topic Alfresco share Form Validation in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-share-form-validation/m-p/274566#M227696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to do validation in Alfresco share forms. I have one field say </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"cm:name"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> which is mandatory. I want to put validation in such a way that when user enters value in this field it should get copied to other field say </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"my:productName"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>. In case user wants he can modify value of </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"my:productName"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For that i have created a custom function in forms-runtime.js file "Alfresco.forms.validation.copyProdNameValue". i have added this function to share-config-custom.xml for field </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"cm:name"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> like below.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;field id="cm:name" label="Name"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;constraint-handlers&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;constraint type="MANDATORY" validation-handler="Alfresco.forms.validation.copyProdNameValue" event="keyup"/&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;/constraint-handlers&gt;<BR />&lt;/field&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This works when i enter value in </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"cm:name"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> say "Welcome Product" it copies value("Welcome Product") to </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"my:productName"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>. But when user modify value of </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"my:productName"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> (i.e. "Welcome Product") it again calls validation function for </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"cm:name"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>(i.e. "Alfresco.forms.validation.copyProdNameValue") so it copies value from </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"cm:name"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> to </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>"my:productName"<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am not sure whether this is default behavior that is serial validation. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please send your valuable suggestion as putting validation in form is basic requirement.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you. </SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:53:54 GMT alfsender 2013-02-05T06:53:54Z Alfresco share Form Validation https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-share-form-validation/m-p/274566#M227696 Hello All,I am trying to do validation in Alfresco share forms. I have one field say "cm:name"‍ which is mandatory. I want to put validation in such a way that when user enters value in this field it should get copied to other field say "my<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />roductName"‍. In case user wants he can modify value of "m Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:53:54 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-share-form-validation/m-p/274566#M227696 alfsender 2013-02-05T06:53:54Z Re: Alfresco share Form Validation https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-share-form-validation/m-p/274567#M227697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Validators validate that a field is valid, so they are fired whenever the field changes or whenever the form must be validated to decide if submit button should be enabled or not. What you are doing is conceptually wrong.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I suggest you abandon this approach and instead consider &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Developer_Guide#Controls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Developer_Guide#Controls</A><SPAN>"&gt;building a custom control&lt;/a&gt; that "onchange", or on "keyup" or whatever suits better your needs, copies the value to the other control. You might &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms#Configuring_Controls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms#Configuring_Controls</A><SPAN>"&gt;check existing controls&lt;/a&gt; as a reference.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:11:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-share-form-validation/m-p/274567#M227697 iblanco 2013-09-09T07:11:11Z