moodle/group/groupui/creategroup-form.js

function onCreateGroup() {
	valid =  validateCreateGroupForm();
	
	if (valid) {
		hideAllForms();
		showElement("groupeditform");
		createGroup();
		replaceText('selectedgroupingforcreatinggroup', "");
	}
	
	return false;
}

/*
 * Adds a group with the name specified in the form to the selected grouping. 
 */
function createGroup() {
 	//alert("Called createGroup");
 	var url = "creategroup-xml.php";
    var requeststring = "groupname="+getTextInputValue('newgroupname')
    					+"&groupingid="+selectedgroupingid
                        +"&description="+getTextInputValue('edit-newgroupdescription')
                        +"&enrolmentkey="+getTextInputValue('newgroupenrolmentkey');
    // The picture fields aren't displayed if the right library isn't present
    if (document.getElementById('menunewgrouphidepicture')) {
    	requeststring = requeststring+"&hidepicture="+getTextInputValue('menunewgrouphidepicture');
    }
    sendPostRequest(request, url, requeststring, createGroupResponse);
}

/**
 * The callback for the response to the request sent in  createGroup() 
 * The function sets the new group as selected in the form. 
 */
function createGroupResponse() {
    if (checkAjaxResponse(request)) {
    	//alert("createGroupResponse called");
      	//alert(request.responseText);
      	error = getFromXML(request.responseXML, 'error');
      	if (error != null) {
      		alert(error);	
      	}      	
      	selectedgroupid = getFromXML(request.responseXML, 'groupid');
      	updateGroupings();
      	hideElement("creategroupform");
    }
}


function validateCreateGroupForm() {
	valid = true;
 	groupname = getTextInputValue('newgroupname');

 	if (groupname == '') {
 			alert('You must enter a name for the new group');
 			valid = false;
 	} 
	return valid;
}