FP98: Cannot Validate Form Field if Name Has Invalid Character (194283)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q194283 For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205545.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 184411.
SYMPTOMS
If the Name property of a form field contains an invalid character and you
attempt to use form field validation on that field, you will the following
message:
This control's name is not a valid identifier for scripting languages.
Consequently, any script that FrontPage generates may not work properly.
Before specifying validation criteria, please change the control's name
so that it starts with a letter, and subsequent characters are letters
(A-Z and a-z), digits (0-9), or underscores ("_").
NOTE: The letters must be ASCII; extended characters are not allowed.
CAUSE
The scripting language used by FrontPage does not recognize spaces or
extended characters (such as /, \, *, &, @, and so forth) as valid
characters for a form field name. Form field validation will not work if
you use any of these characters in the Name property of a form field.
RESOLUTION
To remove the invalid characters or spaces from the form field names,
follow these steps:
- Click the form field that you want to modify.
- On the Edit menu, click Form Field Properties.
- In the Name box, type a name that contains alphanumeric characters, such
as A-Z, a-z, or 0-9 or the underscore character ("_"). The name must
start with a letter.
MORE INFORMATION
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/3/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB194283 |
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