Message appear in form validation accordingly.. How?

Learner · #1 Jul 17th, 2007, 06:11

Hi! I got a question about the form validation. i had create a form with the fields: iname, iemail and ihandphone number. And i had put the actionscript below to the submit button:

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on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
    if (iname eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Name";
 } else if (iemail eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Email Address";
 } else if (!iemail.length || iemail.indexOf("@") == -1 || iemail.indexOf(".") == -1) {
  imessage = "Required: Valid Email Address";
 } else if (ihandphone eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Handphone Number";
 } else if(int(ihandphone)==0) {
  imessage = "Required: Valid Handphone Number";
 } else if ((iname.length>4) and (iemail.length>8) and (ihandphone.length>9)) {
        gotoAndPlay(10); 
    } else {
        imessage = "Please enter correct information";
    }
}

So if the user didn't enter their information, it should appear a message such as "Please Enter Your Name" and so on. And it should valid the user start from the name and end with the handphone number is it?

But when i test the movie, if I didn't enter the name, it won't appear the message "Please Enter Your Name", but straight away jump to "Required: Valid Email Address".
However when I test it second time (after submit 1st time, click "back" button and test again), it does... Why?
If the user didn't enter anything or enter it step by step, can it appear with the sequence? :
1) Please Enter Your Name
2) Please Enter Your Email Address
3) Required: Valid Email Address
4) Please Enter Your Handphone Number
5) Required: Valid Handphone Number
6) Please enter correct information

I don't know did I explain it clearly, so I attach the .swf file here. If anybody know how to solve this problem, please reply.

Thanks in advance!!!

Sgaspar11 · #2 Jul 17th, 2007, 14:49

Interesting, maybe we can use some trickery or something like this to make it work...

Let's add another validation to the beginning, maybe if all the fields have nto been entered it says please enter all required information.

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on (release, keyPress "<Enter>")
{
if (iname eq "", iemail eq "", ihandphone eq ""){
imessage = "Please Enter All Required Information";
}
else if (iname eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Name";
} else if (iemail eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Email Address";
} else if (!iemail.length || iemail.indexOf("@") == -1 || iemail.indexOf(".") == -1) {
  imessage = "Required: Valid Email Address";
} else if (ihandphone eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Handphone Number";
} else if(int(ihandphone)==0) {
  imessage = "Required: Valid Handphone Number";
} else if ((iname.length>4) and (iemail.length>8) and (ihandphone.length>9)) {
        gotoAndPlay(10); 
    } else {
        imessage = "Please enter correct information";
    }
}

I'm not sure if this will work or not, but it's worth a shot...

balaclave · #3 Jul 17th, 2007, 15:24

I have never programmed in Actionscript, so I'm pretty much guessing.
Is imessage a variable? Is it possible it's value gets over written if there is more than one error?
i.e.

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on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
    if (iname eq "") {
  imessage = "Please Enter Your Name";
// sets imessage as "please enter your name"

 } else if (iemail eq "") {

  imessage = "Please Enter Your Email Address";
// sets imessage as "please enter you email address", but overwriting the previous imessage

etc

Could you try concatenating the imessage strings?
i.e.

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imessage = "";
if (iname eq "", iemail eq "", ihandphone eq ""){
imessage += "Please Enter All Required Information newline";
}
else if (iname eq "") {
  imessage += "Please Enter Your Name newline";
// add string to imessage, appending it to previous imessage
}

etc

But as I said, I have no experience in ActionScript, so this may be of absolutely no use whatsoever.

Learner · #4 Jul 18th, 2007, 01:58

Thanks for both your replies.

I try both your suggestions, but the same problem come out.

If all the fields have not been entered, it suppose to say "please enter all required information" in the first place, but the message say "Required: Valid Email Address".
After enter the valid email, if the ihandphone didn't enter anthing it should says "Please Enter Your Handphone Number", but it straight away skip to "Required: Valid Handphone Number".
(You can test the .swf file that I have attach below...)

However, when I test it second time (after submit 1st time, click "back" button and test again), it does, it just follow the code accordingly... But why? Why the first time it won't follow it accordingly, just keep skipping to other message. I have to solve this problem ASAP, this is important. As you know, people won't be submit their information twice, and they won't try it for the second time (after submit 1st time, click "back" button and test again)...

So how am I going to solve this problem?

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