[Zope] dtml syntax question

[Sam Gendler]

So what do I do, <dtml-var form['oname:required'].value> would seem the
logical choice for syntax.  Correct?

--sam

Phil Harris wrote:

> 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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