ASP.NET MVC 2 RC client side validation not working

Question

I can't seem to get any client side validation working on a MVC 2 RC app.

My model has the following:

public class ExampleModel
{
    [Required(ErrorMessage="Test1 is required")]
    [DisplayName("Test1")]
    public string Test1 { get; set; }

    [Required(ErrorMessage="Test2 is required")]
    [DisplayName("Test2")]
    public string Test2 { get; set; }
}

My view has the following code:

<% Html.EnableClientValidation(); %>
<%= Html.ValidationSummary(true, "Test was unsuccessful.") %>    
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) { %>
<div>
    <div class="editor-label">Test1:</div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        <%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Test1) %>
        <%= Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Test1) %>
    </div>

    <div class="editor-label">Test2:</div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        <%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Test2) %>
        <%= Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Test2) %>
    </div>

    <p>
        <input type="submit" value="Test" />
    </p>
</div>

I leave both fields blank and click the Test button and it goes right to the controller's post handler with no client side validation happening. I am not sure what I am missing.

I have the following javascript also included in the view (not sure if I need it all):

<link href="../../Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" />
<link href="../../Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js" type="text/javascript" />    
<link href="../../Scripts/MicrosoftMvcValidation.js" type="text/javascript" /> 

Any ideas what I am doing wrong. I feel like I am missing something simple and the documentation for MVC 2 is sparse.

Edit: I have added the link:

<link href="../../Scripts/MicrosoftMvcJQueryValidation.js" type="text/javascript" />

And I have included the file in my project which I had to download from on of the links in the answers. Still not working at all. Any other ideas?

Edit: I am using Visual Studio 2008 with MVC 2 RC (not beta) and I am looking for any downloadable or posted examples of client-side validation working with the RC release.

Answer 1

When you update project from MVC 2 Beta, use: /src/MvcFutures/MicrosoftMvcJQueryValidation.js from MVC 2 RC Source Code Package (link). Older Beta version do not work correctly with jquery.validation in RC. Needed javascript files are:

<script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" />
<script src="/Scripts/jquery.validate.min-vsdoc.js" type="text/javascript" />
<script src="/Scripts/MicrosoftMvcJQueryValidation.js" type="text/javascript" />

Right version of MicrosoftMvcJQueryValidation.js contains this $(document).ready() function:

// need to wait for the document to signal that it is ready
$(document).ready(function() {
    var allFormOptions = window.mvcClientValidationMetadata;
    if (allFormOptions) {
        while (allFormOptions.length > 0) {
            var thisFormOptions = allFormOptions.pop();
            __MVC_EnableClientValidation(thisFormOptions);
        }
    }
});

at the end of file (in RC release).