I am working on the validation for a form. I have a couple places where I am confused. What do you put for checkboxes, radio buttons, and select dropdowns? Thanks.

*edit* and text areas for that matter.

Validation.js

<script type="text/javascript">
    function validate_required(field,alerttxt)
    {
    with (field)
      {
      if (value==null||value=="")
        {
        alert(alerttxt);return false;
        }
      else
        {
        return true;
        }
      }
    }
    
    function validate_email(field,alerttxt)
    {
    with (field)
      {
      apos=value.indexOf("@");
      dotpos=value.lastIndexOf(".");
      if (apos<1||dotpos-apos<2)
        {alert(alerttxt);return false;}
      else {return true;}
      }
    }

    function validate_form(thisform)
    {
    with (thisform)
      {
      if (validate_required(interview,"Please enter the name of your interviewer.")==false)
          {interview.focus();return false;}
    
      if (validate_required(name,"Please enter your name.")==false)
             {name.focus();return false;}
            
      if (validate_required(email,"Please enter email address.")==false)
            {email.focus();return false;}
    
      if (validate_email(email,"The email address entered is not valid.")==false)
         {email.focus();return false;}
     
      if (validate_required(age,"Please select an age.")==false)
             {age.focus();return false;}
      

      
      }
    }


</script>

You could put; and I'm a Javan00b, but I think this is what you mean:

It's not in Javascript ^^^^^^^

if checkbox = empty execute this function

if checkbox = filled execute this function

Here's my atepmt with the actual javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">

function displaymessage()
{
document.write("You just checked the checkbox!");
}

</script>
<form>
<input type="checkbox" onclick="document.write(displaymessage())" />
</form>

That script displays a message saying 'you just checked the checkbox!' when you click it.

Right now your code does nothing, it doesn't output anything, I mean. You need to give things name to correspond to the fiends.

Oh, and you don't want textareas, you want inputs.

Here's a simple input box that goes with a script.

<input type="text" id="myinputfield" />

You don't need / can't have the "<script type='...'>" tags in a .js file.

ooh yeah

Sorry