Question

is it possible to disable validation of all items inside a panel programatically in vb.net?

i can’t seem to figure it out.

i disabled all fields inside a panel, but they still cause the page to validate on submit.

this is what i have now:

Public Sub DisableControls(ByVal parent As Control)
    Dim cCon As Control
    For Each cCon In parent.Controls
        If (TypeOf cCon Is TextBox) Then
            CType(cCon, TextBox).Enabled = False
            CType(cCon, TextBox).CausesValidation = False
        End If
        If (TypeOf cCon Is DropDownList) Then
            CType(cCon, DropDownList).Enabled = False
            CType(cCon, DropDownList).CausesValidation = False
        End If
    Next
End Sub

it disables the controls just fine,but validations till works 🙁

Answer 1

CausesValidation just disables the behavior of your controls so that when one of them causes a post-back, validation is skipped.

You have to disable validators.