Assignment 8

1: Type the <form> tag that would be required if you wanted to:

· use the post method to send the form to http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/formpost.cgi

· name the form trotwood

· make the form capable of being validated by a function named waterbrook() each time the form's Submit button is pressed.

Answer:

<form method="post" action="http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/formpost.cgi" name="trotwood" onsubmit="return waterbrook()">

2: Type the if statement for a JavaScript validator function that would check to see if the value of a text box named steerforth on a form named trotwood is blank and, if so, causes: (a) an alert box containing the message "Error. Try again." to appear, and (b) returns the word "false" to the browser.

Answer:

if (document.trotwood.steerforth.value == "")
{
  alert ("Error. Try again.");
  return false;
}

3: Type the if statement for a JavaScript validator function that would check to see if the value of a checkbox named wickfield on a form named trotwood is not selected and, if not, causes: (a) an alert box containing the message "Check the box, please!" to appear, and (b) returns the word "false" to the browser.

Answer:

if (document.trotwood.wickfield.checked == false)
{
  alert ("Check the box, please!");
  return false;
}