topic Validation of the input data on web forms as per schema in Alfresco Archive

Validation of the input data on web forms as per schema

rajrf — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:39:42 GMT

I am new to Alfresco Webforms and need some help with validating the input data on web forms. I am giving the element data restrictions in the schema as follows but while creating the content using the webform, it does not seem to be validating the data(length or other patterns). It seems to be aler

Re: Validation of the input data on web forms as per schema

arielb — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:24:42 GMT

pattern restrictions should be getting enforced as of 2.1. length should have already been enforced (the textfield should only be allowing 5 chars of input). there is no way to use javascript to enforce custom restrictions at this time.

Re: Validation of the input data on web forms as per schema

rajrf — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:32:09 GMT

Length restriction also is not being enforced (using 2.1 community edition). When I gave only 1 or 2 characters for the field (restriction says 5 characters–fixed length), it takes and takes me to the next screen. Pattern also should be enforced in this edition but it is not. Do I need to turn on any flag to enable these validations?

Re: Validation of the input data on web forms as per schema

arielb — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:11:34 GMT

i think pattern restrictions only went into 2.1 enterprise. i'll check on length - it should be getting enforced by the ui…