Wizard previous/next-buttons and validation

[orjanz]

Hi.
I'm using the Wizard-control on some of my web-pages and have discovered
that validation I have put on my controls don't fire when I click the
previous-button. Only on the next- button. I haven't found out how to access
these buttons within the Wizard to maybe set CauseValidation=True or
something like that. How can I get the Wizard/Previous-button to also cause
validation?

Best regards,
Ørjan Midttun
Mercatus AS
Norway

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi,

Regarding on the Wizard control validation issue, I think it is due to the
StepNavigation buttons(move previous and move next) are set to
"CauseValidation=False" by default. And since Wizard control uses fixed
stepNavigation template by default, you can not direclty access them.
However, it provide you the feature to convert the default one to an
editable template. You can do this via the following steps:

** switch to design-view for the page
** choose the Wizard control
** in the Wizard's "Action List" dropdownlist(the arrow on the top right
side), choose "Convert to StepNavigation template"

After that, you can customize the navigation template (such as modify the
Buttons' properties) e.g.

=====================
<asp:Wizard ID="Wizard1" runat="server" ActiveStepIndex="1">
<StepNavigationTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="StepPreviousButton" runat="server"
CausesValidation="True" CommandName="MovePrevious"
Text="Previous" />
<asp:Button ID="StepNextButton" runat="server"
CommandName="MoveNext" Text="Next" CausesValidation="True" />
</StepNavigationTemplate>
<WizardSteps>
<asp:WizardStep runat="server" Title="Step 1">
</asp:WizardStep>
<asp:WizardStep runat="server" Title="Step 2">
</asp:WizardStep>
</WizardSteps>
</asp:Wizard>
======================

You can also customize some other template (such as "StartNavigation" or
"FinishNavigation" template the same way).

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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[orjanz]

Hi Steven,
and thanks for the reply. It gave just what I needed.

But as far as I could see it looks like move previous is by default False
and move next is True. The move next button causes validation even if I
haven't set CauseValidation=True on it...

Best regards,
Ørjan Midttun
Mercatus AS
Norway

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Thanks for your reply Norway,

I think MoveNext button(or normal submit button) use "CauseValidation=true"
as default value.

BTW, if you would, you can completely remove the original default template
of the "StepNavigation" template and define your own. You can use code to
navigate to previous or next step for your wizard control.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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Subject: RE: Wizard previous/next-buttons and validation
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:21:01 -0800