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Not evaluating required fields properly
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Travis

4:54 pm February 13, 2009
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cForms 9.3

When a field has the following the required validation doesn't work:

a Default Value

Required

Clear the field (defualt value) on focuse

This is a pretty big issue as it allows users to submitt forms with out required fields being filled in . . .

Thanks in advance
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Oliver

Munich, Germany

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6:55 pm February 13, 2009
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this could be a bug in the old version, you may want to upgrade to v10.2

(ps: a default value is a value and hence would be accepted as input!)

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Travis

7:49 pm February 13, 2009
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I have tested 10.2 and it also exhibits the same behaivor.  I understand what your saying about the default value actually being a value.  However the end result is an empty field not the default value.

Please let me know if you can think of anything else that may help.

Thanks in advance.
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Oliver

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8:21 pm February 13, 2009
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hm. you're right, the value gets stripped since it's the default value and the empty fields gets accepted.

the default behaviour should be that the default value gets used, the auto-clear feature should only kick in when accessing the field.

a possible workaround could be to disable auto-clear and use regexp, e.g.:

Your Name|Your Name|^(?!(Your Name)).+

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Travis

10:04 pm February 13, 2009
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Thank you so much for getting back to me.  Will the bug(?) if thats what it is determined to be that is causing the default value to get striped be addressed in a patch and if so would you have any idea when that might be?

Again thank you so much for your time and suggestions.

It is greatly appreciated.
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Oliver

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10:57 am February 14, 2009
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it'll be fixed 10.3 to match the above described default behaviour.

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rebecca

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6:32 am August 13, 2009
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Thanks, this worked. I've got 10.6 running and I used this with the auto-clear still on. It worked perfectly, but only for the text entry fields. I'm pretty sure I've enabled it for dropdowns so that the default value is select, but that can't be used as the field… WIll have to check on that form.
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Brian

5:38 pm August 13, 2009
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How did you get the regexp working for list menu / drop down ? I want the initial "Please Select" not to be a value they are allowed to submit the form with. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Oliver

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7:11 am August 14, 2009
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it's described on your cforms Help page:

Note:
Select box marked "Required": Using a minus symbol - for the value (after |), will mark an option as invalid! Example:
Your age#Please pick your age group|-#12 to 18|kiddo#19 to 30|young#31 to 45#45+ |older.
"Please pick…" is shown but not considered a valid value.

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