ValidatorEnable doesn't?

[Bill44077]

Hi,

I have a couple websites that use the

ValidatorEnable(CompareValidator1, false)

to disable the validator from firing on testing some conditions in js.

My latest site is using masterpages so getting the control name is a little
more complex since it gets it's name mangled. None the less - I can get the
control name using something like this:

ValidatorEnable({0}, false);

where {0} is defined as CompareValidator1.ClientID.

When I look at the script that is generated either with viewsource or using
the IDE script debugging - it gets assembled correctly:

ValidatorEnable(ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_CompareV alidator1, false);

The problem is that the Validator is not being disabled. Has anyone seen or
heard of a problem like this with ValidatorEnable function? I'm about a week
behind on my delivery of this release so any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

thanks!!
Bill

[Phillip Williams]

The problem with your code is that you are passing the ClientID (instead of
the object referred to by the clientID) to the ValidatorEnable function. Try
this instead:
ValidatorEnable(document.getElementById("ctl00_Con tentPlaceHolder1_CompareValidator1"), false);

or if you know the order of the validators on your page then your can refer
to the valdiator by its ordinal number within the Page_Validators array, e.g.
ValidatorValidate(Page_Validators[0],false);
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Bill44077" wrote:

Hi,

I have a couple websites that use the

ValidatorEnable(CompareValidator1, false)

to disable the validator from firing on testing some conditions in js.

My latest site is using masterpages so getting the control name is a little
more complex since it gets it's name mangled. None the less - I can get the
control name using something like this:

ValidatorEnable({0}, false);

where {0} is defined as CompareValidator1.ClientID.

When I look at the script that is generated either with viewsource or using
the IDE script debugging - it gets assembled correctly:

ValidatorEnable(ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_CompareV alidator1, false);

The problem is that the Validator is not being disabled. Has anyone seen or
heard of a problem like this with ValidatorEnable function? I'm about a week
behind on my delivery of this release so any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

thanks!!
Bill

[Bill44077]

Thanks Phillip for the quick reply.. as soon as I read your email I thought
that this was probably the problem solution. I made the changes and I had the
same problem with the Validators. As it turns out, I found a different
solution to the problem (isn't that just often the case :).

Thanks Much!!

"Phillip Williams" wrote:

The problem with your code is that you are passing the ClientID (instead of
the object referred to by the clientID) to the ValidatorEnable function. Try
this instead:
ValidatorEnable(document.getElementById("ctl00_Con tentPlaceHolder1_CompareValidator1"), false);

or if you know the order of the validators on your page then your can refer
to the valdiator by its ordinal number within the Page_Validators array, e.g.
ValidatorValidate(Page_Validators[0],false);
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Bill44077" wrote:

Hi,

I have a couple websites that use the

ValidatorEnable(CompareValidator1, false)

to disable the validator from firing on testing some conditions in js.

My latest site is using masterpages so getting the control name is a little
more complex since it gets it's name mangled. None the less - I can get the
control name using something like this:

ValidatorEnable({0}, false);

where {0} is defined as CompareValidator1.ClientID.

When I look at the script that is generated either with viewsource or using
the IDE script debugging - it gets assembled correctly:

ValidatorEnable(ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_CompareV alidator1, false);

The problem is that the Validator is not being disabled. Has anyone seen or
heard of a problem like this with ValidatorEnable function? I'm about a week
behind on my delivery of this release so any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

thanks!!
Bill