Thursday, July 15, 2004
ASP.NET: Selectively Enable Form Validation When Using ASP.NET Web Controls -- MSDN Magazine, April 2002
ASP.NET: Selectively Enable Form Validation When Using ASP.NET Web Controls -- MSDN Magazine, April 2002
The ASP.NET form validation controls, while powerful and easy to use, require that the entire page be valid before it's submitted back to the server. Through the use of the new object-oriented features of Visual Basic .NET, it is possible to extend their functionality to overcome this limitation.
This article tells you how and helps you decide when it's a good idea to keep validation on the client and when you'd be better off disabling it.
The ASP.NET form validation controls, while powerful and easy to use, require that the entire page be valid before it's submitted back to the server. Through the use of the new object-oriented features of Visual Basic .NET, it is possible to extend their functionality to overcome this limitation.
This article tells you how and helps you decide when it's a good idea to keep validation on the client and when you'd be better off disabling it.
