Validator giving inconsistent results

[Russell]

Hello,

Here is my validator code: 

<script type="application/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        console.log("Ready");
        // Initialize Kendo MaskedTextBox for Phone Number
        $("#PhoneNumber").kendoMaskedTextBox({
            mask: "000-000-0000"
        });

        // Set up Kendo Validator with a custom rule
        validator =
            $(".k-edit-form-container").kendoValidator({
                rules: {
                    phoneMaskRule: function (input) {
                        // Check if it is the PhoneNumber input and the value matches the mask
                        if (input.attr("name") === "PhoneNumber") {
                            var maskedInput = input.data("kendoMaskedTextBox");
                            // The masked textbox's `raw()` method gets the actual value without placeholder characters
                            // Checking that it has a complete value (no _ symbols in "raw" value)
                            var retVal = maskedInput && maskedInput.value() && maskedInput.raw().length === 10;
                            return retVal;
                        }

                        return true; // Let other fields validate as normal
                    },

                    nameValidation: function (input) {
                        // Check for FirstName and LastName validation
                        if (input.is("[name=UserFirstName]") || input.is("[name=UserLastName]")) {
                            var retVal = input.val().length > 2; //Ensure there is at least 2 characters in each name. 
                            console.log("Name: " +
                                (retVal ? "Passed" : "Failed"));
                            return  retVal;
                            
                        }
                        return true; // No other inputs are affected by this rule
                    },

                    emailFormatValidation: function (input) {
                        // Check for Email validation
                        if (input.is("[name=Email]")) {
                            // Regex for a basic email validation
                            var emailRegex =/^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/;
                            var retVal = emailRegex.test(input.val());
                            console.log("email: " +
                                (retVal ? "Passed" : "Failed"));
                            return retVal
                        }
                        return true; // Other inputs are skipped
                    }


                },
                messages: {
                    phoneMaskRule: "Please enter a valid phone number in the format 999-999-9999.",
                    nameValidation: "First and Last Name must have at least 3 characters.",
                    emailFormatValidation: "Please enter a valid email address."

                }
            }).data("kendoValidator");
    });
</script>

This validates the user input and usually works correctly. Once data is entered, I check the validator before submitting:

function submitClinic() {

    resetInactivityTimer(duration);
    if (model == null) {
        model = {};
        model.ClinicUserID = "";
    }
     // Check if form is valid 
    if (!$(".k-edit-form-container").kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator").validate())
    {
        return false; // not valid
    }
...
}

So for some reason, the validator starts returning "not valid" out of the blue. I can click through the form and see that the validator validates the fields correctly, but I press my submit button, and suddenly it claims the fields fail

 

I thought maybe the validator object is null, but it's clearly calling the validation functions, but for some reason it fails? Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks!

Russ

[Martin]

Hello, Russell,

We had a bug in the Validator which was causing it to validate inputs across the entire page. The bug has been fixed for the next release, and we have a workaround which you can try until then.

Also, could you please try removing the highlighted part from the code below:

 if (!$(".k-edit-form-container").kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator").validate())
    {
        return false; // not valid
    }

As you are already creating the Validator with this code:

 validator =
            $(".k-edit-form-container").kendoValidator({

the previous one would be re-creating a Validator from the same HTML element, which would also cause unexpected behaviour.

Looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Martin
Progress Telerik