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Arjun Sharma
Arjun Sharma

Reputation: 595

Set the order of asp.net validator

I'm using 3 validators to validate the TextBox, but all get triggered when invalid value is entered in the Textbox. But I want to these validators to work in a particular order so that users can resolve these faults one by one.

<asp:TextBox ID="txt_temp" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>                                                  

<asp:CompareValidator ID="cv_txt_temp" runat="server" CssClass="error" ControlToValidate="txt_temp" ValueToCompare="0" Type="Double" Operator="GreaterThanEqual" ValidationGroup="insert" SetFocusOnError="true" ErrorMessage="Must be valid value" Display="Dynamic"></asp:CompareValidator>

<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="rev_txt_temp" CssClass="error" SetFocusOnError="true"
 runat="server" ErrorMessage="Value upto 1 decimal place" Display="Dynamic" ControlToValidate="txt_temp" ValidationExpression="\d+(?:(?:\.|,)\d{0,1})?" ValidationGroup="insert"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>


<asp:RangeValidator ID="rv_txt_temp" Display="Dynamic" runat="server" SetFocusOnError="true" ValidationGroup="insert" ControlToValidate="txt_temp" Type="Double" CssClass="error"></asp:RangeValidator>

Upvotes: 8

Views: 4384

Answers (5)

Tarun Mathur
Tarun Mathur

Reputation: 895

You can create your custom Validation. It will takes time, but you can control order of validation. You can also use masked textbox extender.

Upvotes: 0

Martin Zaloga
Martin Zaloga

Reputation: 125

My solution of "setting validation order" is: On Page where have validators: 1) I set AutoEventWireup to false in aspx code and use custom validators 2) I create and call functions for validations and sett "IsValid" for related validators:

 validCustom1.IsValid = Validation1(textbox1.Text);
 if (Page.IsValid)
     validCustom2.IsValid = Validation2(textbox2.Text);
 if (Page.IsValid)
     validCustom3.IsValid = Validation3(textbox3.Text);
 if (Page.IsValid)
 { 
     //Do somethink
 }
 else
 {
     //Do somethink else
 }

Upvotes: 0

atul
atul

Reputation: 561

You can use Custom Validator, Custom Java Script or Mask edit validator

Upvotes: 0

Abhishek Patel
Abhishek Patel

Reputation: 71

You can try with only RegularExpressionValidator

<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="rev_txt_temp" CssClass="error" SetFocusOnError="true"   
 runat="server" ErrorMessage="Error.." Display="Dynamic" ControlToValidate="txt_temp"    
     ValidationExpression="^[1-9]\d*(\.\d{0,1})?$" ValidationGroup="insert"> 
</asp:RegularExpressionValidator>

let me know, if you want in other way..

Upvotes: 0

Srinivas
Srinivas

Reputation: 1063

The validators that you add automatically add themselves to Page.Validators collection in the order they are created. The validation runs thorugh in the order they are present in the Page.Validators collection which means the first validator definition shown in the aspx file is first in Page.Validators. If you want to change the order, then the only way is to get all of your validators into the page in the order you want them to fire.

Edit : In your case the only way is to use css to overlap the validators.

Upvotes: 5

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