> I have a form that has two gridviews for displaying data, two details
> view are associated with the gridviews. The details views are used for
> inserting individual records, which are then displayed by the
> gridviews. The records are inserted by using the auto generated insert
> buttons in the details view. There are also several text boxes that
> need to be saved off to the DB when a button is pressed. There are
> several validates contained in the detailsviews. I want them to
> validate only inside of their respective detailsviews, not the entire
> page.
>
>>From my understanding of how validate groups work, you can set the
> validatorgroup property of a button to be the same as those of the
> validates and then you can have several different groups which will be
> independent of each other.
>
> The problem that I am having is that I can not find the ValidationGroup
> property for the insert link in the detailsview. This means that I have
> to have values filled in both detailsviews to be able to submit one of
> them.
>
> Do I need to generate the buttons myself and then set the
> validationgroup property?
>

> Try this...
>
> - In Design mode, open the DetailsView Tasks window by clicking the
> little arrow at the top-right of the control and click the 'Edit
> fields...' link.
> - In the dialog the opens up, select the 'CommandField' entry in the
> 'Selected fields:' box in the bottom-left.
> - In the 'CommandField Properties:' box on the right, assign
> CausesValidation = 'true' and ValidationGroup = '(group you defined)'.
>
> This should have the effect you are looking for.
>
> -={ Kyle }=-
>
>
> bma***@mnepilepsy.net wrote:
> > I have a form that has two gridviews for displaying data, two details
> > view are associated with the gridviews. The details views are used for
> > inserting individual records, which are then displayed by the
> > gridviews. The records are inserted by using the auto generated insert
> > buttons in the details view. There are also several text boxes that
> > need to be saved off to the DB when a button is pressed. There are
> > several validates contained in the detailsviews. I want them to
> > validate only inside of their respective detailsviews, not the entire
> > page.
> >
> >>From my understanding of how validate groups work, you can set the
> > validatorgroup property of a button to be the same as those of the
> > validates and then you can have several different groups which will be
> > independent of each other.
> >
> > The problem that I am having is that I can not find the ValidationGroup
> > property for the insert link in the detailsview. This means that I have
> > to have values filled in both detailsviews to be able to submit one of
> > them.
> >
> > Do I need to generate the buttons myself and then set the
> > validationgroup property?
> >