Question

I have a basic CRUD form that uses PageMethods to update the user details, however the Validators don’t fire off, I think I need to manually initialize the validators and check whether the validation has passed in my javascript save method. Any ideas on how to do this?

Answer 1

Ok so I finally solved this: You need to call Page_ClientValidate() in your Save javascript method and If it returns true continue with the save, the Page_ClientValidate() initiates the client side validators, See code below:

    function Save()     {         var clientValidationPassed =Page_ClientValidate();         if(clientValidationPassed)         {             //Save Data             PageMethods.SaveUser(UserName,Role,SaveCustomerRequestComplete, RequestError);             $find('editPopupExtender').hide();         }         else         {             //Do Nothing as CLient Validation messages are now displayed         }         return false;     }