customvalidator can't find controltovalidate

Question

iam having a problem finding a textbox inside createuserwizard which is inside a contentplaceholder

i have a custom validator for this textbox ..now when i put this customvalidator outside createuser wizard it says "cannot find controltovalidate control id CaptchaValue "

heres is a row inside my createuserwizard

<CreateUserWizard......>

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 <tr>

  </td>
  </tr>

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</CreateUserWizard>

and i have a customevalidator outside createuserwizard

 <asp:CustomValidator ID="CustomValidator5" runat="server" ControlToValidate="CaptchaValue"
                                                                               ErrorMessage="Image value must match" ValidationGroup="CreateUserWizard1" 
                                                                               EnableClientScript="False"></asp:CustomValidator>

Answer 1

You'll need to place the CustomValidator inside the CreateUserWizard. The CustomValidator can't find the control with ID CaptchaValue because its in a different INamingContainer.