") { if (!isSelect(e,0)) msg = msg + description + " has not been selected.\n"; }else if (e.input_type == "phone") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isPhone(value))) { msg = msg + description + " is not a valid phone number.\n"; }else{ e.value = isPhone(value); } }else if (e.input_type == "email") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isEmail(value))) msg = msg + description + " is not a valid email address.\n"; }else if (e.input_type == "integer") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isInteger(value))) { msg = msg + description + " is not a valid integer value.\n"; }else if ((!isInNumericRange(value,e.min,e.max)) || (!isValidSize(value,e.lmin,e.lmax))) { msg = msg + description + " must be "; if (e.min != null) msg = msg + "greater than or equal to " + e.min ; if (e.max != null) msg = msg + " and less than or equal to " + e.max ; if (e.lmin != null) msg = msg + "longer than or equal to " + e.lmin + " characters"; if (e.lmax != null) msg = msg + " and shorter than or equal to " + e.lmax + " characters"; msg = msg + ".\n"; } }else if (e.input_type == "float") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isFloat(value))) { msg = msg + description + " is not valid decimal value.\n"; }else if ((!isInNumericRange(value,e.min,e.max)) || (!isValidSize(value,e.lmin,e.lmax))){ msg = msg + description + " must be "; if (e.min != null) msg = msg + "greater than or equal to " + e.min ; if (e.max != null) msg = msg + " and less than or equal to " + e.max ; if (e.lmin != null) msg = msg + "longer than or equal to " + e.lmin + " characters"; if (e.lmax != null) msg = msg + " and shorter than or equal to " + e.lmax + " characters"; msg = msg + ".\n"; } }else if (e.input_type == "currency") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isCurrency(value))) { msg = msg + description + " is not a valid dollar value.\n"; }else if ((!isInNumericRange(value,e.min,e.max)) || (!isValidSize(value,e.lmin,e.lmax))){ msg = msg + description + " must be "; if (e.min != null) msg = msg + "greater than or equal to " + e.min ; if (e.max != null) msg = msg + " and less than or equal to " + e.max ; if (e.lmin != null) msg = msg + "longer than or equal to " + e.lmin + " characters"; if (e.lmax != null) msg = msg + " and shorter than or equal to " + e.lmax + " characters"; msg = msg + ".\n"; } }else if (e.input_type == "numeric") { if ((isblank(value)) || (!isFloat(value))) { msg = msg + description + " is not a valid numeric value.\n"; }else if ((!isInNumericRange(value,e.min,e.max)) || (!isValidSize(value,e.lmin,e.lmax))){ msg = msg + description + " must be "; if (e.min != null) msg = msg + "greater than or equal to " + e.min ; if (e.max != null) msg = msg + " and less than or equal to " + e.max ; if (e.lmin != null) msg = msg + "longer than or equal to " + e.lmin + " characters"; if (e.lmax != null) msg = msg + " and shorter than or equal to " + e.lmax + " characters"; msg = msg + ".\n"; } }else if (e.input_type == "adate") { if (!isDate(value)) { msg = msg + description + " is not a valid date.\n"; } } } if (msg.length > 0){ alert("Warning! The following optional fields have the current values: \n\n" + msg); temp=window.confirm('Would you like the send to proceed?'); return temp; }else{ return true; } }//verify function valcomplaintform(form) { var msg; // array holding the required variables //frmName is the name of the form frmLength = form.length; // Loop through the fields and validate based on type and value. for (i=0; i