[Zope] dtml syntax question

[Phil Harris]

so try it, trust Evan ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Gendler <sgendler@teknolojix.com>
To: Evan Simpson <evan@tokenexchange.com>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] dtml syntax question


> Evan Simpson wrote:
> >
> > JScript attributes are also dictionary items, so you can set/access
> > attributes  whose names aren't legal identifiers using the dictionary
> > syntax:
> >
> > form['oname:required'].value
> >
>
> I haven't tried it, but I don;t think this is what I want.  basically, I
> want to have Javascript do some validation of the entry in the form
> after they hit the 'submit' button, but before it reaches Zope.
> Therefore, I need to be able to access form.oname:required.value from
> inside the html/javascript, independant of Zope.
>
> --sam
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sam Gendler <sgendler@teknolojix.com>
> > > If I have a form field name of "oname:required", in order to allow
zope
> > > to force an entry in that field, how can I access the value of that
> > > field from javascript.  The normal form.fieldname.value doesn't work,
> > > since it would look like 'form.oname:required.value' and javascript
> > > barfs on that.  There must be a solution to this, anyone know what it
> > > is?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Evan @ 4-am
>
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