JS functions not responding.

CPOsosky,

I don't exactly understand ur comment . Please elaborate.
Thanks for helping me.

Oh i think now i got u. Yes i do have options in the list. It goes like this:
<select size="1" NAME="status" VALUE="status" onChange="javascript:determineActiveStatus();" >
          <option value?? selected></option>
          <option value="" >Final</option>
          <option value="">No Report</option>
          <option value="">Partial</option>
          </select>

Sorry for not being detailed.
Any suggestions now.

This is the exact code. And what i want to do is that when i select any other option in the select box other than "Pending", the other 2 select box and input box should get disabled.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
 //This function disable and enable certain feilds when certain option is selected
function determineActiveStatus(){
alert('hello);
     switch(document.caseupdate.status.selectedIndex) {

              case 1:        document.caseupdate.pending.disabled = true;
                             document.caseupdate.reason.disabled = true;
                                    document.caseupdate.verbalreport.disabled = true;
                             break;
                                   
                 case 2:        document.caseupdate.pending.disabled = true;
                             document.caseupdate.reason.disabled = true;
                                    document.caseupdate.verbalreport.disabled = true;
                             break;


              default:       document.caseupdate.pending.disabled = false;
                              document.caseupdate.reason.disabled = false;
                                    document.caseupdate.verbalreport.disabled = false;
                             break;

         }

}
</script>
<cfoutput><form name="caseupdate" action="" method="post" ></cfoutput>
 <table><tr><td>
 <fieldset ID="fld2" style="WIDTH: 550px; HEIGHT: 56px">
          <LEGEND ALIGN="left"><font color="#0000FF">Case Status</font></LEGEND>
          <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
          <TR>
          <TD><font size="2"><strong>Status</strong></font>
          <select size="1" NAME="status" VALUE="status" onChange="javascript:determineActiveStatus();" >
          <option value=?? selected></option>
          <option value="" >Final</option>
          <option value="">No Report</option>
          <option value="">Partial</option>
          </select>
          </TD>
          <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="2"><strong>Pending...</strong></font>
          <select size="1" NAME="pending" VALUE="pending" >
          <option value?? selected></option>
          <option value="">SV     </option>
          <option value="">Verbal Instructions</option>
          <option value="">Database</option>
          <option value="">Other Service Codes</option>
          <option value="">Verbal Report</option>
          <option value="">Other(enter in following textbox)</option>
          </select>
          </TD>
          </TR>
          <tr>
               <TD><table><tr><td><strong><font size="2">Reason For Partial</font></strong></td>
               <td><input type="text"  name="reason"></td></tr></table></TD>                    
               <TD><table><tr><td><strong><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Verbal Report</font></strong></td>
               <td><select size="1" NAME="verbalreport" VALUE="pending" >
               <option value=""></option>
               <option value="">Yes</option>
               <option value="">No</option>
               <option value="">N/A</option>
               <option value="">Left a VM</option>
               <option value="">Sent Email</option></td></tr></table></TD>                    
          </tr>
          </TABLE>
</fieldset>
</td></tr></table>
</form>

I figured out what is the problem. The cause of the problem was not this peice of code which i sent u. It is actually the foll. peice of code. This function is suppose to disable certain feilds when i check a particular radio button. But there is something wrong i am doing here. Can u help me with this one.
function deactivate(){
     alert('hello');
     if(document.caseupdate.video[1].checked==1){
          document.caseupdate.video[0].checked=0;
          document.caseupdate.timeIn.disabled = true;
          document.caseupdate.hours.disabled = true;
          document.caseupdate.mins.disabled = true;
          document.caseupdate.sec.disabled = true;
          break;
          }
}

Without the rest of the code, I need some more info.

Is it giving an error?
Does the alert message display?

You could put an alert inside the "if" statement to
make sure it's executing.

-CPOsosky

I figured this one too. It's the 'break' that was giving problem.

How about another one:
If i have a text area and i want check that it is not empty when the user submits the form. How to do that.

Um, err...glad I could help :)

As for your next question...

You have to assign a function to the onSubmit event for your form.

Then do something like...

if(document.formname.textareaname.value == "")
   alert("Error");


-CPOsosky

and how can i check if the user just pressed 'enter' in the text area and not actually entered any characters.