1.1 ASP.NET CompareValidator Control Properties

Property

Description

BackColor

Property to set the background color for the Control

ControlToCompare

Property to set the name of the ASP.NET Control to Compare to

ControlToValidate

Property to set the id of the ASP.NET Control to validate

Display

Property to set the display behavior for the ASP.NET validation control.

• None – does not display the validation and only displayed in the ASP.NET ValidationSummary control.
  
  
• Static – displays the validation message if check fails. The space of the control is reserved even if the check passes.
  
  
• Dynamic – displays the validation message if check fails. The space of the control is not reserved if the check passes.

EnableClientScript

Property to set a Boolean value to specify if client-side validation is enabled or disabled.

Enabled

Property to set a Boolean value to specify if validation control is enabled or disabled.

ErrorMessage

Property to set the Validation text to be displayed in the ValidationSummary Control when the validation check fails. Even if the text property is not set, the default text will be displayed in the validation control.

ForeColor

To set the foreground color of the ASP.NET CompareValidator Control

id

A unique ID for the ASP.NET CompareValidator Control

IsValid

Property to set a Boolean value to indicate if the control specified by ControlToValidate is determined to be valid.

Operator

To set the type of comparison to perform:

• Equal
  
  
• GreaterThan
  
  
• GreaterThanEqual
  
  
• LessThan
  
  
• LessThanEqual
  
  
• NotEqual
  
  
• DataTypeCheck

runat

To indicate that the Control is a server control (by setting it to “server”)

Text

To set the validation text message to be displayed when check fails.

Type

To set the data type of the values to compare:

• Currency
  
  
• Date
  
  
• Double
  
  
• Integer
  
  
• String

ValueToCompare

To set the value to compare with.