Using version 1.5.6

Page has one drop-down to select a customer's name from the list, with a " - SELECT CUSTOMER NAME - " as the first entry. This entry has no value, only a label (per Tedor's instructions at www.dmxzone.com/go/16816/validate-select-list-with-all-options-allowed-but-the-first/).

Added the Universal Form Validator to page. Selected correct field from the Validation page and added it to Validation Rules, and checked "REQUIRED". I'm not sure which rule I'm supposed to select other than "ALL FORMATS".

Submit the form, and an error is returned in the dropdown list "Type mismatch. C:\INETPUB\LOANMANAGER\LOGIN\MANAGER\LOANS\../../../ScriptLibrary/dmxValidator.asp"

Could you please provide some guidance on using this extension to validate drop-downs?

Hello Ed,

Basically what you did is exactly what is needed. Can you provide the full error text?

Regards.

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' Type mismatch /ScriptLibrary/dmxValidator.asp, line 3242

If I submit the form with the invalid list item selected, the Form Validator shows the correct error message. However, selecting any other item on the list returns the above runtime error.

Hello Ed,

Do you have a value attribute in your first select option?
If not set in an empty value attribute like:

...
<select name="select" id="select">
      <option value="">Select something</option>
...

Regards.

No value attribute is set. My code is exactly as your sample.

Hello Ed.

Please, Provide me the page in question on my e-mail:

Regards.

Unchecking 'bot check' and correcting the form action has fixed my problem.

I have examined the code and determined there is a fundamental flaw in the way the extension is executed.

My form action is set to post to another page, but when your extension is applied, the form action is changed to <%=DMX_validateAction%>. This function is defined in ScriptLibrary/dmxValidator.asp as form page url plus the querystring. This is a problem. Your extension should provide an input field so I can input the form action. For you to assume that every form should post to the same page is wrong.

Hello? Did anybody read about this fundamental error?