validation

Force WPF component to validate when an event is raised

Hello in my MVVM application I have a list of element implementing IDataErrorInfo and INotifyPropertyChanged the view validate the VM objects when a propertychanged event is raised. the problem is that the validation result depends not only by the internal state of the object but also by the "enviroment" that is the other objects belo...

Jquery Validation plugin custom required text

Hi All, I am using the Jquery Validation plugin (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation) to valid a form on my page. I am using the "required" class to validate an input on my page and want to show custom required text when the field is empty. How can I do this. Code is as follows: <script> $(document).ready(function() { ...

Microsoft MVC: trigger form validation manually

Hi, does anyone know if there is a way to trigger the client side form validation in a .Net MVC app manually? I want to do the following: <script type="text/javascript"> if([form valid]) { //do something } </script> I already looked through the code in MicrosoftMvcValidation.js but didn't find a method I could call on...

Apache Commons UrlValidator

I have the following java code: UrlValidator urlValidator = new UrlValidator(); boolean validUrl = urlValidator.isValid("http://www.google.com"); System.out.println("result: " + validUrl); When I run the above code, I always get: result: false Why does apache commons UrlValidator not regard "http://www.google.com" as valid? If I...

Need help with jquery validation...

I have 2 forms that share a submit button. I have that part worked out, what I'm having trouble with is adding the validation to each form. Here is what I have, I have not done validation inside a submit function before, but usually on document ready. $("#sbtBtn").click(function() { if($("input[name=license_code]").val()) { ...

How do you handle validation severity in Silverlight 4?

With 4.0, Silverlight now supports INotifyDataErrorInfo but out of the box I can't seem to find anyway of specifying a severity (Error, Warning, Info) in order to be able to style the inputs differently (red, yellow, blue). How do you handle this? Is there anyway to tap into the mechanism that styles the inputs, or do you have to resort...

WPF TextBox Validation Style Disappears when Mouse is over, or it has focus.

I am creating a custom text box control to have some default formatting and validation functionality, including a custom validation property which accepts an Action or custom function. In my current situation I can't use the Attribute validation framework that some people have posted, since I don't quite have access to modify the data m...

How to validate xml so that only elements that actually exist can be used as attributes?

So, basically what I want to do is to emulate the "ref" attribute of schema validation. I have the following XML, for example: <node name="parent"> <subordinate name="child3" /> </node> <node name="child1" /> <node name="child2" /> And I want this to be flagged by my schema as invalid, since "child3" isn't one of the availab...

How to retrieve the Cell or Row value for Silverlight DataGrid, when using ValidationSummary

I'm adding items to a DataGrid's validation summary manually. This is all working, but I can't find a way to retrieve the cell which contains the error. I need a reference to the cell because I need to focus that cell when the user clicks on the error. I know what the bound data item, and the property causing the error, but it doesn't ...

Visual Web Developer Express 2010 - Validation - XHTML 1.0 Strict?

I normally use the w3.org validation tool anyway, but I'm curious to why there is no XHTML 1.0 Strict option in VWD Express 2010? It only has: Internet Explorer 6.0 HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 Transitional XHTML 1.0 Frameset XHTML 1.1 Any theories? ...

Django ModelForm fails validation with no errors

Ok, I have been staring at this for hours trying to figure out what's going on, to no avail. I am trying to create a ModelForm using the 'instance' keyword to pass it an existing model instance and then save it. Here is the ModelForm (stripped considerably from the original in my attempts to identify the cause of this problem): class ...

Jquery validation messages from xml

I am using Jquery valdiation plugin for validating the form at client side. I am fetching validation error messages from an xml file. $("#"+form).validate({ errorLabelContainer: "#dialogError", //msg_error wrapper: "li", rules: { txtInfringementID: { ...

Validating new rows in Silverlight DataGrid

We're using RIA Services / Silverlight 4, and I'm binding a datagrid to something like Context.Foo. I can see validation errors appearing in the datagrid's validation summary when users try to enter empty strings into mandatory fields and so forth, life is good. However when I add a new item by calling something like Context.Foo.Add(ne...

Pylons - Handling GET and POST requests

Hi. What's the best way to handle form POST data in my Pylons app? I've tried: Having a seperate GET method and a POST method with a rest.restrict('post') decorator. Problem -- if there were validation errors then you can't redisplay the form with the data which the user entered because you have to redirect back to the GET method OR y...

howto display validation errors in freemarker template

Hello, all approches i do to display my validation errors in a freemarker template fail. i use spring mvc version 3. My form looks like that <@layout.basic> <@spring.bind "user" /> <#if spring.status.error> <div class="errors"> There were problems with the data you entered: <ul> <#list spring.status.err...

Struts 2 Validation and Input fields repopulation

If I have the following struts.xml config: <action name="input"> <result>/jsp/input.jsp</result> </action> <action name="result"> <result>/jsp/result.jsp</result> <result name="input">/jsp/input.jsp</result> </action> And a simple form with only one field: <s:form action="result"> <s:textfield name="firstName" label="...

Why is my html encoding causing an error?

I am working on a website and when I try to validate the page get the following error: The character encoding specified in the HTTP header (iso-8859-1) is different from the value in the element (utf-8). I will use the value from the HTTP header (iso-8859-1) for this validation. Here is the code in my header: <!DOCTYPE ...

Paragraphs vs ordered lists

I Have coded a "terms and conditions" page with numbered paragraphs as follows: <p>1. content</p> <p>2. more content</p> <p>3. even more content</p> as opposed to: <ol> <li>content</li> <li>more content</li> <li>even more content</li> </ol> I have been told by someone that this is extremely bad practice and is generally wrong. Now...

Client Script Replace Problem with .NET 4.0 ScriptManager

Hello, I want to replace the WebUIValidation.js client script (located in System.Web assembly) with my own custom script using the new script replacement features in .NET 4.0. The replacement works fine in a simple sample form I created, but in my much more complicated wizard form it fails. On partial post-back the ScriptManager writes...

javascript month and day and year check

Hi, I am trying to check for MM /DD /YYYY. currently my script fails when you enter 0 / 0 /0 or 00/00/0000. I am trying to check that the user is over 21 and must enter a valid two digit month, two digit day and 4 digit year. Any suggestions? $("#gate-box").submit(function() { var day = $("#day").val(); var month = $("#mo...