Submit Form - Drop down menu "required field" - NEED HELP......

[sinternational]

I need to make a drop down menu a required field. I am using formtomail and every thing is OK apart from this one thing. cannot get it to work.

Hope someone can help.

I have detailed the code in the attachment.

Thanks

[ixalmida]

The following script will make sure every entry on a form has some input before submitting:

// Validate data before submitting...
function validateForm(myform)
  {
  var valid = true;
  var err_msg = "Input is required for the following fields:\n";

  // Check for blank fields...
  for(var i = 0; i < myform.elements.length; i++)
    {
    var obj = myform.elements[i];

// Cancel form submittal and build error message if a visible field has no entry...
// NOTE: Add this to check only the text boxes: obj.type == "text"
// OR - add this to only check specific fields:  obj.name == "some_field"
if(obj.value == "" && obj.style.display == '')
  {
  // Remove underscores and brackets from field name...
  var fldname = obj.name.replace(/_/g, " ");
  // Add field name to error message...
  err_msg = err_msg + " - " + fldname + "\n";
  // Highlight blank fields...
  obj.style.background = "#FFFACD";
  valid = false;
  }
else
  {
  // Change background back to white if valid (except buttons)...
  if(obj.type != "submit" && obj.type != "button") obj.style.background = "white";
  }
}

  // Display errors, if any...
  if(valid == false)
    {
    alert(err_msg);
    }

// Cancel or submit...
return valid;
  }

Then, of course, you need to include an onSubmit event...

<form name="the_form" action="some_page.php" method="post"
  onSubmit="return validateForm(this);">