Spry validation. Providing additional error msg.

Question

Hi all,
I have a couple of pages with large forms on them. Each field has Spry validaton for required / correct format etc. By the tme the user has got to the submit button at the bottom of the page, they may not see the that some fields have been highlighted in red due to failed validation.
I would like to be able to add an additional error message next to the submit button that is triggered should any of the fields fail validation.
Have looked at the JS files that Spry creates and they just make my head spin!
Can this be easily achieved and how?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

After browsing through the forums, found the solution. This is exactly what I was looking for -
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/validationwidgets/Single_error_message_onS ubmit.html
Here's the code if anyone is interested:
Either put this Javascript inside your head tag or add it to an extarnal Javascript file which is what I prefer.
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
          var errorsOnSubmit = function(form){
          var ret = Spry.Widget.Form.validate(form);
          var errorZone= document.getElementById('error_zone');
          if (!ret){
            errorZone.style.visibility = 'visible';
            errorZone.style.color = 'red';
            }else{
            errorZone.style.visibility = 'hidden';
          return ret;
//-->
</script>
Add the error message where you want it to appear:
<span id="error_zone" style="visibility:hidden;">Errors: There are some errors in the form. Please correct them.</span>
Add the onsubmit to your form tag:
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="" onsubmit="return errorsOnSubmit(this);">
There you go, a nicely placed error message that works with Spry validation.