Hello all,

I have a texbox that requires a date entry but uses a date picker to assign it a date value. But I need to not let users change the date in the textbox and only use the date picker.

The problem is that if i either make the texbox readonly or diabled it appears that the RequireFieldValidator does not fire for that textbox.

Any suggestions...........thx

shane

Hi shane,

I think you can use javascript to make the TextBox to be ReadOnly and the RequiredFieldValidator can still fires

 <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" BackColor="gray" onkeydown="return false;"></asp:TextBox>
        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
            ErrorMessage="RequiredFieldValidator"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />

hope it helps,

Jessica

Thx for the suggestion but......

The onkeydown is not a valid attribute for a asp.net textbox.

Maybe I could add it via code via the attributes property? Dont know how though thx

Thx to Jessica for pointing me in the right direction I have solved this problem.

In the page load event add:

 Me.tbox_hearing_date.Attributes.Add("onkeydown", "return false;")

This will effectivley disable the texbox while allowing validation.

 Thx jessica