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FormName,
this option lets you specify the name of the Fusion form layout
region. The default name for a form made in Fusion is FORMLAYOUT,
and that is the default in the Properties Palette as well.
Header
Message is the first half of the message that will appear
in the alert box if the user has invalid fields. It should
say something similar to "The following fields are incorrectly
filled out:". A list of incorrectly filled out fields will
appear after your message.
Footer
Message is the message at the bottom of the alert box
that tells the user what to do. Usually this will say something
such as "Please re-enter and submit again."
Use
Custom Names? If you wish the error message to display
a different name than that of the actual field name, set this
option to Yes and then enter the name in the Custom
Name # field for each input configured.
#
of Text Inputs, this option is where you select the number
of input fields you have on your Form Layout Page that will
be validated.
Name
of # is where you enter the name of the field. Defaults
for Fusion are usually something like TEXTBOXFIELD1.
Custom
Name #, enter the custom name to be displayed in the error
message if this field is filled out incorrectly.
Type
# is where you enter the validation type. The first five
validation types apply only to text inputs. Radio Button
and Combo Box validation work only with their respective
input types. The choices are:
Email
Validation, checks the field to make sure the
text is in email form, e.g. 'roma@coolmaps.com'.
URL
Validation, checks the field to make sure the
text is in URL form, e.g. 'http://club.coolmaps.com'.
Date
Validation, checks the field to make sure the
text is in date form. Acceptable formats:
'nn.nn.nn', 'nn/nn/nn', or 'nn-nn-nn'.
Letters
Only, permits only letters, e.g. use in a
name field. (Permits both caps and lower case.)
Numbers
Only, permits only numbers 0-9, e.g. use in
an age field. (Phone number formats allowed.)
- Allow
Spaces, is only available if using Letters Only
or Numbers Only validation. Determines whether
spaces in the text field are allowed or not.
Radio
Button, forces a selection from a group of radio
buttons.
Combo
Box, checks combo boxes to see if a valid
selection is made. With this form
of validation,
elements in the combo box that are
not allowed
should have a value of "#"
(no quotes!). A good
example of its use is when using a
default value
such as "-- Select --".
Setting the value of
"-- Select --" to "#"
would force a visitor to make
a selection before proceeding.
None,
does no validation.
HTML
# is an additional validation technique. The choices
are:
Allow,
does not check for HTML tags.
Do
Not Allow, checks the fields and does not allow
HTML tags.
Strip
Out HTML, strips out all HTML tags from the text
and gives no error message. (This is great for
dynamic
pages, such as message boards.)
Blank
Field # is an additional validation technique. The choices
are:
Allow,
does not check blank or empty text fields.
Do
Not Allow, checks the fields and does not allow
blank or empty fields.
Response,
the last option on the properties palette lets you choose
how you would like the alert message box to work. Your choices
are:
Force
(cancel) is usually the choice you will want to use. It
brings up the generic alert box with only one button that
says "OK" and it forces the user to go back and re-enter the
information. In other words, it does not ever allow them to
submit the form until all the information is correct.
Warn
(cancel/proceed) gives the user two choices when they
make an invalid form entry. The user can choose "OK" or "Cancel".
If they choose "OK" the information will be submitted, if
they choose "Cancel", they will be sent back to the page to
correct the information. Note: if you choose this choice it
might be a good idea to change your footer message to read
something like "Do you want to continue?"
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