Topic awaiting preservation: Form Text Field That Allows Only Author-Specified Input

I coded this JavaScript to allow you to specify which characters can be entered into a form text field, so that users will have a harder time entering invalid characters for certain fields (such as entering a letter or hyphen into a phone number field, where only numeric is appropriate). I hope it's helpful.

** The variable "vInc" contains the allowed characters **

** The only character that cannot be excluded using this script is the delimiting backslash, "\" **

<!-- Paste one of these three pieces of code into your HEAD tag area -->

** Or modify one to suit your tastes **

** This one allows only numeric input **

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
var vInc = /[0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6\\7\\8\\9\\/]/;
function checkit(val) {
var strPass = val.value;
var strLength = strPass.length;
var lchar = val.value.charAt((strLength) - 1);
if(lchar.search(vInc) == -1) {
var tst = val.value.substring(0, (strLength) - 1);
val.value = tst;
}}
// End -->
</script>

** This one allows only upper and lowercase letters **

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
var vInc = /[A\\a\\B\\b\\C\\c\\D\\d\\E\\e\\F\\f\\G\\g\\H\\h\\I\\i\\J\\j\\K\\k\\L\\l\\M\\m\\N\\n\\O\\o\\P\\p\\Q\\q\\R\\r\\S\\s\\T\\t\\U\\u\\V\\v\\W\\w\\X\\x\\Y\\y\\Z\\z\\']/;
function checkit(val) {
var strPass = val.value;
var strLength = strPass.length;
var lchar = val.value.charAt((strLength) - 1);
if(lchar.search(vInc) == -1) {
var tst = val.value.substring(0, (strLength) - 1);
val.value = tst;
}}
// End -->
</script>

** This one allows only time-related input **

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
var vInc = /[0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6\\7\\8\\9\\ \\a\\A\\p\\P\\m\\M\\:]/;
function checkit(val) {
var strPass = val.value;
var strLength = strPass.length;
var lchar = val.value.charAt((strLength) - 1);
if(lchar.search(vInc) == -1) {
var tst = val.value.substring(0, (strLength) - 1);
val.value = tst;
}}
// End -->
</script>

<!-- Paste this piece appropriately into the BODY area of the page -->

<form name="ThisForm" method="post" action="WhateverPage.html">
<input type="text" name="ThisField" size="35" maxlength="20" value="" onKeyUp="javascript:checkit(ThisForm.ThisField);">
</form>

IMHO Using regular expressions to validate form input is more efficient... Example can be found here: http://www.max.co.yu/ozone/form_validation.html

I've built something that handles this. Use the whole things or just the FILTER part of it. It's written using regexes.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/validation/files/Cross-browser/validation.3.0.0b2.zip

I have 3.0.0 final in the works. Here's to hoping the job lets up enough.

I just have my CGI script yell at 'em

tskull@hotmail.com">
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Well ... I think I got to see all your sigs rotating Pet, all of them sweet and high quality.
I still like the grim one though

dud, max,
something is wrong with your validation thingy thing.
My IE wants to start the debbuger because of an "Laufzeitfehler"
just wanted to point that out....
k10

every1 with psycho10esis raise my hand

It works fine for me... Anyway, by Laufzeitfehler (German) you mean program execution error, right? Did your IE crash when you tried to view that page? If it crashed the problem may be located somewhere else and not in my page...