On Mon, 2 May 2005, Tha RagMan wrote:
> Greetings Gang! Back with a forms question.
> I have created a form that is a "Print" only form. i.e. it does not
> get submitted so no need for a cgi script. All I want is for the party
> to input the info into the fields on the web page then print and turn
> in to their respective Human Resource department. My problem is I want
> to make some of the field "Required" and/or mandatory. Is there any
> line I can include in the field tag to require the field to be filled
> in before it will allow the party to continue or print the form?
>
> Once again my thanks for your help and info.
> Tha RagMan
As far as I know, there is no reliable way to do that. Perhaps you should
use a script to verify that the data is filled in and then present them
with a page with the filled-out data as preformatted text (not in a form)
and have them print out *that* page. An alternative is to visibly mark
some fields as mandatory and have a policy of rejecting any printout with
the data missing.
1. Client-side scripting to ensure that a field is filled out won't
work if JavaScript is turned off for the browser.
2. A program may ensure that some data is filled in in a field. It can't
ensure that the data is correct.
3. Some browsers (such as lynx) omit any data in a form when they print
out a page with a form. This:
Name: George_Smith_______________
Age: 47__
Weight: 219_ (*) pounds (_) kg
gets printed as:
Name: ___________________________
Age: ____
Weight: ____ (*) pounds (_) kg
What should be done also depends on the data requested. I know someone
with only one name. Forms that require a given name and a surname and
reject any entry without both are one of his peeves. A form that
requires a telephone number may be filled out by someone who doesn't
have a telephone.
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