I understand this problem can easily be fixed by avoiding Flex validators and just checking control["text"] != null && control["text"] != "" then control.errorString = "This field is required."; but I would like to reuse Validators for other scenarios (like email validation) and the same issue pops up.
--- In [email protected], "tntomek" <tnto...@...> wrote: > > I have a static helper method I call that validates required field. > > var text:TextInput= new TextInput(); > > if I run this twice: > validateRequired(text); > validateRequired(text); > > My text.errorMessage = "This field is required\nThis field is required" > > I noticed that we keep pushing errorMessage to the private > errorObjectArray/errorArray in UIComponenet. What can I do to 'clear' the > error state so that errorObjectArray gets flushed accordingly? setting > errorString to nul/"" doesnt seem to help as it gets rebuild on the next > validate(). Should I remove some eventListeners? > > public static function validateRequired(control:UIComponent) : Boolean > { > control.errorString = ""; > > var reqFieldValidator:Validator = new Validator(); > reqFieldValidator.source = control; > reqFieldValidator.required = true; > reqFieldValidator.property = "text"; > reqFieldValidator.listener = control; > > return (reqFieldValidator.validate().type != > ValidationResultEvent.VALID); > } >
