Validating Entry in the FCKeditor

This is the javascript I use to validate a text field within a form.

if (!isFilled(document.myform.strText.value)) {
   alert("Please enter the Comments.");
   return(false);
}

<input type="hidden" id="FCKeditor1" name="strText" value="<%=strText%>" style="display:none" />
<input type="hidden" id="FCKeditor1___Config" value="SkinPath=/fckeditor/editor/skins/office2003/" style="display:none" />
<iframe id="FCKeditor1___Frame" src="/fckeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?InstanceName=FCKeditor1&amp;Toolbar=MYToolbar" width="100%" height="200" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

When I try to Submit the page the first time strText is empty. Pressing Submit again validates the field properly.

How do I get the text in the first time?

Thanks, John

Thu, 01/24/2008 - 16:50

jswidorski

Joined: 24/01/2008

Posts: 2

Re: Validating Entry in the FCKeditor

Sorry, premature post. Fixed it.

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:06

thorne

Joined: 09/04/2008

Posts: 2

Re: Validating Entry in the FCKeditor

I have been struggling with this aswell. Have you found a way yet? I'm still a newbie developer and was wondering...

so the form looks like this:

<form name="theForm" method="post" onSubmit="return validate()"

my fckeditor is generated with php and has a name 'comment'

ok so my javascript function looks like this:

function validate() {
    if(document.theForm.comment.value=="") {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

I know it is possible to submit the form again via javascript (

document.theForm.submit()

) but is there a way to have that submit command run the validate function again? It seems that document.theForm.comment only gets a value after a submit command is issued via a submit button and when the second submit occurs the value has been assigned already to document.theForm.comment.value. any ideas on this?