Thanks for your quick response. I am using server side code because it needs
to validate the entry against Active Directory on the server. This can't be
done from client side as far as I know.
I have read numerous articles on validation controls and it is never
mentioned that the message box cannot be used for custom validation controls
that don't use client-side code but I did suspect that was the case since
message box is a client-side feature. I guess I'll have to live with the
design I'm using know.
Thanks again,
Barbara Alderton
"Peter Blum" wrote:
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> The alert box shown is a client-side feature that appears prior to posting
> back. Your customvalidator most likely does not have any client-side code.
> So it cannot contribute to the client-side message box. If you can, write
> client-side code for your customvalidator. Otherwise, you will have to live
> with this design.
>
> --- Peter Blum
>
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> "Barbara Alderton" <BarbaraAlderton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:B986F2F1-C7D3-4440-9CFE-333542A1EC9F@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I setup some standard Required Field Validation controls and one Custom
> > validation control on an ASP.NET page (within a user control) to validate
> > text entry. I also setup a Summary Control to post all the messages to a
> > message box (ShowMessageBox=true). The required field validation error
> > messages show up in the summary just fine but I can't get the custom
> > validation message to show up if invalid.
> >
> > So far I have the summary control showing the required field errors and
> > the
> > custom validation message shows inline. In order to get that to work, I
> > had
> > to add code to my button control to not redirect to other page if
> > page.isvalid = false. Is there anyway to get it to show up on the message
> > box? Does it have anything to do with the fact that the messagebox is
> > client
> > side and the custom validation control is doing server side validation?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Barbara Alderton[/color]
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