Overview - Validation Toolkit Recipes

The Validation Toolkit Recipes take you step-by-step through the process of applying validations the right way, with full explanations.

Learn how to validate forms - client-side, server-side or both

With the Validation Toolkit Recipes, you'll gain all the knowledge you need to make the most of the power built into Validation Toolkit. Each recipe takes you step-by-step through the process of applying validations the right way, with full explanations. The Validation Toolkit Recipes also includes a breakdown of all the validations required for the Dreamweaver 8 Recipes book as a special bonus.

Benefits:

Starting Points and Snippets Included
Everything you need to complete the recipe without tedious hand-coding is provided for you, so you can concentrate on understanding the process.

Client Validations Explored
Learn the quickest way to validate your client-side pages - and the most powerful.

 

Pure Server Validations
See how to incorporate server validations, validated entries, and conditional content into your Web applications.

 

Best of both Client and Server Validations
Integrate the benefits of both types of validations to create responsive, interactive forms.

  Features:

 

Client Validations Recipe

In the client-side validations recipe, you'll see how to quickly apply your validations triggered when the form is submitted. In addition, you'll see how to display validation error messages as the user moves through the form. This recipe also covers interactively enabling a disabled form element.

Server Validations Recipe

All four server models covered (ASP-VBScript, ASP-JavaScript, ColdFusion, and PHP) describe the best technique for applying server-side validations, including advanced date/time functionality. You'll also learn how to conditionally display error messages. 

 

Advanced topics featured

Combination Validations Recipe

This recipe explores the best workflow for combining the different validation methods. Server-side validations provide the overall validation support while client side validations are used to guide the user through the form.

Dreamweaver 8 Recipes Chart

Validation Toolkit ships with 15 validation behaviors - applicable client-side or server-side - that check the contents of specified form elements when triggered by events on the page. These behaviors work in conjunction with client-side error-handling behaviors to alert users when they have entered invalid content into a form. 

System Requirements:

WINDOWS       

• Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Dreamweaver 8

 

MACINTOSH

• 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor
• Mac OS X 10.1.x, 10.2.x, 10.3.x and 10.4.x
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Dreamweaver 8

 

APPLICATION SERVER MODELS      

• ASP JavaScript
• ASP VBScript
• PHP
• Coldfusion MX and later

 

SUPPPORTED DATABASES    

• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle
• MySQL

 

Support for WebAssist Products

All WebAssist products receive professional, top-of-the-line support from a number of resources. Validation Toolkit Recipes includes a full online help system, available directly from within Dreamweaver and the extension.

 

Help Documentation

Feature Tour

Public Forum

TechNotes

 

 

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