Required Field validator with combobox

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  1. Jonathan
    Jonathan avatar
    132 posts
    Member since:
    Sep 2007

    Posted 28 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    Hello,

    I've implemented a requiredfieldvalidator for a radcombobox which works fine on submitting the form, however I would like to show the red asterisk before the page is submitted to indicate to the user that the field is required.  Using

    Page.Validate();

    in the Page_load event on the server activates the required field validators that are defined against text boxes, but I can't get the validator associated  with the combobox to show.

     
          <table>
            <tr>
                <td><telerik:RadComboBox id="ddlCostCategory" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="ID" runat="server" SkinID="WideDll"  ></telerik:RadComboBox></td>
                <td><asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ControlToValidate ="ddlCostCategory" ID="reqValCostCategory" Text="*" ErrorMessage="Cost Category is required" InitialValue="[Select...]" ></asp:RequiredFieldValidator></td>
            </tr>
          </table>

    The combobox si bound to a list with the first item having the text of [Select...] before the Page.Validate is called:

    var query2 = from c in PNGC_SmartGridContext.CostCategories select c;
                   IList<CostCategory> _costCategories = query2.ToList<CostCategory>();
                   _costCategories.Insert(0, new CostCategory() { ID = 0, Name = "[Select...]" });
                   ddlCostCategory.DataSource = _costCategories;
                   ddlCostCategory.DataBind();

    Note that the actual validation on submit works fine, it's just the ability to pre-trigger the red asterisk that would be great.

    Thanks

    Jonathan
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  3. Peter
    Admin
    Peter avatar
    6637 posts

    Posted 31 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    Hello Jonathan,

    Instead of creating an item with Text="Select...", you can set EmptyMessage="Select..." and use the workaround suggested in this forum thread -
    http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-ajax/combobox/emptymessage-allowcustomtext-and-radcombobox-validation-request.aspx

    I hope this helps.

    Greetings,
    Peter
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