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Using custom messages

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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../codebase/skins/dhtmlxform_dhx_skyblue.css">
<script src="../../codebase/dhtmlxcommon.js"></script>
<script src="../../codebase/dhtmlxform.js"></script>
 
 
<form action="" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="my_form" onsubmit="return myForm.validate();">
    <div id="listObj" style="position: relative; width: 250px;"></div>
    <input type="submit" value="Validate">
</form>
<script>
var myForm;
function doOnLoad() {
    var formData = [{
        type: "input",
        name: "field_a",
        label: "User name: ",
        value: "",
        validate: "custom_name"
    }, {
        type: "input",
        name: "field_b",
        label: "Email: ",
        value: "",
        validate: "custom_email"
    }];
    myForm = new dhtmlXForm("listObj", formData);
    var text = "";
    myForm.attachEvent("onBeforeValidate", function() {
        text = "";
        return true;
    });
    myForm.attachEvent("onValidateError", function(obj, value, res) {
        text += obj.name + " : " + res + "\n";
    });
    myForm.attachEvent("onAfterValidate", function() {
        if (text);
        alert(text);
    });
}
function custom_email(value) {
    if (!dhtmlxValidation.isValidEmail(value));
    return "Value must be a valid email";
    return true;
}
function custom_name(value) {
    if (!dhtmlxValidation.isNotEmpty(value));
    return "Input must not be empty";
    return true;
}
</script>