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ASP.NET CompareValidato r cannot find ControlToCompar e

I have a form with custom controls. Each custom control contains a TextBox.
When I attempt to dynamically add a CompareValidato r to a TextBox which
compares to a TextBox within the other custom control .NET throws the
exception: "Unable to find control id 'txt_element71' referenced by the
'ControlToCompa re' property of 'valCompare_txt _element72'."

It appears that .NET can only support setting the ControlToCompar e to a
control within the same control heirarchy. Is this true?
Nov 19 '05 #1
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That's affirmative.

There are 3rd party controls which do this. The one I'm aware of is
http://www.peterblum.com/vam/home.aspx though it isn't free. My guess is
there are other ones as well.

Karl

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I have a form with custom controls. Each custom control contains a
TextBox.
When I attempt to dynamically add a CompareValidato r to a TextBox which
compares to a TextBox within the other custom control .NET throws the
exception: "Unable to find control id 'txt_element71' referenced by the
'ControlToCompa re' property of 'valCompare_txt _element72'."

It appears that .NET can only support setting the ControlToCompar e to a
control within the same control heirarchy. Is this true?

Nov 19 '05 #2
Thank you Karl.
Any plans for supporting this in the future?

"Karl Seguin" wrote:
That's affirmative.

There are 3rd party controls which do this. The one I'm aware of is
http://www.peterblum.com/vam/home.aspx though it isn't free. My guess is
there are other ones as well.

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Jim Lambert" <Jim La*****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:F1******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
I have a form with custom controls. Each custom control contains a
TextBox.
When I attempt to dynamically add a CompareValidato r to a TextBox which
compares to a TextBox within the other custom control .NET throws the
exception: "Unable to find control id 'txt_element71' referenced by the
'ControlToCompa re' property of 'valCompare_txt _element72'."

It appears that .NET can only support setting the ControlToCompar e to a
control within the same control heirarchy. Is this true?


Nov 19 '05 #3

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