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
