>on the oRox.MsgBoard() page at RoxWorld.com, when you hit the [Post Message] link it brings up a simple form with a couple of text boxes and a drop down/combo box control. How can tweak this puppy to make some of those fields require an entry of some sort?
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>(braces herself for the potential "need script" answer)

"NEED SCRIPT"

Good thing you were braced!!! Actually, you will need script (either JavaScript, JScript or VBScript, or ASP script with the form page being resubmitted to itself, in case clients don't allow scripting).

This is the only "foolproof" way I've seen to do this. There are validation options in FP98 when you modify a field's properties, but I've had limited (read VERY VERY) success with this option.

Look at it this way, you'll get to learn some scripting! ;)

Hugo