Short circuiting validation controls

[Pho Bo Vien]

I have several link buttons on a page and many validation controls.

I want the validation controls to block the user from submitting the
form unless their conditions are satisfied -- however, the controls seem
to block all eventHandlers that are connected to link buttons.

How can I distinguish which events the validation controls are to apply
-- or can I /short-circuit/ the validation controls in my other link
button event methods ?

[Scott Allen]

Yes, set the CausesValidation property to false for the buttons where
you do not need validation. The default is true.

HTH,

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:32:24 GMT, Pho Bo Vien <ja*****@earthlink.net>
wrote:

I have several link buttons on a page and many validation controls.

I want the validation controls to block the user from submitting the
form unless their conditions are satisfied -- however, the controls seem
to block all eventHandlers that are connected to link buttons.

How can I distinguish which events the validation controls are to apply
-- or can I /short-circuit/ the validation controls in my other link
button event methods ?

[WJ]

You may consider casting the event sender and evaluate linkButton ID
property and fire codes accordingly.
Example: on the click event of "LinkButton1_Click(object sender,....)", you
would do something like:

LinkButton lb=(LinkButton)sender;
string s=lb.ID.ToString();
if(s=="Go Eat PHO")
{
//place codes here to verify/validate your wallet to ensure you have
enough $$$ to buy PBV.
if(YouDoNotHaveSufficient$$$)
{
set your LinkButtonToEatPho.Enabled to False :)....;
}
else GoEatPBV();
}
else if so on ....
{
}

John
"Pho Bo Vien" <ja*****@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:31******************************@news.teranew s.com...

I have several link buttons on a page and many validation controls.

I want the validation controls to block the user from submitting the
form unless their conditions are satisfied -- however, the controls seem
to block all eventHandlers that are connected to link buttons.

How can I distinguish which events the validation controls are to apply
-- or can I /short-circuit/ the validation controls in my other link
button event methods ?