Hi Timothy,
Ok we fixed the bug I was having problems with and I made a simple sample demonstrating how to trigger the validation and stop the postback from occurring.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Coolite.Ext.Web" Namespace="Coolite.Ext.Web" TagPrefix="ext" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected void btnLogin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Label1.Text = this.txtUsername.Text;
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Coolite Toolkit - Simple Field Validation</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form2" runat="server">
<p><a href="Validation.aspx">Reload</a></p>
<ext:ScriptManager runat="server" StateProvider="PostBack" Theme="Gray" />
<ext:TextField ID="txtUsername" runat="server" AllowBlank="false" />
<ext:Button ID="btnLogin" runat="server" Text="Login" CausesValidation="True" onclick="btnLogin_Click">
<Listeners>
<Click Handler="
txtUsername.validate();
if (!txtUsername.isValid()) {
txtUsername.focus(); // if Username invalid, focus the field.
return false;
}"
/>
</Listeners>
</ext:Button>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Are you building from SVN source? If you SVN Update, then rebuild, the above sample should work for you.
The key is calling .validate() on the TextField and then return "false" from the <Click> Handler, which will prevent the postback. Return "true" or don't return anything and the postback will happen as expected.
The example above demonstrates a manual (and granular) way of triggering the validation, although we've got a bunch of form work which should be included in the project shortly. The new work should handle all of this validation automatically. I'll keep this thread updated with our progress.
I'm also putting together a more complex sample to demonstrate multiple fields and field types.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments and I'll do my best to help out.
