ASP.NET Required field validators

[ossie]

Hi

How can I stop a requiredfield validator from validating?

The scenario is that my page has 2 modes "Add" & "Edit"
I have a single form on the page that either populates from the database if
page is in edit mode or blank entries for adding a new record.

When I am entering a new record I have 2 additional fields displayed on the
form that are not required when editing the record, these 2 fields each have
a validator attached to them.

I have tried

If Request.Params("mode") = "edit" then

myValidator1.Visible = False
myValidator1.Enabled = False
myValidator1.IsValid = True

End If

and a combination of the three with no success, I still get the required
field error message when submitting the form in edit mode

Can anyone point me in the right direction please

Many thanks

[Calvin Willman]

Might be that you need them to stop validating on the Client, in which case,
try setting EnableClientScript to false.


On 18/4/05 9:49 am, in article d3vs6h$qp8$1@forums.macromedia.com, "ossie"
<ossie@microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> How can I stop a requiredfield validator from validating?
>
> The scenario is that my page has 2 modes "Add" & "Edit"
> I have a single form on the page that either populates from the database if
> page is in edit mode or blank entries for adding a new record.
>
> When I am entering a new record I have 2 additional fields displayed on the
> form that are not required when editing the record, these 2 fields each have
> a validator attached to them.
>
> I have tried
>
> If Request.Params("mode") = "edit" then
>
> myValidator1.Visible = False
> myValidator1.Enabled = False
> myValidator1.IsValid = True
>
> End If
>
> and a combination of the three with no success, I still get the required
> field error message when submitting the form in edit mode
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>

[Paul Whitham TMM]

Assuming that you have separate buttons for the Add & Edit action then all
you need to do is add the attritute CauseValidation=False to the update
button.

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"ossie" <ossie@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d3vs6h$qp8$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi
>
> How can I stop a requiredfield validator from validating?
>
> The scenario is that my page has 2 modes "Add" & "Edit"
> I have a single form on the page that either populates from the database

if

> page is in edit mode or blank entries for adding a new record.
>
> When I am entering a new record I have 2 additional fields displayed on

the

> form that are not required when editing the record, these 2 fields each

have

> a validator attached to them.
>
> I have tried
>
> If Request.Params("mode") = "edit" then
>
> myValidator1.Visible = False
> myValidator1.Enabled = False
> myValidator1.IsValid = True
>
> End If
>
> and a combination of the three with no success, I still get the required
> field error message when submitting the form in edit mode
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>

[Kevin Marshall]

If i was you I would separate the Insert and Update into separate pages,
that way you would not have to wory about it.

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WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
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"ossie" <ossie@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d3vs6h$qp8$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi
>
> How can I stop a requiredfield validator from validating?
>
> The scenario is that my page has 2 modes "Add" & "Edit"
> I have a single form on the page that either populates from the database
> if page is in edit mode or blank entries for adding a new record.
>
> When I am entering a new record I have 2 additional fields displayed on
> the form that are not required when editing the record, these 2 fields
> each have a validator attached to them.
>
> I have tried
>
> If Request.Params("mode") = "edit" then
>
> myValidator1.Visible = False
> myValidator1.Enabled = False
> myValidator1.IsValid = True
>
> End If
>
> and a combination of the three with no success, I still get the required
> field error message when submitting the form in edit mode
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>

[Kevin Marshall]

Or you could add the following to the tags of the optional validators:

C#
Enabled='<%# Request.Params["mode"] != "edit" %>'

VB
Enabled='<%# Request.Params("mode") <> "edit" %>'



--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
[url]http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk[/url]
"ossie" <ossie@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d3vs6h$qp8$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi
>
> How can I stop a requiredfield validator from validating?
>
> The scenario is that my page has 2 modes "Add" & "Edit"
> I have a single form on the page that either populates from the database
> if page is in edit mode or blank entries for adding a new record.
>
> When I am entering a new record I have 2 additional fields displayed on
> the form that are not required when editing the record, these 2 fields
> each have a validator attached to them.
>
> I have tried
>
> If Request.Params("mode") = "edit" then
>
> myValidator1.Visible = False
> myValidator1.Enabled = False
> myValidator1.IsValid = True
>
> End If
>
> and a combination of the three with no success, I still get the required
> field error message when submitting the form in edit mode
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>