How to control ASP.NET Validator Controls Client Side validation

Question

Below is the output of my page after it runs the below code:

I\'m using ValidatorEnable client side validation in my situation (if you know better way t

Answer 1

got it working for you... gridview:

<asp:GridView ID="gv" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="Id"  OnRowDataBound="gv_RowDataBound">
        <Columns>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="ID" ControlStyle-Width="250px" HeaderText="ID" SortExpression="ID" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="FirstName" ControlStyle-Width="250px" HeaderText="FirstName"
                SortExpression="FirstName" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="LastName" ControlStyle-Width="250px" HeaderText="LastName"
                SortExpression="LastName" />
            <asp:TemplateField>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:CheckBox ID="checkbox1" runat="server" />
                    <asp:DropDownList ID="drpPaymentMethod" runat="server">
                                <asp:ListItem Value="-1">----</asp:ListItem>
                                <asp:ListItem Value="0">Month</asp:ListItem>
                                <asp:ListItem Value="1">At End</asp:ListItem>
                                <asp:ListItem Value="2">At Travel</asp:ListItem>
                            </asp:DropDownList>
                    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfv" InitialValue="-1" ControlToValidate="drpPaymentMethod" Enabled="false" Display="Static" runat="server" ErrorMessage="RequiredFieldValidator"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

                </ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Value">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="txt_Value" runat="server" Width="58px" Text="0"></asp:TextBox>
                </ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>

CS:

protected void gv_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            CheckBox checkbox1 = e.Row.FindControl("checkbox1") as CheckBox;
            RequiredFieldValidator rfv = e.Row.FindControl("rfv") as RequiredFieldValidator;
            DropDownList drpPaymentMethod = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("drpPaymentMethod");
            // you can just pass "this" instead of "myDiv.ClientID" and get the ID from the DOM element
            checkbox1.Attributes.Add("onclick", "UpdateValidator('" + checkbox1.ClientID + "','" + drpPaymentMethod.ClientID + "','" + rfv.ClientID + "');");
            if (!checkbox1.Checked)
                drpPaymentMethod.Attributes.Add("disabled", "disabled");
        }
    }

javascript:

function UpdateValidator(chkID, drpID, validatorid) {
        //enabling the validator only if the checkbox is checked
        var enableValidator = $("#" + chkID).is(":checked");

        if (enableValidator)
            $('#' + drpID).removeAttr('disabled');
        else
            $('#' + drpID).attr('disabled', 'disabled');

        var vv = $('#' + validatorid).val();

        ValidatorEnable(document.getElementById(validatorid), enableValidator);
    }