Validating Multiple fields in Javascript (Ebase 4.4)

[Wai]

If you want to validate multiple form fields have been completed, you can create functions for doing this.

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// ----------------------------------------
// Function to validate an array of fields
// ----------------------------------------
function validateMandatoryFields(fields)
{
	var validatedFields = true;
	for each (var field in fields)
	{
		if (!validateMandatoryField(field))
		{			
			validatedFields = false;
		}
	}
	
	return validatedFields;
}

// ----------------------------------------
// Function to validate a field
// ----------------------------------------
function validateMandatoryField(field)
{
	var validatedField = true;
	
	if (!field.value)
	{		
		event.owner.addErrorMessage(field.labelText.text + " is mandatory", false);
		validatedField = false;
	}

	return validatedField;
}

Then call this from a script, for example:

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var valFields = [fields.COUNTRY_CD, fields.VM_NUMBER, fields.TRANS_DATE_FROM, fields.TRANS_DATE_TO];

if (!validateMandatoryFields(valFields)){
	event.stopExecution();
}

[dvanhussel]

If you want to validate multiple form fields have been completed, you can create functions for doing this.

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// ----------------------------------------
// Function to validate an array of fields
// ----------------------------------------
function validateMandatoryFields(fields)
{
	var validatedFields = true;
	for each (var field in fields)
	{
		if (!validateMandatoryField(field))
		{			
			validatedFields = false;
		}
	}
	
	return validatedFields;
}

// ----------------------------------------
// Function to validate a field
// ----------------------------------------
function validateMandatoryField(field)
{
	var validatedField = true;
	
	if (!field.value)
	{		
		event.owner.addErrorMessage(field.labelText.text + " is mandatory", false);
		validatedField = false;
	}

	return validatedField;
}

Then call this from a script, for example:

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var valFields = [fields.COUNTRY_CD, fields.VM_NUMBER, fields.TRANS_DATE_FROM, fields.TRANS_DATE_TO];

if (!validateMandatoryFields(valFields)){
	event.stopExecution();
}

I'm implementing a similar script for validating if user input is a number or not. This in order to accumulate all invalid filled fields.
Unfortunately the script is not run at all, because the default Ebase 'this is not a number'-popup is shown. Setting 'skip validation' for the event does not stop this.

Is there a way to disable the default ebase-popups? I'd rather not change the field type to 'character', as it would generate errors when used with external resources.

[Jon]

No, there is currently no way to disable this basic type check on the client. We might add it as an option some time in the future.

[priyank]

I'm implementing a similar script for validating if user input is a number or not. This in order to accumulate all invalid filled fields.
Unfortunately the script is not run at all, because the default Ebase 'this is not a number'-popup is shown. Setting 'skip validation' for the event does not stop this.

Is there a way to disable the default Ebase-popups? I'd rather not change the field type to 'character', as it would generate errors when used with external resources.

dvanhussel, one way of getting away with external resources error is to have an additional field (character type) for display in Ebase and numeric field for computations. Get the value in character field, validate the value as required and populate the numeric field.

[dvanhussel]

Hi priyank,

Thanks for sharing your solution! I already figured out doing it like this. But I still would like it if it was possible to have an option to override the default client validations

David

I'm implementing a similar script for validating if user input is a number or not. This in order to accumulate all invalid filled fields.
Unfortunately the script is not run at all, because the default Ebase 'this is not a number'-popup is shown. Setting 'skip validation' for the event does not stop this.

Is there a way to disable the default Ebase-popups? I'd rather not change the field type to 'character', as it would generate errors when used with external resources.

dvanhussel, one way of getting away with external resources error is to have an additional field (character type) for display in Ebase and numeric field for computations. Get the value in character field, validate the value as required and populate the numeric field.