[ cf-dev ] OT : Custom form attribs + Netscape

[Matt Horn]

Hi I have written a sexy little _javascript_ form validator it relies on custom attribs within the form fields however <input type="text" name="textbox" Validate="txt">   and based on the value of document.forms['theform'][x].Validate   a validation routine is run    however Mozilla doesnt seem to be able to read the value of the custom attrib   anyone know why?   here is my code   --------------------------- <script language="_javascript_">      function loopval(formname) {   // set up form variables   var re = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;   theForm = document.forms[''+formname+''];   looplen = theForm.length;   var errorInd =0;   var errorMsg ='The following errors were found\n';       alert(looplen);     //loop over length of form    for(i=0 ; i<looplen ; i++) {     alert(i);     //setup looping vars     switchObj = theForm[i].validate;      formVal = theForm[i].value;      fieldName = theForm[i].name;      // NETSCAPE CHECK alert(theForm[i].validate.value);     //switch statement     switch(switchObj) {      case 'txt' : if (!isNaN(formVal)) {         errorInd=1;         errorMsg =errorMsg + 'The field '+fieldName+' must contain alphanumerics\n';            };      break;      case 'nmb' : if (isNaN(formVal)) {         errorInd=1;         errorMsg = errorMsg +'The field '+fieldName+' must contain only numbers\n';            };      break;      case 'email' : if(!formVal.match(re)) {          errorInd=1;          errorMsg = errorMsg +'The field '+fieldName+' must contain a syntactically valid Email address\n';          };         break;          }     }    if (errorInd ==1) {     alert(errorMsg);       }    else {theForm.submit(); }    }    </script>   <form name="test" method="post" action="">    <input type="text" name="txtbox"  validate="txt">  <input type="text" name="txtbox"   validate="nmb">  <input type="text" name="txtbox"   validate="email">  <input type="text" name="txtbox"   validate="that">  <input type="text" name="txtbox"   validate="other">  <input type="button" >   </form>     |\--------------------/| Matt Horn Web Applications Developer Ph:+2782 424 3751 W: http://www.matt-horn.org E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |\--------------------/|