I’m using a bunch of different asp.net validation controls on a web form. Some of these have their Text property set to things like ‘* Error’ or ‘You missed these fields’.
However, a few of the CustomValidator controls have blank Text properties. I left them blank on purpose because I’m adding the ErrorMessage dynamically depending on which case fails. (A CustomValidator may have many different conditions upon which I set args.IsValid = false)
When an error occurs, the ErrorMessage property that I set is shown both in the ValidationSummary and inside the Validator control. I don’t want that. I want to be able to just show the ErrorMessage in the ValidationSummary and not in the BaseValidator.Text property.
My first try was to set the Text property to be a space ‘ ‘. That didn’t work.
What I implemented (for now) is a period that is shown as the same color of the background. It’s a hack – and I don’t like it. Heck, maybe that’s why I’m here!
Here’s the code:
<asp:CustomValidator ID='StackOverflowValidator' runat='server' Text='.' CssClass='validatorstyle' Display='Dynamic' OnServerValidate='validate_AllowedToDoSomething' ValidationGroup='MainGroup' /> <asp:ValidationSummary ID='mainGroupValidationSummary' runat='server' ValidationGroup='MainGroup' DisplayMode='BulletList' HeaderText='There was an error in saving. Please check the following:' /> Inside validate_AllowedToDoSomething I call:
StackOverflowValidator.ErrorMessage = 'Custom Error Message #1'; args.IsValid = false; return; What I get is ‘Custom Error Message #1’ twice on the web form. Thanks in advance!
Just set
display='none'instead of'dynamic'on the BaseValidator, and that should solve it.