Required Form Fields

I've got a booking form here
http://www.investix.co.uk/multiflex3/booking-form.html
Everything is working fine except I'm getting a lot of forms
through without some of the important fields being filled in by the
user (ie; booking date, name, email etc) and its quite annoying, so
I think I should make all of the fields required before the form
can be submitted - I think this is fairly standard now.
Anyone know how to do this in DW? I know some forms use red
asterisks beside each field that needs to be filled out before the
form can be submitted, but I've never known how to do this in DW.
How much work is involved in doing this? Is there an
automated method of doing this in DW?
Thanks for all your help in advance guys.
G

Hello,
Unrelated, but I wanted to pass on that the menu is badly
broken in IE7 and
FF.
"Why Investix" and "Coaching" are below the rest of the menu,
and the
dropdowns stack in one spot.
Take care,
Tim
"HYPER83" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g97h9q$7lm$[email protected]..
> I've got a booking form here
>
http://www.investix.co.uk/multiflex3/booking-form.html
>
> Everything is working fine except I'm getting a lot of
forms through
> without
> some of the important fields being filled in by the user
(ie; booking
> date,
> name, email etc) and its quite annoying, so I think I
should make all of
> the
> fields required before the form can be submitted - I
think this is fairly
> standard now.
>
> Anyone know how to do this in DW? I know some forms use
red asterisks
> beside
> each field that needs to be filled out before the form
can be submitted,
> but
> I've never known how to do this in DW.
>
> How much work is involved in doing this? Is there an
automated method of
> doing
> this in DW?
>
> Thanks for all your help in advance guys.
>
> G
>

