Re: 2 validation groups problem

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From: Shaun Wilde (shaun_wilde_at_nospam.co.uk)
Date: 12/13/04

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    Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:47:41 -0000

    can you turn off causesvalidation for the login button?

    "john morales" <jmorales@NO_SPAM-gmail-R3M0VE_TH1S.com> wrote in message
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    > Hi guys,
    > I have a problem and i know there must be a solution for this as it is
    such
    > a basic common practice in asp.net development.
    >
    > Scenario:
    > i have many webforms in a site, most with two different custom controls,
    > one is a login module, the other is a generic data entry module. When
    there
    > are no validation controls on the page there is no problem. But when the
    > the data entry module has validation controls, the login module triggers
    > the data entry module's validation.
    >
    > Q: how can i get the login module not to trigger the validation? i found
    > a few solutions that basically advise to turn off clientside validation
    which
    > is not an option, as posting back just to return a validation error
    message
    > is bad a user experience and the developer should be shot on site. Any
    elegant
    > solutions?
    >
    > I know that asp.net 2 will have validation groups to fix this poor design
    > flaw, but is there something that can be done now that will mimic
    validation
    > groups. Or am i just stuck with capturing the current focused input and
    setting
    > validation off/on accordingly.
    >
    >

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