"John Walker" <JohnWal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a datagrid with two ASP:TextBox TemplateColumns in which the user
> will enter MM/DD/YYYY dates.  In one column, the date is not allowed to be
> more than 7 days into the future; and in the other column, the date must
> be
> less than or equal to today's date.  We would like this to be client side
> validation.  Is it possible to handle these types of comparisons with
> ASP:CompareValidator?  Or any other validator?
>
> Thanks,
> John

"Peter Blum" wrote:

> Yes, the CompareValidator with Type=Date works.
> To set 7 days in the future:
> CompareValidator1.ValueToCompare =
> DateTime.Today.AddDays(7).ToShortDateString()
> To set today:
> CompareValidator2.ValueToCompare = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString()
>
> Additionally, add a CompareValidator to confirm that the text is actually a
> valid date format so an entry like 99/99/9999 is considered invalid. The
> ValueToCompare feature only works against valid dates so the second
> validator is necessary.
> CompareValidator with Type=Date and Operator=DataTypeCheck.
>
> Even though this will provide client-side validation, you should ALWAYS
> setup server side validation because the validators only provide client-side
> validation on IE and IE/Mac and javascript can be turned off. (My
> Professional Validation And More has validators that support many more
> browsers.)
>
> Its very easy to get server side validation. In the Click post back event
> method, test Page.IsValid is true before saving.
>
> --- Peter Blum
> www.PeterBlum.com
> Email: PLB***@PeterBlum.com
> Creator of "Professional Validation And More" at
> http://www.peterblum.com/vam/home.aspx
>
> "John Walker" <JohnWal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D771D106-990D-42B4-BBC2-B73E12C33C12@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have a datagrid with two ASP:TextBox TemplateColumns in which the user
> > will enter MM/DD/YYYY dates.  In one column, the date is not allowed to be
> > more than 7 days into the future; and in the other column, the date must
> > be
> > less than or equal to today's date.  We would like this to be client side
> > validation.  Is it possible to handle these types of comparisons with
> > ASP:CompareValidator?  Or any other validator?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
>
>