Validate EMAIL (forms) field

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Lupe

How do I validate the Field "e-mail", since some people
do not add this important information in my form. I have
no problems with the Confirmation page, but comes back
with empty email field, and I can not follow up my survey.
Thanks!
Lupe
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Select the email field, then right click Form Field Validation and make it required.

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L

Lupe

I just made the change, but still is not working. Do I
have to add other changes in the TEXT BOX VALIDATION? as
data type, or some words with the "@" symbol some place?
Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
Select the email field, then right click Form Field
Click to expand...
Validation and make it required.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Using the FP Validation you can only limit the characters that can be entered, you can not mandate
what specific character has to be entered. Select Text, then check Characters, Digits and Other and
enter @/ and a period.

If you really want validation the email address, then you will need to search for a email validation
script by typing the following in the IE Address bar: ? JavaScript Email Validation Script and then
you will basically have to manually write any other JavaScript validation for the remain fields on
your form, if you want to validate them as it is not a really easy task to use the FP validation
with custom validation script.

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Guest

Thank you very much, I will try this, and let you know.
-----Original Message-----
Using the FP Validation you can only limit the
Click to expand...
characters that can be entered, you can not mandate
what specific character has to be entered. Select Text,
Click to expand...
then check Characters, Digits and Other and
enter @/ and a period.

If you really want validation the email address, then
Click to expand...
you will need to search for a email validation
script by typing the following in the IE Address bar: ?
Click to expand...
JavaScript Email Validation Script and then
you will basically have to manually write any other
Click to expand...
JavaScript validation for the remain fields on
your form, if you want to validate them as it is not a
Click to expand...
really easy task to use the FP validation
 
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-Bob-

Take a look at the J-Bots Form components and specificly the Validate Email field component.
http://www.websunlimited.com/order/Product/Form/Form_help_dir.htm
Click to expand...

I've got issues with the email test demo there.

Once you enter an invalid email address, you can't position the cursor
in any other field or click the reset button on the form until you fix
the email address. Even if you _erase_ the invalid email address that
you entered, you can't do anything until you put a valid email
address into that field. Not pretty.

Not to be too anal, but if you read the RFC's you'll discover that
there actually is no way to validate email addresses since almost
anything goes - but most folks take the standard with a grain of salt
and assume a [email protected] format will be used by most users.
 
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