form </input> validation

09-13-2007

I have several input fields on my form, and the form works; however, Visual
Studio is showing errors, and I would like to get rid of them.

When the form is submitted, it is redirected back to itself, where it checks
the values that were entered.

If the default values are set, this is the visitor's first time to access
the page.

Example: The FirstName field would initially be displayed with "First Name;"
but, this value would not be valid for submitting the form.

If non-default values are available, they are validated before being
collected (i.e. FirstName can not be blank).

If a page is not valid, a note is displayed next to the failed fields and
all fields are populated with their previous values.

Example:
<input type="text" name="FirstName"><%Request.Form("FirstName")%></input>
<span><%Response.Write(strFirstNameErr)%></span>

For my html header, I use this format:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

Visual Studio is giving me this error for the </input> tags:

Validation (XHTML 1.0 Transitional): Element 'input' is an empty element and
cannot have a closing tag. Instead, it must end with />.

What is the best way to correct this?

09-13-2007

"jp2code" <poojo.com/mail> wrote in message
news:...
>
>I have several input fields on my form, and the form works; however, Visual
>Studio is showing errors, and I would like to get rid of them.

Add/Remove Programs -> Remove Visual Studio

>
> When the form is submitted, it is redirected back to itself, where it
> checks the values that were entered.
>
> If the default values are set, this is the visitor's first time to access
> the page.
>
> Example: The FirstName field would initially be displayed with "First
> Name;" but, this value would not be valid for submitting the form.
>

A far better approach would be to check the value of the "submit" button.

> If non-default values are available, they are validated before being
> collected (i.e. FirstName can not be blank).
>
> If a page is not valid, a note is displayed next to the failed fields and
> all fields are populated with their previous values.
>
> Example:
> <input type="text" name="FirstName"><%Request.Form("FirstName")%></input>
> <span><%Response.Write(strFirstNameErr)%></span>
>
> For my html header, I use this format:
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
>
> Visual Studio is giving me this error for the </input> tags:
>
> Validation (XHTML 1.0 Transitional): Element 'input' is an empty element
> and cannot have a closing tag. Instead, it must end with />.
>
> What is the best way to correct this?

<input type="text" name="FirstName" value="<%=Request.Form("FirstName")%>"
/>

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09-14-2007

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "jp2code" <poojo.com/mail>
writing in news::

> For my html header, I use this format:
><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
>
> Visual Studio is giving me this error for the </input> tags:
>
> Validation (XHTML 1.0 Transitional): Element 'input' is an empty
> element and cannot have a closing tag. Instead, it must end with />.
>
> What is the best way to correct this?
>
>

1. Use a strict DocType for new documents - Transitional is for older
documents that are in Transition.
2. Better to use HTML instead of XHTML - unless you have a compelling
reason (other than being trendy) - lurk over at alt.html for reasons
why.
3. If you must use XHTML, then understand:
A) All elements must be closed.
B) Elements and attributes must be in lower case
C) Elements which do not have a corresponding end tag use a slash at the
end of the tag, eg. <img src="mypic.gif" alt="Nice picture" />

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09-14-2007

Nice crystal ball, Adrienne!

As for specifying Transitional and XHTML, I'm just using something I found
on another's HTML page.

How would I code my HTML using DocType and HTML? Any suggestions? I take
them, you know!

"Adrienne Boswell" saw this a ball O'crystal:
> 1. Use a strict DocType for new documents - Transitional is for older
> documents that are in Transition.
> 2. Better to use HTML instead of XHTML - unless you have a compelling
> reason (other than being trendy) - lurk over at alt.html for reasons
> why.
> 3. If you must use XHTML, then understand:
> A) All elements must be closed.
> B) Elements and attributes must be in lower case
> C) Elements which do not have a corresponding end tag use a slash at the
> end of the tag, eg. <img src="mypic.gif" alt="Nice picture" />

09-14-2007

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "jp2code" <poojo.com/mail>
writing in news::

> Nice crystal ball, Adrienne!
>
> As for specifying Transitional and XHTML, I'm just using something I
> found on another's HTML page.
>
> How would I code my HTML using DocType and HTML? Any suggestions? I
> take them, you know!

>

http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

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