Validate select box or drop down

[MikeL7]

I need scipt to validate select box or drop down for DW8 ASP or Javascript, as validate form behavior doen't do it. Thanks

[Newsgroup_User]

It all depends upon what you want to validate. The check form from
www.yaromat.com has the option to check that the first item in a dropdown is
not selected.

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"MikeL7" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I need scipt to validate select box or drop down for DW8 ASP or Javascript,
>as validate form behavior doen't do it. Thanks

[delaneypub]

You can use this Javascript to check if any option of a select has been selected:

if (document.formname.fieldname.selectedIndex < 0) {
alert("Fieldname is required.");
return false;}
return true;

where formname is the name of the form, and fieldname is the name of the select. The alert pops up the error message, and the "return false;" prevents the form from being submitted. Put this code in a Javascript function that you call from onsubmit in the form tag, like so:

onsubmit="return functionname();"