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+function submitForm(){
+
+    /* check input fields */
+    nameField = document.getElementById("name")
+    passwordField = document.getElementById("password")
+
+    nameField.style.borderColor = "gray"
+    passwordField.style.borderColor = "gray"
+
+    invalidField = false
+    if(nameField.value == ""){
+        nameField.style.borderWidth = "2px"
+        nameField.style.borderColor = "red"
+        invalidField = true
+    }
+
+    if(passwordField.value == ""){
+        passwordField.style.borderWidth = "2px"
+        passwordField.style.borderColor = "red"
+        invalidField = true
+    }
+
+    if(invalidField){
+        return
+    }
+
+    /* show the waiting dialog
+    dialog = document.getElementById("waiting-dialog")
+    dialog.style.disply = "block"
+    setMainBackgroundOpacity(0.5)
+    */
+
+    /* submit the form */
+    xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open("POST", "/create-user"); 
+    xhr.onload = formSubmitFinished
+    formData = new FormData(document.getElementById("user-form")); 
+    xhr.send(formData);
+}
+
+function formSubmitFinished(event){ 
+    if(event.target.status < 200 || event.target.status >= 300){
+        showErrorMessage(event.target); // blocking
+    }else{
+        window.location.href = event.target.responseText
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+function setMainBackgroundOpacity(opacity){
+    mainContainer = document.getElementById("main-container")
+    mainContainer.style.opacity = opacity
+}
+*/
+
+function showErrorMessage(target){
+    alert(target.responseText)
+}