It was because I had forgotten to change the filename to have the .Shared.cs
extension. Then I
needed to do a clean and build again.
Thanks all for the help.
T.
On Thu, Jan 28th, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Chris Anderson <christheco...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Try deleting the contents of the Generated_Code folder (it's hidden,
> use
> Show All Files to see it) - sometimes RIA Services stops updating the
> code
> files, but deleting them will get it generating them properly again.
> Also
> make sure that your custom validation code is in a .shared.cs file so
> it is
> being copied to the client.
>
> Chris Anderson
>
>
> 2010/1/28 <ton...@tpg.com.au>
>
> > It's ok, I think I figured it out. The attribute is not available
> on the
> > client side. Within the generated
> > code for the class, it was missing the TermCustomValidation class
> and it
> > has the following
> > message. So now I just have to figure out why the class isn't
> coming across
> > to the client.
> >
> > T.
> >
> > // Unable to generate the following attribute due to the following
> > error(s):
> > //
> > // - The attribute
> > 'System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.CustomValidationAttribute'
> > references type 'Brightstar.SSP.Web.Shared.TermCustomValidation'
> that is
> > not accessible in the
> > client project 'Brightstar.SSP.csproj'. Are you missing an
> assembly
> > reference?
> > // - The attribute
> > 'System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.CustomValidationAttribute'
> > references a method 'EnsureTermCategory' on
> > type 'Brightstar.SSP.Web.Shared.TermCustomValidation' that is not
> > accessible in the client
> > project 'Brightstar.SSP.csproj'.
> > // [CustomValidationAttribute(typeof
> > (Brightstar.SSP.Web.Shared.TermCustomValidation),
> "EnsureTermCategory",
> > ErrorMessageResourceName = "TTermCategoryRequiredError",
> > ErrorMessageResourceType =
> > typeof(Brightstar.SSP.Web.Resources.ValidationErrorResources))]
> > //
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28th, 2010 at 4:33 PM, ton...@tpg.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > I just reflected over the code and found that it was using some
> > > reflection to retrieve the custom
> > > attributes. So I added in this code to see if the attributes
> were, in
> > > fact, visible.
> > >
> > > foreach (PropertyInfo info in
> > > typeof(Term).GetProperties())
> > > {
> > > foreach (Attribute attribute in
> > > info.GetCustomAttributes(true).Cast<Attribute>())
> > > {
> > > Debug.WriteLine(attribute);
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > And the answer is that it can see all the normal attributes, such
> as
> > > RequiredAttribute,
> > > DisplayAttribute, etc, but NOT the CustomValidationAttribute.
> Note
> > > that I have done a clean before
> > > building. I don't know why it's not recognising the
> CustomValidation
> > > attribute. Perhaps it is
> > > something to do with the meta data needing to map the particular
> > > attribute to the original class?
> > >
> > > T.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 28th, 2010 at 3:32 PM, ton...@tpg.com.au wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Miguel,
> > > >
> > > > I ran the code:
> > > > var ctx = new ValidationContext(dfTermItem.CurrentItem, null,
> null)
> > > {
> > > > MemberName
> > > > = "TermCategoryID" };
> > > > var validationResults = new Collection<ValidationResult>();
> > > > //validate against a guid that should fail
> > > > if (Validator.TryValidateProperty(new
> > > > Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0022-000000000002"), ctx,
> > > > validationResults))
> > > > {
> > > > Debug.WriteLine("Success");
> > > > }
> > > > else
> > > > {
> > > > Debug.WriteLine("Fail");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > It always returns "Success" and unfortunately, it didn't fire
> the
> > > > Custom Validator at all.
> > > >
> > > > dfTermItem.CurrentItem is of type "Term"
> > > >
> > > > Term has a property TermCategoryID
> > > >
> > > > In the metadata.cs file, TermCategoryID is declared as
> follows:
> > > >
> > > > [CustomValidation(typeof
> > > >
> > >
> (TermCustomValidation),"EnsureTermCategory",ErrorMessageResourceName
> > > >
> > > > = "TTermCategoryRequiredError", ErrorMessageResourceType =
> typeof
> > > > (ValidationErrorResources))]
> > > > [Bindable(true, BindingDirection.TwoWay)]
> > > > public Guid TermCategoryID;
> > > >
> > > > TermCustomValidation is a static class:
> > > > public static class TermCustomValidation
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > public static ValidationResult EnsureTermCategory(Guid
> > > > TermCategoryID, ValidationContext
> > > > validationContext)
> > > > {
> > > > Term currentTerm = validationContext.ObjectInstance
> as
> > > > Term;
> > > > if (currentTerm != null)
> > > > {
> > > > if (currentTerm.TermCategoryID == Guid.Empty)
> > > > {
> > > > return new ValidationResult("Term Type is
> a
> > > > required field.");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > //fyi, EnumHelper.GetID simply returns a guid from an
> attribute
> > > > attached to an enum value
> > > > if
> > > >
> > >
> (currentTerm.TermCategoryID==EnumHelper.GetID(TermCategoryList.Vendor))
> > > > {
> > > > if (currentTerm.VendorID == null ||
> > > > currentTerm.VendorID == Guid.Empty)
> > > > {
> > > > return new ValidationResult("Vendor is
> > > > required when a Vendor Term Type is
> > > > selected.");
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > else if (currentTerm.TermCategoryID ==
> > > > EnumHelper.GetID(TermCategoryList.Model))
> > > > {
> > > > if (currentTerm.ModelID == null ||
> > > > currentTerm.ModelID == Guid.Empty)
> > > > {
> > > > return new ValidationResult("Vendor,
> Brand
> > > > and Model are required when a Model
> > > > Term Type is selected.");
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > return ValidationResult.Success;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Note that it never actually debugs into the EnsureTermCategory
> > > > method.
> > > >
> > > > I would have thought it would have returned "Failed"!
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > From: ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com
> > > > [mailto:ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] On
> > > > Behalf Of Miguel Madero
> > > > Sent: Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:10 AM
> > > > To: ozSilverlight
> > > > Subject: Re: RIA Domain Services and required dependencies
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've not experienced that issue. Try to explicitly validate
> the
> > > > property to see if that's an issue with
> > > > the DataForm or just with how you set up the validation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > var ctx = new ValidationContext(this, null, null) { MemberName
> > > > = "NameOfYourPropertyGoesHere" };
> > > >
> > > > var validationResults = new Collection<ValidationResult>();
> > > >
> > > > if (Validator.TryValidateProperty("yourNewValueGoesHere", ctx,
> > > > validationResults))
> > > >
> > > > // It was valid
> > > >
> > > > else
> > > >
> > > > // it wasn't valid, check the validationResults for details
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Could you also try it with the example on the link I sent?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Miguel A. Madero Reyes
> > > > www.miguelmadero.com (blog)
> > > > m...@miguelmadero.com
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