Validate text boxes with vbscript

**longwolf** · Aug 23rd, 2007, 06:18 PM

I'm trying to make a 'Create User Account' page with asp and vb script.
I want to validate the text box entries before passing to the next page.
I searched the forums and tried to use the most promissing code I could find, but it's not working.
It just goes to the next page as soon as you click the submit button.

Can anyone help?

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>New Account</title>

<SCRIPT Language="vbscript">
function Validate

Msgbox "Just a test pop-up !!!"
   If (document.form.UserName.value = "" or _
        document.form.Password.value = ""  or _
        document.form.Confirm.value = "" ) Then
       Msgbox "Fill in text box !!!"
       Validate = false
   Else
       Validate = true
   End If
end function
</SCRIPT>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<CENTER>
<BR>
<BR>

<FORM NAME="Logn" METHOD="post" ACTION="index.shtml">
<TABLE BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="250" BGCOLOR="#6B656B">
  <TR>
    <TD>
	<H3>Create a New Account</H3>

	&nbsp;User Name:<BR>
	<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="UserName" SIZE="30">
	<BR>
	<BR>

	&nbsp;Password:<BR>
	<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Password" SIZE="30">
	<BR>
	<BR>

	&nbsp;Confirm Password:<BR>
	<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Confirm" SIZE="30">
	<BR>
	<BR>
	<CENTER>
	<INPUT TYPE="Submit" NAME="Apply" VALUE="Submit" OnSubmit="vbscript: Validate">
</CENTER>
    </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM></CENTER>

</BODY>
</HTML>

**longwolf** · Aug 23rd, 2007, 10:34 PM

Ok, I've gotten it to call the function by moving the 'OnSubmit' like this:

Code:

<FORM NAME="Logn" METHOD="post" OnSubmit="vbscript: Validate" ACTION="index.shtml">
<TABLE BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="250" BGCOLOR="#6B656B">
  <TR>
    <TD>
	<H3>Create a New Account</H3>

	&nbsp;User Name:<BR>
	<INPUT TYPE="text" '...........

	<BR>
	<CENTER>
	<INPUT TYPE="Submit" NAME="Apply" VALUE="Submit">
</CENTER>

BUT,,,, it still calls the index.asp page even when the function returns false.

How do I fix that?

**longwolf** · Aug 24th, 2007, 08:44 AM

I gave up on this and switched to a javascript that MS has up:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216435

I'm not marking the thread resolved because I still don't have a vbscript solution.

**gtilles** · Aug 27th, 2007, 12:28 PM

And you probably don't want a VB script solution.
VBScript is not supported in all browsers.
stay with javascript solution

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