Form validation from within composer - how to lock down admin forms??

Question

Hello we have many space admin level users who have the privilege to add content and remove it from their pages as they see fit, however when modifying pages from inside webcenter composer there is no validation on user input / error checking. This causes many problems with users entering things improperly, or even causing bugs (such as with content presenter - if you remove a file from UCM without removing it from the "add a file" template it will break the page).
So my question is - how do I start adding form validation to all of these screens (such as those little wrenches in composer for a task flow, or customizable layout component)? Is there a way to customize form validation for all admin screens (space - manage all, app - administration, and composer screens)?
Thanks,
j

Answer 1

Here is the custom validation script of your drop-down.
Make sure you tick the option to commit the selected value immediately:
     var sNewSel = event.value;
     switch (sNewSel) {
       case "ProductNo1":
         this.getField("ItemDescription").value = "blah, blah";
         this.getField("Size").value = "blah, blah";
         this.getField("UnitPrice").value = "blah, blah";
         break;
     case "ProductNo2":
         this.getField("ItemDescription").value = "blah, blah";
         this.getField("Size").value = "blah, blah";
         this.getField("UnitPrice").value = "blah, blah";
         break;
     case "ProductNo3":
        this.getField("ItemDescription").value = "blah, blah";
        this.getField("Size").value = "blah, blah";
         this.getField("UnitPrice").value = "blah, blah";
         break;
     //etc.
You will need to replace "ProductNoX" in the script with whatever your product numbers are in the drop down.
You can also read MarkWalsh's script in this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5578038#5578038
I hope this helps.