Validation with custom rule for data in either AutoComplete or DropDownList

[Sean]

How can I validate whether input has been entered in an AutoComplete or a selection has been made in a DropDownList. If neither is true then it should fail validation. I'm just figuring out the Kendo Validation and if there was a length requirement maybe I'd be on the right track. Can someone suggest a successful way to validate this scenario?

Here's where I started:

<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');                                           

                                            }

                                           );

I think this needs to be in here somewhere, but not sure if I have the whole thing put together properly.

var validator1 = $("#cboSearchStringValidate1").kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator");
if (!validator1.validate()) {
    alert("validated search strings 1");
    alert('yes, we are valid');
}
else {
    alert("no such luck");
                                               }

Thanks in advance for enlightening me ;)

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Todd,

You will need to initialize the Kendo UI Validator, before you click the button for validation. Please check the following example, showing a possible implementation:

http://jsbin.com/EdOcayI/2/edit
 
Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik