autocomplete validation?

[RMP User]

We're using autocomplete in a text field with data from a collection.
Is there a way to enforce/validate that the submitted field value is a valid string from the collection?

For example, user ignores the autocomplete and enters some random string, we want to disallow such submissions.

Thanks!

[Murali]

Hi,

Create a js widget that listens to text field variable (user_name) and include below script.

function list_ok(result) {
    //alert("ok=" + JSON.stringify(result));
    if(result.length ==0)
    {
        alert("name not found in collection");
    }
}

function list_ko(result) {
    alert("ko=" + JSON.stringify(result));
}

var my_pattern = {};
my_pattern.name = "[[user_name]]";

col_users_info.listCallback(my_pattern,{},list_ok,list_ko);

Regards,
Murali

[tedd...@nana.com]

Thank, Murali! that was great.

The only minor change I added was to make the field required and set the field to "" so that user would not ignore the warning since they won't be able to submit unless correct data was entered.

function list_ok(result) {

    if(result.length ==0)
    {
        alert("name not found in collection");

        RMPApplication.set("user_name","");