coldfusion validation

[Guest]

Hi i have a cfform using the required and message params, i need to submit the form with a image so i am submit with javascript but the problem is the coldfusion validation is not firing, any idea what i need to do
<a href="javascript:document.form1.submit();">submit</a>

[Dan_Bracuk]

Instead of an anchor tag, use an img tag which has an onclick event available.