Chapter 9 - TRY IT OUT

robbiehaas · September 16th, 2010, 07:31 AM

The error message does not display when the form is not filled out correctly. The * displays instead but not the error message. I compared my code to the code I downloaded (code in the mark-up & properties) but cannot identify my mistake.

Thanks!

Imar · September 16th, 2010, 08:44 AM

Hi there,

When you post here, can you please specifiy the page number of the exercise as well? Makes it a bit easier for me to see what you're talking about.

Can you post the code for the control? If you do please use the Code button on the toolbar.

Cheers,

Imar

robbiehaas · September 17th, 2010, 07:25 AM

Hi Imar,

The excercise is on pages 307 to 309. A sample of the code for the required validation is as follows: (sorry if I am posting the code incorrectly, I am not sure what the Code button is on the toolbar)

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<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="EmailAddress" CssClass="ErrorMessage" Display="Dynamic"
ErrorMessage="Enter an e-mail address">*</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator1" runat="ser

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When I run the Contact Us web form and click on the button with anything in the text box, the * shows up next to the text box and not the error message. If I remove the * from the textmode property, the error message does appear. This example occurs in all instances with the text boxes in this exercise.

Thanks for your help!

Robbie

Imar · September 17th, 2010, 07:36 AM

Hi Robbie,

This is by design. Take a look at step 10 of the exercise on page 309 for more information.

Cheers,

Imar

robbiehaas · September 17th, 2010, 07:38 AM

I cannot believe I missed that...I could not have been more clear.

Thanks!

Robbie

Imar · September 17th, 2010, 07:44 AM

BTW:

>> I am not sure what the Code button is on the toolbar

When you enter a post, there's a toolbar above the text editor. The button with the # character on it wraps your text in code tags which identifies your text as code.

Hope this helps,

Imar