Add validation script to multiple fields using setAction?

[eshrimps]

I want to add this script to multiple fields as a validation script.

if (event.value==0) (event.value = "");

I created a document level function:

 function valZero()
{
if (event.value==0) (event.value = "");
}

I tried running it in the console and also as a custom command

this.getField("FieldName").setAction("Validate"," valZero();"); 

I also tried writing it out instead of using my function:

this.getField("FieldName").setAction("Validate"," if (event.value==0) (event.value = "");"); 

What am I doing wrong?

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

Have you tried using the code on a field validation script using the UI to make sure it functions as expected?

And what is not working? a bit more information would be useful, is there anything in the console?

[try67]

You have several errors both in your function and in your second setAction command, which is why neither worked.

In the function change this line:

if (event.value==0) (event.value = "");

To:

if (event.value==0) event.value = "";

In the second setAction you also didn't escape the quotes. So change this:

this.getField("FieldName").setAction("Validate"," if (event.value==0) (event.value = "");");

To this:

this.getField("FieldName").setAction("Validate","if (event.value==0) event.value = \"\";");

I would use the function version, though, if you want to apply it to multiple fields.

[eshrimps]

So if I fix the syntax in the function, is this the correct statement to run in the console?

this.getField("FieldName").setAction("Validate"," valZero();");

Can you explain why the second set of parantheses needed to be removed? 

[try67]

Because a block of code is delimited with curly brackets, or none at all (if it's a single line).