validation ctrl blocks submit button click event

[Martin Knott]

Hopefully an easy answer.

I've got a form with 1 input field, and a submit button. I register an
event for the button, run in debug mode, push the button and sure enough
I'm in the event handler. But when I add a validator to the form and
connect it to the input field then I never can debug into the breakpoint
in the buttons' handler. The validation works as expected.

Why and how does the validator somehow inhibit the buttons' click event?

cheers,

Martin

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hey Martin,

Check this out?

"The validation controls stole my client-side click event. How do I get it
back? "

http://authors.aspalliance.com/kenc/faq6.aspx

Ken

 

[Martin Knott]

Oops.

Just found out. If a validator fails then the click event doesn't fire.
Which is nice in a way, but I get the nagging feeling that I might like
some buttons to work on an "invalid" page. Can I circumvent the validators?

double oops.

Yes I can by setting the CausesValidation property of the button to false.

I'm glad the answer was straighforward.