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Mike Gleason jr Couturier - 29 May 2008 19:41 GMT

Is there a way to always show the validators?
I want to use validators and don't have to bother with field validation
(Page.IsValid)...

But there is an esthetic requirement : always show the little stars "*"
beside the required fields. (I'm using ErrorMessage="*"). The stars
disappear whenever the associated field is valid... I tried Visible="False"
on the validator and put a "*" myself beside each field but it disables
validation :(

Any ideas!?

Thanks!

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George Ter-Saakov - 29 May 2008 19:52 GMT

Are you saying that if you set ErrorMessage = "" it disables validation?
Try to set ErrorMessage = " " and then put those star yourself next to
required fields.

George.

> Is there a way to always show the validators?
> I want to use validators and don't have to bother with field validation
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>
> Thanks!

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Mike Gleason jr Couturier - 29 May 2008 20:03 GMT

> Are you saying that if you set ErrorMessage = "" it disables validation?
> Try to set ErrorMessage = " " and then put those star yourself next
> to required fields.
>
> George.

No, in bad english, I tried to say : Visible="False" disabled client
validation! (I'm wondering why this property exists, since Enabled="False"
usually does this kind of thing!)

But your solution makes sense, I just don't know why I did not thought of it

:) Maybe too much concentration on my english :P

Thanks I'll give it a try!

Mike

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 29 May 2008 20:09 GMT

> No, in bad english, I tried to say : Visible="False" disabled client
> validation!

When you set a webcontrol's Visible property to "false", the control will
not even be rendered to the client browser...