ASP.NET 2.0. Lets say i have two Validation Groups valGrpOne and valGrpTwo; and two Validation Summaries valSummOne and valSummTwo; Reason for breaking up sections is purely aesthetic. One submit button which triggers validation on both groups.
Now i want to trigger Client-Side validation, AND want BOTH validation summaries to display at the same time;
So i setup a Javascript function which gets called upon btnSubmit, and inside this function i call Page_ClientValidate("valGrpOne")
and Page_ClientValidate("valGrpTwo")
in succession; Problem is only one summary shows at a time (But i really want both to show!)
Any ideas on how to get both validation summaries to display simultaneously, from client-side code?
Very similar to the following question, which answers for server-side. Triggering multiple validation groups with a single button?
Ok, so the answer was not simple. It seems the default behaviour of client-side validation is to show only the lastest group / summary that has just been validated. But a bit of Javascript tweeking gave me an acceptable answer.
Feel free to offer improvements.
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
/* Manual client-side validation of Validator Groups */
function fnJSOnFormSubmit() {
var isGrpOneValid = Page_ClientValidate("valGrpOne");
var isGrpTwoValid = Page_ClientValidate("valGrpTwo");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < Page_Validators.length; i++) {
ValidatorValidate(Page_Validators[i]); //this forces validation in all groups
}
//display all summaries.
for (i = 0; i < Page_ValidationSummaries.length; i++) {
summary = Page_ValidationSummaries[i];
//does this summary need to be displayed?
if (fnJSDisplaySummary(summary.validationGroup)) {
summary.style.display = ""; //"none"; "inline";
}
}
if (isGrpOneValid && isGrpTwoValid)
return true; //postback only when BOTH validations pass.
else
return false;
}
/* determines if a Validation Summary for a given group needs to display */
function fnJSDisplaySummary(valGrp) {
var rtnVal = false;
for (i = 0; i < Page_Validators.length; i++) {
if (Page_Validators[i].validationGroup == valGrp) {
if (!Page_Validators[i].isvalid) { //at least one is not valid.
rtnVal = true;
break; //exit for-loop, we are done.
}
}
}
return rtnVal;
}
</script>