validationsummary control

[rufus]

How do I access the error output text of the validationsummary control so
that I can reformat how it is displayed?

Thanks

 

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

How do I access the error output text of the validationsummary control so
that I can reformat how it is displayed?

Rufus, there is no property of the Validation Control that you can grab
to get the markup it uses. The only way you can control the output is
through setting the ErrorMessage properties of the validation controls
on the page, and by fiddling with the ValidationSummary's DisplayMode
property.

You could, of course, create your own validation summary control that
extends the existing ValidationSummary control, and override the
Render() method and emit your custom markup. This would be the way to
go, ideally. A perhaps quicker hack would be to just use Reflector
[http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/] and cut and paste the
ValidationSummary control's code from its Render() method into your
page, and modify it as needed. Essentially the ValidationSummary
control loops through the Page.Validators collection, grabs the
ErrorMessage of each non-valid validator, and then displays it in a
format specified via the DisplayMode property.

Happy Programming!

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