Custom Validator

[mayankagarwal]

Over the last few days i have read a lot of forum about custom validator not working or not firing etc. I am stuck in a similar situation and of all the solutions i have come across they dont seem to be working for me.

I have a contact us form on my site (ASP.NET, AJAX, VB) and I need to validate the textbox input on most of the inputs i have use requiredfieldva lidator, expressionvalid ators and they all work alright. What i also need to do is to change the colour of the invalid textboxes. thus I am using custom validator

the following code in the validate script

 Protected Sub cvPhone_ServerValidate(ByVal source As Object, ByVal args As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ServerValidateEventArgs)
 
        MsgBox("I am here")
        'If phone.Text = "111111111" Then
        'phone.CssClass = "txtErr"
        'phone.Text = cvPhone.ErrorMessage
        'args.IsValid = False
        'Else
        'phone.CssClass = "normal"
        'args.IsValid = True
        'End If
 
    End Sub
 

Call in the textbox

            <div id="col2"><asp:TextBox ID="phone" CssClass="normal" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></div>
            <div id="row">
                <%--<asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ID="RequiredFieldValidator4"
                 ControlToValidate ="phone" ErrorMessage="Please enter Phone Number"
                 Display="Dynamic" Font-Size="12px" ForeColor="silver"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> 
                <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="phoneExp" runat="server"
                 ControlToValidate="phone" ErrorMessage="Not a valid phone number, Must be 10 digits"
                 Font-Size="12px" ForeColor="silver" Display="Dynamic"
                 ValidationExpression="^\d{10}$"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>--%>
                 <asp:CustomValidator ID="cvPhone" ControlToValidate="phone" runat="server" Display="none" ErrorMessage="Invalid phone" OnServerValidate="cvPhone_ServerValidate"></asp:CustomValidator>

"I have also tried to remove the controltovalida te clause, used clientvalidatio nfunction, have also tried page.validate under the submit button, did if page.isvalid then 'do whatever'

but none of the above seem to be able to fire the custom validate clause.

The Submit button

            <asp:Button ID="Submit" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClick="Submit_Click" CausesValidation="true" />

on click this runs a Send Email script.

Since I am using AJAX these controls are under updatepanel...

Appreciate any help guys!!!!