AJAX and validators

Hi,
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I have a page using AJAX. The page has three modal popups that work fine when I don't have field validators in place.
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As soon as I put a validator in place, the popup "form" the validator is part of still works, but the click events (postback) of the other popups is stopped.
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So, I have two data entry forms I want to validate, each within their own modal Popup panels.
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The system detects the user type accessing the page and this determines which of the two entry forms to display, so only one will be used by a particular user at any time (e.g. normal user, or privileged user).
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I also have a delete confirmation (OK or Cancel) modal popup, which is common to both user types.
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When I place any validation on one of the entry forms, it stops the OK button postback click event of the delete confirmation from firing.
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I also have to click the page twice to get navigation (e.g. date movement), which doesn't happen when the validations controls are removed.
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I can probably resolve this by using server side validation, but I'd like to make the client app as responsive as possible.
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I suspect that the Delete confirmation's OK button is causing the validators to trigger, but as these are not applicable (and in fact not even visible due to being in a different popup panel), the form appears to not be reacting.
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Is there a trick to allowing separate buttons to postback even when validators are on the page but not applicable?
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Thanks
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Alec

popup panels are not seperate forms. they are part of the page. only their
display is controlled by javascript. a submit will cause all validators to
run whether they in a popup or not. you can use validation group names,
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give the validators in popup panel its own group. if you disable
causesvalidation on a button, it will not perform a client validation. use
this when needed.
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-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
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