One thing is your method name and other is your field name. If the name of
your field is company and your method is company so:
rules:{
company:{
company:true
}
}
Maybe is better rename your method to not confuse.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 13:24, JMan <jbeck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Still no go... below is my code. I just want to pop a dialog to ask
> the user if they are sure they want to leave the company name blank.
> The field is not required. I thought it would be easier than this? I
> can't get teh addMethod to work or fire at all on validation.
>
>
> //validates the form
> var validator = frmSubmittal.validate({
> debug: false,
> focusCleanup: false,
> focusInvalid: false,
> onfocusout: false,
> onkeyup: false,
> errorPlacement:
> function(error, element) {error.prependTo
> ( element.parents("div.ctrlHolder"));},
> errorElement:'div',
>
> errorClass:'valerror',
> rules: {
>
> restitutionaddress: {required: "#sameAsBusinessAddress
> [checked='false']"},
>
> restitutioncity: {required: "#sameAsBusinessAddress
> [checked='false']"},
>
> restitutionstate: {required: "#sameAsBusinessAddress
> [checked='false']"},
>
> restitutionzipcode: {required: "#sameAsBusinessAddress
> [checked='false']"},
>
> company:true
> }
>
> });
>
> $.validator.addMethod( "company", function(value, element)
> {alert
> ("hello"); return false;}, "Enter a Company Name" );
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 21, 9:18 pm, Leonardo K <leo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > U need set the rules for your validation:
> >
> > frmSubmittal.validate({
> > debug: false,
> > focusCleanup: false,
> > focusInvalid: false,
> > onfocusout: false,
> > onkeyup: false,
> > errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
> > error.prependTo( element.parents("div.ctrlHolder"));
> > },
> > errorElement:'div',
> > errorClass:'valerror',
> > rules:{
> > nameField:{
> > company:true
> > }
> > }
> >
> > });
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 22:04, JMan <jbeck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > what am I doing wrong here? I cannot figure out how to use the
> > > addMethod().
> >
> > > var frmSubmittal = $("#frmSubmittal");
> >
> > > //validates the form
> > > frmSubmittal.validate({
> > > debug: false,
> > > focusCleanup:
> false,
> > > focusInvalid:
> false,
> > > onfocusout:
> false,
> > > onkeyup: false,
> > > errorPlacement:
> > > function(error, element) {error.prependTo
> > > ( element.parents("div.ctrlHolder"));},
> > >
> errorElement:'div',
> >
> > > errorClass:'valerror'
> >
> > > });
> >
> > > $.validator.addMethod( "company", function(value, element) {alert
> > > ("hello"); return false;}, "Enter a Company Name" );
>
