Yes! I got it! Thanks a lot!
By the way, I tried to use RequiredFieldValidator for
a checkboxlist, and it gives me error. I tried to
search the net, and I actually found out that ASP.NET
validator won't work with checkboxlist. Do you know a
way to work around it?
Thanks!
Adrian
--- Rajendra Appalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> This is how we did it in our app.
>
> When we loop through the dataset to create controls
> dynamically, we have
> a flag too which tells us whether we need to add a
> validator to the
> control or not. If the flag says Y, then right after
> the code that adds
> the control to the form we add the validator code
> and assign the ID of
> the control just added above to the
> ControlToValidate property of the
> validator control.
>
> Here is an example:
>
> foreach(DataRow row in DataSet.Tables[0].Rows)
> {
>
> if(row["ControlType"].ToString().Equals("textbox"))
> {
> TextBox tb = new TextBox();
> tb.ID =
> row["ControlID"].ToString();
> this.Controls.Add(tb);
>
>
> if(row{"IsRequired"].ToString().Equals("Y"))
> {
> RequiredFieldValidator rfv
> = new
> RequiredFieldValidator();
> rfv.ControlToValidate =
> row["ControlID"].ToString();
> rfv.ErroMessage = "your
> error message";
> this.Controls.Add(rfv);
> }
> }
> }
>
> Rajendra.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moron_psychomaniac
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk] Validator for
> dynamically created
> control
>
> I have just created a dynamic ASP.NET form. The
> fields and its type
> (textbox, checkbox, radiobutton, etc) are controlled
> through the SQL
> database.
> Now I want to validate user-input by using the
> validator provided by
> ASP.NET. However, I can't really do it because all
> my controls
> (textbox, checkbox, etc) are created dynamically.
> Here's a sample to the code for validator:
>
> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="valRequired"
> runat="server"
> ControlToValidate="textbox1"
> ErrorMessage="* You must enter a value into
> textbox1"
> Display="dynamic">*
> </asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
>
> Notice that it has a field "ControlToValidate". It
> means I have to
> specify the name of the control to be validated even
> before the
> control itself is even created.
>
> Anybody has a suggestion?
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
>
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