JavaScript Gurus

Hi All,



How would I use JavaScript to check the contents of a text
box/text area

when it loses the focus?



Thanks,



ATO





JavaScript Gurus
after the other %26lt;no_such_address@offtheball.coz.zzz%26gt;
wrote:

%26gt; How would I use JavaScript to check the contents of a
text box/text

%26gt; area when it loses the focus?



onblur=''yourCheckAlgo();''



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Kind regards,

magoo







JavaScript Gurus
%26gt;%26gt; How would I use JavaScript to check the contents of
a text box/text

%26gt;%26gt; area when it loses the focus?

%26gt;

%26gt; onblur=''yourCheckAlgo();''



Hi Magoo,



And what would I put into the yourCheckAlgo routine?



For instance, let's say that I want to check to see whether a
certain

person's name is in the field, but that there may be more
data in the field

than just the name (e.g. 'Magoo is from Europe')



Thanks,



ATO






after the other wrote:



%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;How would I use JavaScript to check the contents
of a text box/text

%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;area when it loses the focus?

%26gt;%26gt;

%26gt;%26gt;onblur=''yourCheckAlgo();''

%26gt;

%26gt;

%26gt; Hi Magoo,

%26gt;

%26gt; And what would I put into the yourCheckAlgo routine?

%26gt;

%26gt; For instance, let's say that I want to check to see
whether a certain

%26gt; person's name is in the field, but that there may be
more data in the field

%26gt; than just the name (e.g. 'Magoo is from Europe')

%26gt;

%26gt; Thanks,

%26gt;

%26lt;script type=''text/javascript''%26gt;

function yourCheckAlgo(formControl,listOfAcceptableNames){

var argLen=arguments.length;

for(var i=1;i%26lt;argLen;i++){

var Reg=new RegExp(arguments
,''i'');

if(Reg.test(formControl.value)){return true;}

}

alert(''Not acceptable'');

formControl.focus();

return false;

}

%26lt;/script%26gt;



%26lt;form%26gt;

%26lt;p%26gt;%26lt;input type=''text''

onchange= ''yourCheckAlgo(this,'Tom','Dick','Harry')''
%26gt;Gents%26lt;/p%26gt;





%26lt;p%26gt;%26lt;input type=''text''

onchange= ''yourCheckAlgo(this,'Thelma','Louise')'' %26gt;
Ladies%26lt;/p%26gt;

%26lt;/form%26gt;



Mick

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