Help with client side validation on asp form

[draivika]

HI all,
I am new to Asp and was surprised at how hard it was for me to figure out how to create a simple form to send an email (compared to PHP).
Anyway I have the form working and the tutorial I used to learn it included validation. But it returns error messages after submission and plops them at the top of the page pushing the entire design down.

I want to either be able to choose where the errors are displayed on the page (Response.Write), or use a simpler JavaScript client side validation before it is submitted.

The form is just for basic contact info, no passwords or anything funky.

Any resources, tutorials or help is appreciated

[webber123456]

client-side validation has nothing to do with ASP- that is javascript world because ASP runs on the server-side.

have you tried looking at the code ?

you'll see why the error messages appear where they do.

Once you know what the code is doing then you can rearrange it to output the result where you want it.

google :

forms validation asp -.net

for additional sources of help/tutorials

[draivika]

Yes I've looked at the code. Its starts like this:

<%
If Action = "SendEmail" Then

' Here we quickly check/validate the information entered
' These checks could easily be improved to look for more things
If IsValidEmail(ContactUs_Email) = "False" Then
IsError = "Yes"
Response.Write("<font color=""red"">You did not enter a valid email address.</font><br>")
End If

then has some more variables, ends the if statements and goes into the body of the message
End If

' If there were no input errors and the action of the form is "SendEMail" we send the email off
If Action = "SendEmail" And IsError <> "Yes" Then

Dim strBody

[webber123456]

well there you have it.

instead of outputting the error message, capture the error message into a variable

errmsg = ("<font color=""red"">You did not enter a valid email address.</font><br>")

concatenate as needed/desired for other messages

errmsg = errmsg & ".....whatever...."

then in the preferred location(s)

response.write(errmsg)

[draivika]

Thanks for the help. I successfully added the error message in the right place, but it appears all of the time. How do I phrase the code so that it only appears if there is an error?
so right now I added to the error check:
If IsValidEmail(ContactUs_Email) = "False" Then
IsError = "Yes"
errmsg = ("<font color=""red"">You did not enter a valid email address.</font><br>")
End If

then under the form field:
<% Response.Write("<font color=""red"" >You did not enter a valid email address.</font><br>") %>

Obviously i don't have a full grasp on asp format, so further help is appreciated.

[draivika]

Sorry, I then realized that the entire message should ony be in one place, so I instead put:

response.write(errmsg)

but get this error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01f4'

Variable is undefined: 'errmsg'

Do I need to define errmsg somewhere other than in the validation statement?

[draivika]

I think I got it. Added errmsg to the dim variables and it now works.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

[draivika]

close but no cigar. I have got error messages to show up in the right place after submission, but they show up whether there is a error or not.

[itHighway]

Attached is a simple form along with javascript to easily validate a form.

[draivika]

revised! It only shows message if there is an error, but it shows one error on all fields (valid or not) wherever I added response.write(errmsg)

so i need help in how to define different messages for each field

Thanks