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    First Name
    Last Name
    Title
    Facility/Practice Name
    Daytime Phone
    Evening Phone
    Email
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    * Visit Nav Surf at http://navsurf.com
    * Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
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        var fieldRequired = Array("FirstName", "LastName");
        // Enter field description to appear in the dialog box
        var fieldDescription = Array("First Name", "Last Name");
        // dialog message
        var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n";
        var l_Msg = alertMsg.length;
        for (var i = 0; i < fieldRequired.length; i++){
            var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]];
            if (obj){
                switch(obj.type){
                case "select-one":
                    if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == ""){
                        alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
                    break;
                case "select-multiple":
                    if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){
                        alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
                    break;
                case "text":
                case "textarea":
                    if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
                        alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
                    break;
                default:
                if (obj.type == undefined){
                    var blnchecked = false;
                    for (var j = 0; j < obj.length; j++){
                        if (obj[j].checked){
                            blnchecked = true;
                    if (!blnchecked){
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        if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){
            return true;
        }else{
            alert(alertMsg);
            return false;
    // -->
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        <table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="contactFormTable">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td align="center" style="font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">
                    <table width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0" class="contactFormTable">
                        <tbody>
                            <tr>
                                <td align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">
                                <font face="Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif"><span id="formLabel_ContactForm" controlid="wstForm_Contact">Contact Us</span><br />
                                </font>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 10px;">
                                <p style="text-align: justify;">
                                <font face="Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif" style="font-size: 13px;">In this area, you can enter text about your contact form. You may want to explain what happens after a visitor submits the form and include a contact phone number.</font>
                                </p>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </tbody>
                    </table>
                    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" class="contactFormTable">
                        <tbody>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_First" controlid="formElement_First">First Name:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_First" name="First Name" labelid="formLabel_First" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Last" controlid="formElement_Last">Last Name:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Last" name="Last Name" labelid="formLabel_Last" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Last" controlid="formElement_Last">Title:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Last" name="Title" labelid="formLabel_Last" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Last" controlid="formElement_Last">Facility/Practice Name:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Last" name="Facility/Practice Name" labelid="formLabel_Last" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Street1" controlid="formElement_Street1">Address Street 1:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Street1" size="30" name="Address Street 1" labelid="formLabel_Street1" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Street2" controlid="formElement_Street2">Address Street 2:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Street2" size="30" name="Address Street 2" labelid="formLabel_Street2" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_City" controlid="formElement_City">City:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_City" name="City" labelid="formLabel_City" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_Zip" controlid="formElement_Zip">Zip Code:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <input id="formElement_Zip" size="5" name="Zip Code" maxlength="5" labelid="formLabel_Zip" /> (5 digits)
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                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_State" controlid="formElement_State">State:</span>
                                </td>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <select id="formElement_State" name="State" labelid="formLabel_State">
                                <option value="AL">
                                AL
                                </option>
                                <option value="AK">
                                AK
                                </option>
                                <option value="AZ">
                                AZ
                                </option>
                                <option value="AR">
                                AR
                                </option>
                                <option value="CA">
                                CA
                                </option>
                                <option value="CO">
                                CO
                                </option>
                                <option value="CT">
                                CT
                                </option>
                                <option value="DE">
                                DE
                                </option>
                                <option value="DC">
                                DC
                                </option>
                                <option value="FL">
                                FL
                                </option>
                                <option value="GA">
                                GA
                                </option>
                                <option value="HI">
                                HI
                                </option>
                                <option value="ID">
                                ID
                                </option>
                                <option value="IL">
                                IL
                                </option>
                                <option value="IN">
                                IN
                                </option>
                                <option value="IA">
                                IA
                                </option>
                                <option value="KS">
                                KS
                                </option>
                                <option value="KY">
                                KY
                                </option>
                                <option value="LA">
                                LA
                                </option>
                                <option value="ME">
                                ME
                                </option>
                                <option value="MD">
                                MD
                                </option>
                                <option value="MA">
                                MA
                                </option>
                                <option value="MI">
                                MI
                                </option>
                                <option value="MN">
                                MN
                                </option>
                                <option value="MS">
                                MS
                                </option>
                                <option value="MO">
                                MO
                                </option>
                                <option value="MT">
                                MT
                                </option>
                                <option value="NE">
                                NE
                                </option>
                                <option value="NV">
                                NV
                                </option>
                                <option value="NH">
                                NH
                                </option>
                                <option value="NJ">
                                NJ
                                </option>
                                <option value="NM">
                                NM
                                </option>
                                <option value="NY">
                                NY
                                </option>
                                <option value="NC">
                                NC
                                </option>
                                <option value="ND">
                                ND
                                </option>
                                <option value="OH">
                                OH
                                </option>
                                <option value="OK">
                                OK
                                </option>
                                <option value="OR">
                                OR
                                </option>
                                <option value="PA">
                                PA
                                </option>
                                <option value="RI">
                                RI
                                </option>
                                <option value="SC">
                                SC
                                </option>
                                <option value="SD">
                                SD
                                </option>
                                <option value="TN">
                                TN
                                </option>
                                <option value="TX">
                                TX
                                </option>
                                <option value="UT">
                                UT
                                </option>
                                <option value="VT">
                                VT
                                </option>
                                <option value="VA">
                                VA
                                </option>
                                <option value="WA">
                                WA
                                </option>
                                <option value="WV">
                                WV
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                                <option value="WI">
                                WI
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                                <option value="WY">
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                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
                                <span id="formLabel_DaytimePhone" controlid="formElement_DaytimePhone">Daytime Phone:</span>
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                                <input id="formElement_DaytimePhone" name="Daytime Phone" labelid="formLabel_DaytimePhone" />
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                                <input id="formElement_EveningPhone" name="Evening Phone" labelid="formLabel_EveningPhone" />
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                            <tr>
                                <td style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">
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                    <p>
                    <input type="submit" id="wstForm_Contact_Submit" value="Submit" onclick="return wstxSubmitForm(this);" /> <input type="reset" id="wstForm_Contact_Reset" value="Reset" />
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                </tr>
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    Rather than re-inventing the wheel, why don't you use Spry Validation widgets for your client side processing? Have a look here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/demos/formsvalidation/index.html and here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/.
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