JavaScript sticks on focus. - Solved

["Tom Deskevich" <thomas.l.deskevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I figured this out.  Function check5 needed to return true with an else.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Tom Deskevich [mailto:thomas.l.deskevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent:	Monday, November 23, 2009 8:21 AM
> To:	'WEB400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:	JavaScript sticks on focus.
>
> I have a validation function and the this is the last thing it does. 
>
> var mytext=document.getElementById("sizip")
>     if(check5(mytext,"Zip Code must be 5 digits.")==false)
>     {mytext.focus();return false;}
>
> ==== Function check5
>
>  function check5(mytext,alerttxt){
> var re5digit=/^\d{5}$/ //regular expression defining a 5 digit number
> if (mytext.value.search(re5digit)==-1)  //if match failed
> alert(alerttxt);return false;
>
> =====
> It will validate ok, if I do not have 5 digits, I get an error box.
>
> But then if I click the accept button again, it puts focus back on my zip
> code with no error.
> I scanned through the file and do not find any other places where I am
> doing focus on this. 
>
> The only other places I reference it is where it is defined and where I
> tell it to auto jump 
> to the next text box.
>
> <input type="text" name="sizip" size="5" tabindex="10" maxlength="5">
> autojump('sizip', 'sizip4', 5);
> function autojump(fieldName,nextFieldName,fakeMaxLength)
> {
> var myForm=document.forms[document.forms.length - 1];
> var myField=myForm.elements[fieldName];
> myField.nextField=myForm.elements[nextFieldName];
>
> if (myField.maxLength == null)
>    myField.maxLength=fakeMaxLength;
>
> myField.onkeydown=autojump_keyDown;
> myField.onkeyup=autojump_keyUp;
> }
>
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>
> Tom Deskevich
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