In this article, I will show you how to add client-side validation in control that is inside GridView. These control can be textbox or checkboxes this program will handle easily. The code is straightforward to understand. Just copy-paste the code in the ASP.NET web application, and you are done.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"
="GridViewClientSide.aspx.cs"
Inherits="GridViewClientSide" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function ValidateCheckBox()
{ validateTextBox();
//get target base & child control.
var TargetBaseControl = document.getElementById('<%=this.GridView1.ClientID%>');
var TargetChildControl = "chkBxSelect";
//get all the control of the type INPUT in the base control.
var Inputs = TargetBaseControl.getElementsByTagName("input");
for(var n = 0; n < Inputs.length; ++n)
if(Inputs[n].type == 'checkbox' && Inputs[n].id.indexOf(TargetChildControl,0) >= 0)
if(Inputs[n].checked) return true;
alert('Select at least one checkbox!');
return false;
}
function validateTextBox()
{
//get target base & child control.
var TargetBaseControl = document.getElementById('<%=this.GridView1.ClientID%>');
var TargetChildControl1 = "txtInput";
//get all the control of the type INPUT in the base control.
var Inputs = TargetBaseControl.getElementsByTagName("input");
for(var n = 0; n < Inputs.length; ++n)
if(Inputs[n].type == 'text' && Inputs[n].id.indexOf(TargetChildControl1,0) >= 0)
if(Inputs[n].value!="") return true;
alert('Enter some value in textbox!');
return false;
}
</script>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="n" DataField="accountno">
<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"
VerticalAlign="Middle" Width="50px" />
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle" />
</asp:BoundField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Select">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="chkBxSelect" runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle" />
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle" />
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtInput" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:Button ID="btnPost" runat="server" Text="Post"
OnClientClick="javascript:return ValidateCheckBox();"
OnClick="btnPost_Click" />
<asp:Label ID="lblMsg" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class GridViewClientSide : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
GridView1.DataSource = c();
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}
public DataSet c()
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable("Company");
DataRow dr;
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("accountNo", typeof(Int32)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CompanyName", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Address", typeof(string)));
for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++)
{
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] = i;
dr[1] = "Company" + i + Environment.NewLine + "Title" + i;
dr[2] = "Address" + i + Environment.NewLine + "Title" + i;
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
return ds;
}
protected void btnPost_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
lblMsg.Text = "Form is posted!";
}
}