or

<div id="cboSearchStringValidate1"> <input type="search" id="cboSearchString1AC" /> <input id="cboSearchString1DDL" /></div>$("#btnSearch").click(function () { alert('start to validate'); $("#cboSearchStringValidate1").kendoValidator({
rules: { customruleSearchStrings1: function (input) { if (cboSearchString1AC.length == 0 && $(cboSearchString1DDL).val == ""){ return input.val() === "true";} return true; }
}, messages: { customruleSearchStrings1: "Search must not be empty" } }); alert('validate checked'); } );var validator1 = $("#cboSearchStringValidate1").kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator");if (!validator1.validate()) { alert("validated search strings 1"); alert('yes, we are valid');}else { alert("no such luck"); }create: function (e) { //custom createfunction with callback vm.CourseFactory.Insert(e.data, function success(data) { e.success(data); });},update: function (e) { //custom update function with callback vm.CourseFactory.Update(e.data, function success(data) { e.success(data); });},