Topic awaiting preservation: return confirm before form submittal?

I have a form that inputs data into a "todo" list. If the user edits a record and sets it as "complete", I'd like to let them know that it can no longer be edited if "complete" has been selected from a list box. How can I find out what was selected (before submitting) and when the user clicks "submit" , a prompt confirms their selection of "complete" with the ability to cancel the submission? HELP!

In the form tag:

onsubmit="return confirm('Are you sure you want to submit this form as complete? You will not be able to change it later.');"

Slime, thanks for the tip, but it still does not dynamically recognize that "complete" was selected. This seems to work:

function verify(){
if(document.forms[0].editstatus.value=="complete"){
return confirm("You will not be able to edit this record after setting it's status to 'complete'.\nWould you like to continue anyway?");
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}

within the HEAD and:

onSubmit="return verify()"

within the FORM tag...

However, if I try to stck these validations within the function:

function verify(){

    if(document.forms[0].editclient.value==""){

        alert("Please specify a client!");

        return false;

        }else{

        return true;

        }

    if(document.forms[0].edittype.value==""){

        alert("Please specify a type!\nThis will describe the nature of the task.");

        return false;

        }else{

        return true;

        }

    if(document.forms[0].editdetail.value==""){

        alert("Please specify the details of the task!");

        return false;

        }else{

        return true;

        }

    if(document.forms[0].editstatus.value=="complete"){

        return confirm("You will not be able to edit this record after setting it's status to 'complete'.\nWould you like to continue anyway?");

        return false;

        }else{

        return true;

        }

  }

it only checks the first validation and ignores the others...any suggestions?

Yes remove the "else { return true}" from all the if statements until the last one.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

DOH!! I see now! Thanks bitdamaged!

BTW, this is not very important, but what are the possibilities that I could dynamically insert an additional field based on the fact that the user has selected "completed"?

For example, dropdown has "pending", "in progress", and "complete". If a user selects "complete", a checkbox shows requesting whether the user would like to enter completion notes after submission? Feasible?