BUMP
On Nov 10, 2:10 pm, Justin <justin.lot...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have very limited exposure to .NET. So first, I'm working with > VB.NET 3.5. > > I've been tasked with digitizing some forms for my job. My custom > validator is set to a TextField. The function that does the actual > validation (ValidatePercentEffort) checks a bunch of fields at once, > verifying that the total sum of the fields is equal to some number. > > The problem is the CustomValidator is not being called before the > ButtonClick event. I have other validation controls on the page that > do validate before the click event. > > So if I open up the page and immediatly submit, validation of all > fields will should. However, I only see the validation results of the > non-CustomValidator fields. Then, I fix all those errors, submit > again. This causes the button event to fire, THEN the custom > validator runs. So currently, I have the button's click function also > validate teh form. > > Does anyone know why the customvalidator is not firing until after the > buttonclick event is fired? I've posted some snippets of my code, > hopefully there is something useful in there, if not, I have no idea > where to look. > > Thanks for any help. > > <asp:CustomValidator ID="CustomValidator1" runat="server" > ErrorMessage="Blah blah bob loblah law blog" > ControlToValidate="PercentEffort" ForeColor="Red" > ValidationGroup="Val1" > ValidateEmptyText="True" >*</asp:CustomValidator> > > <asp:Button ID="Save2" runat="server" Text="Save" > ValidationGroup="Val1" /> > > Protected Sub CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(ByVal source As Object, > ByVal args As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ServerValidateEventArgs) > Handles CustomValidator1.ServerValidate > args.IsValid = ValidatePercentEffort() > End Sub
