R – validation summary problem

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i have a page where i am using validation summary and required field validators. When i click the validation button error message is being dispalyed in both validation summary is showing message written in required field validators. I want to display different message in validation summary and required field validators.
e.g
validation summary should display "field marked with * are mandatory" and required field validator should display only a "*".

Thanks

Best Answer

Set your validator's Text property to "*". This will be displayed at validator's text when validation fails, and the ErrorMessage will be displayed by the validation summary.

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Set each validators Text to "*" and ErrorMessage to an empty string.

<form id="form2" runat="server">
Name:<br />
<asp:TextBox ID="NameTextBox" runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator 
    ID="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
    ControlToValidate="NameTextBox"
    ErrorMessage="" 
    Text="*" 
    runat="server" />
<br />
City:<br />
<asp:TextBox ID="CityTextBox" runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator 
    ID="CityTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
    ControlToValidate="CityTextBox"
    ErrorMessage="" 
    Text="*" 
    runat="server" />
<br />
<asp:Button ID="SubmitButton" Text="Submit" runat="server" />
<hr />
<asp:ValidationSummary 
    ID="valSum" 
    DisplayMode="SingleParagraph" 
    HeaderText="Please complete all fields marked *"
    runat="server" />
</form>

ASP.Net validation summary causes page to jump to top

Two possible work arounds:

Disable client validation and jump to correct position on post back:

* set EnableClientScript="false" for all validation controls (disabling client validation)
* set MaintainScrollPositionOnPostback="true" in Page directive

Disable the scrollTo function in javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.scrollTo = function() { }
</script>

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