Hi,
I am new to .Net and come from Java.

I have a form in a page. I tell the form to go to a second page in the Button object with postbackurl. Before, I make some validation using a CustomValidator. The method in the validator just sets the args.IsValid to false. In case of a bad validation, I am redirected to the second page, instead of staying at the same page, though the validation method is called.

My code:
Validation:
public void myValidate(object source, System.Web.UI.WebControls.ServerValidateEventArgs args)
    {
        if (...)
        {
            args.IsValid = false;
        }
    }

Button definition:
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" PostBackUrl="~/secondpage.aspx" />

Any hint on what goes wrong?

Thank you
Samuel

What does your button code look like?

You need to check Page.IsValid before redirecting.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...e.isvalid.aspx

-Peter

Dear Peter,
Thank you very much for you answer. My button code creates an object and redirects to another page.

Now, I check Page.IsValid as you've said and I it is working.

Thanx again
Samuel

Dear Peter,

If I do like you say, and then redirect to the form page instead of the success page, the error text of the validator is not shown.

What am I doing wrong?

Samuel

ASP.NET web forms mostly eliminate the need for any kind of error page. Instead you should present the error in the page with the form entry fields. Usually the validator would be located right next to the entry field it is validating. Thus, when you submit with invalid data the user sees this next to the invalid field. Only when you get a valid entry for everything would you do some action and redirect the user to a success notice page.

When you run validation logic and set the IsValid property of a validator to true, the page framework will automatically configure the validator so it will show up when the page is rendered and emitted to the user.

-Peter

Checkout both these links

http://www.dotnetuncle.com/Aspnet/59_page_redirect.aspx

http://www.dotnetuncle.com/Aspnet/81...0controls.aspx

HTH

Cheers

VK


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