2797Powerful Form Validation Using ASPhttp://www.asp101.com/articles/hojjat/formvalidation/default.aspForm validation is the procedure of evaluating the validity of values submitted by a user in a form. The procedure can be carried out on the client side, the server side, or both! What we are focusing on here is the server side validation process.
There are two approaches to form validation, as well as any other subject in web design: One is to prepare a good computer program (code) capable to find the errors of interest, and the other is to prepare a good design layout, to inform the user about the errors. A very common design layout for erroneous submitting is to show the form again, focusing on the trouble-making field of the form, for example by changing it's color to red.
I'm going to show you how to develop a form, asking the user for his/her name, addressASP > Tips and Tutorials > Form ProcessingOct 10, 2006Hojjat Salmasian
Let's check out our values just submitted:
FYI: Note that the above form submits back to this same page. If you haven't yet submit the form then there won't be any values in the text below since they are retrieved from the form. In this case, the values reflected are simply the defaults and are the same results you would get if you submitted the form without checking anything.
Forms are great for collecting and handling data on your website. But how can you use ASP to make the most of your forms? Most webhosts provide standard scripts for form handling, but to make your site truly dynamic, it will not be long before you want forms to do something more than the average generic script offers.
Forms are great for collecting and handling data on your website. But how can you use ASP to make the most of your forms? Most webhosts provide standard scripts for form handling, but to make your site truly dynamic, it will not be long before you want forms to do something more than the average generic script offers.
Developing HTML forms for entering or editing data on line is tedious and boring work. It is even more painful if you need a data-entry solution that supports both Netscape and Internet Explorer (IE). Thus most on-line forms have no JavaScript validation and barely any server validation.
One way to generate dynamic PDF files is to create PDF template forms and then to fill them on the fly. This article show you how to do so very easily by using the FDF toolkit.
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