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mjstewart
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validation error page return to form button - 3/12/2002 14:28:03
(FP2002)The return to form button on the validation error page that appears when a form field is incorrectly entered resets the form to blanks so the person filling out the form has to start all over. If you use the back button your information is still there but there is no statement saying hit the back button to retain data or whatever. I can't find the validation error page to fix this. How, where can I fix this?
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mjs
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Thomas Brunt
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/13/2002 16:32:27
My understanding is that FP validation throws up alert boxes. That means you don't leave the form page because the form never submits. The validation prevents that.
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mjstewart
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/13/2002 18:27:55
Hi,
Thanks for the reply but I do leave the form page. Here is what happens:
You fill out the form and leave a required field blank. When you hit the submit button, the "Form Validation Error" page comes up and tells you which fields on the form need correcting. There is a link at the bottom of this "Form Validation Error" page that says "Return to the form" - if you use this link it returns you to an empty form. However, if you hit the back button to get back to the form, your info is still there. I want to change the "Return to the form" link with a "back" link but don't know where to find the "Form Validation Error" page. The URL to the page includes /_vti_bin/shtml.dll in the path. Any ideas?
mjs
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Thomas Brunt
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/14/2002 11:21:53
How are you given the field validation? FP writes JavaScript that validates the form before it submits unless you situation has FP working differently from the way I've always seen it in the past.
The validation I'm familiar with is the kind you put in by hitting the "validate" button on the field properties dialog that pops up when you double click on the form field.
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mjstewart
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/14/2002 16:11:32
I'm not sure what you are asking. If you have time please visit http://www2.newood.com/catreq.htm and just put "test" or anything in the required fields (fields are only required to not be blank so it's not precise validation), but leave one required field blank. When the error page comes up hit the return to form button and you'll see what I'm trying to explain.
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mjs
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puiwaihin
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/14/2002 20:31:07
I believe you can make a custom validation page. Edit the form properties and you can specify a page as the validation error page. You'll find it under "Options" in the "confirmation" tab.
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Who put the self-destruct button THERE?!
Edited by - puiwaihin on 03/14/2002 20:31:46
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Thomas Brunt
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RE: validation error page return to form button - 3/15/2002 8:28:54
Well, that's a new one on me. I see the validation failure page option now. I have always left that blank -- mainly because I never noticed it before. If you leave that blank, the validation will happen before the submt action.
If not then you might have to make a new form, but that's the way FP forms work for me when I build them without a specified validation error page.
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