Validating Fields in Javascript while preventing an email to be sent until all required fields are completed.

Hi,

I have a form with a set of required fields that upon clicking submit an email is generated with the certain fields populating the email body. I want it so that the email won't be generated until all the required fields have been filled in.

The script I put together identifies the required fields, shows a notification to the user that they aren't completed, and highlights them in red when you click submit, but it also generates the email after the pop-up appears that fields need to be completed. Is there a way to prevent that from happening until all the required fields are filled in? I have been going through these forums and have been taking snippets of code from a variety of places so I have totally missed something, but any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is my code currently.

\\Validation of the fields

var emptyFields = new Array(); // array to hold incomplete field names;

var oField; // variable to hold field object being testee;

var bProcess =  true; // assume all fields completed;

for (var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++) {

      oField = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

     if (oField.type!="button" && oField.required ) {

     // check based on field type

  switch(oField.type) {

  case "button":

  // do nothing;

  break;

  case "checkbox":

  case "radiobutton":

   if(oField.value == oField.defaultValue && oField.value == "Off") {

   emptyFields.push(f.name);

   bProcess = false;

   }

  break;

  case "combobox":

  case "listbox":

  case "text": 

   if(oField.value == oField.defaultValue) {

   emptyFields.push(oField.name);

    bProcess = false;

    }

  break; 

  case "signature":

  if(oField.value == oField.defaultValue) {

   emptyFields.push(f.name);

   bProcess = false;

  }

  break;

  default:

  app.alert("Field not processed " + oField.name + " type " + oField.type, 1, 0);

   bProcess = false;

  break;

  } // end switch type;

  } // end if required;

} // end loop of fields;

if (bProcess == true) {

     // do something;

  app.alert("all fields completed", 3, 0);

} else {

app.alert("Error! You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"), 1, 0);

}

// Setting up the email to send

var cToAddr = "lihelp@phila.gov"

// CC Email Address

var cCCAddr = "pfd.fcu@phila.gov"

// Set the subject and body text for the email message

var cSubLine = "Dangerous Property Referral -" + " " + this.getField("Address").value;

var cBody = "Please review the information about the following property:" + '\r\n' + '\r\n'+

"Address:" + " " + this.getField("Address").value + '\r\n' +

"Occupancy Type:" + " " + this.getField("Occupancy Type").value + '\r\n' +

"Building Type:" + " " + this.getField("Building Type").value + '\r\n' +

"Construction Type:" + " " + this.getField("Construction Type").value + '\r\n' +

"Heavy Contents:" + " " + this.getField("Heavy Contents").value + '\r\n' +

"HazMats:" + " " + this.getField("HazMats - yes/no").value + '\r\n' +

"Prior Fire:" + " " + this.getField("Prior fire - yes/no").value  + '\r\n' +

"Known Hazards:" + " " + this.getField("Known hazards - Details").value + '\r\n' +

"Structural Concerns:" + " " + this.getField("Structural Concerns - Details").value;

// Send the entire PDF as a file attachment on an email

this.mailDoc({bUI: true, cTo: cToAddr, cCc: cCCAddr, cSubject: cSubLine, cMsg: cBody});