PM52657: An error marker is displayed in the Page Designer or JSP Editor for 'onSubmit=return myMethod();' syntax embedded in HTML

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 8.5
Rational Software Architect Interim Fix 1 for 8.0.4.2
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Interim Fix 1 for 8.0.4.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Abstract:
  
  Using JavaScript in the onSubmit method that starts with the
  keyword 'return' is legal HTML syntax; However, it will be
  marked with the error 'Cannot return from outside a function or
  method' by the client-side JavaScript validator.
  
  Problem:
  
  To reproduce this problem,
  
  1. Right-click WEB-INF ? New ? Web Page
  2. Select the HTML/XHTML template and provide a file name
  3. Finish
  4. Add ?form??/form? tags inside the ?body? section with an
  onSubmit Javascript method as per below:
  
  ?form name='formName' method='post' onSubmit='return
  myMethod();'??/form?
  
  5. Notice that a red line is drawn under the 'return' part in
  quotation marks after you save and rebuild.
  
  6. Remove the 'return' part of the string and resave as per
  below:
  
  ?form name='formName' method='post'
  onSubmit='myMethod();'??/form?
  
  7. Notice that the error is no longer displayed.
  
  Local fix:
  
  The error will not be displayed if the client-side JavaScript
  validator is disabled.
  
  [Window] -? [Preferences] -? [Validation] -?
  Uncheck both [Manual] and [Build] for 'Client-side JavaScript'
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  For web pages, the JavaScript content was determined by
  simply ignoring the HTML sections and performing the
  JavaScript features using the result, in this case
  validation.  The JavaScript content from the example
  resulted in a return statement located outside of a
  function, hence the validation message.
  

Problem conclusion

• The determination of the JavaScript content has been
  enhanced to support this scenario.  The fix for this APAR is
  included in Rational Application Developer v8.0.4.1.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL APP DEV SE

• Fixed component ID

  5725B4400

Applicable component levels

• R803 PSN

     UP