Using CFFORM to validate

Question

Hi everybody,
I'm using ColdFusion's form validation (cfform), but would
like to know if there's a way to change the generic message that
Codfusion throws at run time. The message generated by CF is: Error
in balance text.
This is kind of cryptic and instead I would like the message
to say: Please use numbers only!
Despite the fact that I have written this message in the
CFINPUT field, I still get the above generic message.
<cfinput type="Text" name="balance" message="Please use
numbers only." validate="integer" required="No" size="5"
id="al_itas_balance" validateAt="onSubmit">
Here's a snippet of the JS at run time:
//form element al_itas_balance 'INTEGER' validation checks
if (!_CF_checkinteger(_CF_this['al_itas_balance'].value,
false))
_CF_onError(_CF_this, "al_itas_balance",
_CF_this['al_itas_balance'].value, "Error in balance text.");
_CF_error_exists = true;
Here's my code:
<cfinput type="Text" name="balance" message="Please use
numbers only." validate="integer" required="No" size="5"
id="al_itas_balance" validateAt="onSubmit">
Does anyone have an idea of customizing the error
message?

Answer 1

This is very strange.
Your code works when I run it.
And this is js I get in my source code.
//form element balance 'INTEGER' validation checks
if (!_CF_checkinteger(_CF_this['balance'].value, false))
_CF_onError(_CF_this, "balance", _CF_this['balance'].value,
"Please use numbers only.");
_CF_error_exists = true;